mike1986fyrbird

Progress on the all fiberglass woofer box and Previous woofer box.

Mask, Foil, and Plastic!

mike1986fyrbird

Foilded all the inside and tapped it.
PS Redbird; the tech article says to use adhesive to glue another layer of tinfoil ontop of the tinfoil so it's stronger, (I remember you asking) (I didnt do that)

mike1986fyrbird

Then Cut some of the Fiberglass MAT into roughly 7 x 5" strips.

mike1986fyrbird

Layed the mat and resin

mike1986fyrbird

Another pic of the glass laid.
roughly 10 more pics they are only 10-20KB each so it shouldn't hurt 56kers too bad. (I know I need a site, and I will get one)

mike1986fyrbird

This is my old sub box
It weighed alot. Had about 3 cubic feet of volume (Way too much for sealed!) The new fiberglass box has a volume of 2.457cuFT.
I Had to trim, (used the grinder!) to grind away some of the board so my new subs would fit. we had to grind OVER half way through the MDF

mike1986fyrbird

Woofergrindaway.jpg
This shows where I had to grind my old box so that the speakers would fit, But they still didnt fit very well.
You can't really tell in this pic, but if u look hard enough you can see.

mike1986fyrbird

This is comparing my Old 2x 12" sony's to my New 12" Comp THump!'s

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Comparing the two subs again, Showing the to pof the magnets,
The thump!'s come with a sweet-looking cover over the magnets.
That would look sweet to show off.

mike1986fyrbird

The rubber surrounds, The Thump!'s surround is way bigger than the sony's with allows the woofer to excurt more?? Too bad my car wasnt yellow :P

mike1986fyrbird

Again, Comparing the two speakers, (I am almost done!)
The Thump! sub is a Giant compaired to the puny SonY.

mike1986fyrbird

This is my old box setup, It wasn't even air tight because there was a gap that was between the sub rim and the MDF because the woofer couldnt fit all the way down. And they STILL owned the sony's!!!

mike1986fyrbird

Again, another pic of the old box setup that my the rear end of my car Sag, and bottem out from the weight.
My fiberglass box is superlight with only one layer, will still be light onece I get 2 or 4.
I'm guessing 12-18lbs. compared to 50-80lbs of my old box.
My car manual says max cargo capacity is 60 lbs or sumtin'

mike1986fyrbird

This is my Concept cc-1002 amp that I scored for 400 bux, regular 800 (canadian prices) check them out!!!! www.conceptconcept.com
The amp is 250x2 at 2 ohm , or 500x1 at 2 ohm RMS.(whut i run it) and it doesnt even get hot! it's cold when I touch it.

mike1986fyrbird

I need a new one of these, PResvious owners put the sticker on and I cant get the bitchen thing off! ( the real bird logo under it is broken)
Oh well, no one really notices it.

mike1986fyrbird

This is the sideview of the 1986 Base model Bird;
Rally rims, I wanna get ridda 'em

mike1986fyrbird

enjoy the novel lol.

mike1986fyrbird

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redbird_400

Those thumps are really good speakers? They might be but I know they do make some real cheap stuff. I bough the lowest model at a pawn shop who sold them brand new to bank some extra $. Man they blew with the quickness. They were like 10 bucks brand new. LOL I just had to buy it to find out what that was about. I guess just looks. I'm sure they have good stuff but they also have real bad stuff.

mike1986fyrbird

they make 'good' and bad stuff....
These seem to take the power good.
Mobile Authority sells them, but I think myne were made before mobile authority came in cause it says they are made by a different company on the box

mike1986fyrbird

ttt

redbird_400

ttt huh? Ok well I got a question. How did you attach the top to the glass. I was wondering how to do that when you just lay the sheets in there.

CAMp3RO

wanna see a pretty sub? here's my type-r on top of the old box. mmm, cast baskets.....

redbird_400

Hey can I have your speaker?

mike1986fyrbird

I have no adea whut ur saying?

CAMp3RO

sorry, but i love my sub. one of my favorite parts of the system....

redbird_400

Damn hehe.....

redbird_400

You know the top that you bolt your speakers on, how is it attached to the fiberglass part?

mike1986fyrbird

my box isn't done yet, thats my old mdf box in there.

