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Topic: I Found Something Better Than A Cube 80XL |
Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 1 Mar 2014 7:04 pm |
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Two Cube 80XL's!
I liked the first one so much, I just had to buy a second one.
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 2 Mar 2014 3:30 am
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Hi Lee:
I have an 80XL that use with an extension speaker. Sounds nice and full for six string and steel. Are you playing in stereo with the two amps? |
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Pete Nicholls
From:
Macon, Georgia, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2014 6:07 am
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Hi Lee, what's the story with the emblem being in the center? I also use 2 80SL's, but turn mine on their side and stack them (so i can get to the controls)
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Justice The Judge SD-10, 2007
Justice Pro Lite SD-10, 2011
Quilter Steelaire
Quilter Labs Tone Block 202 Head
Roland Cube 80-XL
American Stratocaster - Yamaha Bass Guitar
1 Fender Telecaster Nashville Edition
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Chuck Blake
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2014 6:37 am
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Lee I own and play two Cubes also. It's fun to set the controls differently on each amp to get some great amp sounds.
How do you intend to control the amps, "double outs" on your pedal. I have modded my peadals (Hilton's) to tuner out. I have been considering to reverse the mod to avoid using a splitter.
Enjoy 
Chuck
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 2 Mar 2014 7:25 am
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| I should also mention that my cube does not have the emblem in the middle and I double faced taped a CD in the center of the middle grille. I had a small open back cab and a speaker from a Fender Deluxe and with the 80XL it blends spreads the sound nicely. |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2014 7:32 am
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| Pete Nicholls wrote: |
| Hi Lee, what's the story with the emblem being in the center? I also use 2 80SL's, but turn mine on their side and stack them (so i can get to the controls) |
It looks like the emblem is being used as a diffuser..
These amps, tend to have a very sharp and focused "center".. Many guys smoothed and spread the sound out on these amps by placing something mid speaker, on the grille, taking out the spike... It works. I use an old CD. siliconed onto the inside of the metal grille.
a few guys have simply taken the emblem, placed it in the center of the grille, and say that it works fine as well.. I see no reason it wouldn't..
If you ever see a sound man or recording engineer setting up amp mikes, they always tend to put the mike on the outside of the speaker, NOT in the center.. Same theory I guess... Not as spiky... bob
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rpetersen
From:
Iowa
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Posted 2 Mar 2014 9:00 am
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Is that emblem glued on or how do you move it??
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 2 Mar 2014 10:46 am
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| rpetersen wrote: |
| Is that emblem glued on or how do you move it?? |
The emblem is attached to the grill with two small screws. There are small, flat pieces of metal on the back side of the grill that serve as nuts. Don't unscrew those screws until you remove the grill.
I don't know how much this helps with "beam blocking"; but, I figured it couldn't hurt.
Lee |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2014 10:56 am
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I used a blank cd disc attached with molding double sided tacky tape for a beam blocker on mine and liked it .
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