Ctech

thump subs arnt as good as they say they are i got 2 had them in my car there 1000watts each i was pumping a 1500watt amp and boy they would always bottom out blah stupid pyrimid stuff

mike1986fyrbird

I know they arnt good subs, but they beat the **** out of my sony xplodes, and I got them cheaper!

Ctech

thats true i guess if it pumps good then who cares right?

mike1986fyrbird

yeah. You were over powering them man. The subs are only 500 WAtt RMS. 1000 Watt peak... that explains the botteming out...

Ctech

ohh ok i still got them in my old box had a kenwood mono amp running them they were ok but i dunno not to interested in the pyramid stuff anymore used to be since there stuff is cheap but then when u buy cheap stuff what do u expect but then again theres people that spend $1000's of dollars and they think theres sucks heh

Ctech

heres a pic of my old box with the subs in it

mike1986fyrbird

cool. Pyramid dont make them any more. Its Mobile Authority or something.
But still... good for the price. How much did u pay per sub? I pad 50 bux canadian.

SSaudio

just thought you guys would like to see a real sub...lol..just had to do it..pictured here is two Beyond Audio Inhuman Quad coils, Quad spidered, and one MTX RFL!

SSaudio

and another of them...just can't get over how big they, they weigh about 65lbs/ea!

SSaudio

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Kj Rockz

Holy Sh*T

redbird_400

hey, an appearance and detailing *****. What are you doing over here *****? just ing Uhh... I beter say something usefull before someone tells me I'm a *****. What kinda speakers do you use to play in that band? And what happen to the pix?

spartyon

***** :lala:

redbird_400

Any Idea on how to fit the top on?

1982chevycamaroz28

i wounder if u can use a car audio sub in a bass guitar amp. becuz i have a 15'' speaker or what ever u call it in my bass guitar amp and its pretty good but i want more, and the entire amp is 115watts and i got the entire thing and in great condition for 150 bucks.

redbird_400

I would say ney... unless you get some kinda real expencive sub. But I have heard real good stuff at guitar center. Those kinda speakers just seem to have the right range for a bass guitar. and BTW you have to post more that that man. What kinda Bass guitar, what kinda amp, any other equitment?

1982chevycamaroz28

oh its a Yamaha (yea okay laff) 115watt bass amp, and i have a Fender P-Bass, and i use a fender guitar tuner (came free with the bass from Musician Friends.com) and of cousre the good old instrament cables. but besides that thats it. i have changed the strings to i think erinie paul or ball or what ever it is but i cant really remeber what stings i got last yr (i havent played much since then)

redbird_400

Yeah get the ernie *****. Thats all I play on my BC rich. I have that Warlock, A red kramer, White Arial Pro Cat Bass(only two strings on it now) Digitech RP12 FX processor, marshall amp, empty halfstack cab, Creative Extigy 24 bit 5.1 surround external sound card, some handy recording programs, this overpriced POS HP, and some neighbors to bother while I play my guitar through 3 8" spekaers (1 marshall, 1 fender, 1 radioshack replacement) 1 10 inch cerwin HED sub and two 12" cerwinvega floor speakers. All these speaker hooked up and jaming at the same time but they dont seem to care much.


>So who else uses ernie *****? Well check out this page. I tried to take a pic of the back of the pack which has about 50 names on it but the pic just isnt clear enough t read here.

http://www.ernieball.com/artist/

mike1986fyrbird

I HAD a guitar until some ****ing queer mother ****ers.... Broke into my stuff and stole allot of **** but not my pc.
This happened about a month ago...
They tryed to get in the front door and failed. So they took a ladder to the back window and got in. This Happend between 10AM to 4 PM!!!!!
All my parents jewelery was stolen ($3500) worth...
Video camera, bunch of other stuff, Business checks that they CASHED (we didnt know they stoll them, they were smart they took them from the back of the book) and a hole bunch of other miscilanious stuff.
Over $5000 worth of stuff gone, stolen, from my house.
Oh yeah...

And my Gibson Electric guitar...

We are getting everything replaced through home insurance.
Cept $1000 of the jewelery wont be replaced cause it only covered 2k worth..

redbird_400

Damn that sux! You could tie a shot gun to the ceiling with a trip wire on the ground. Also put the gunz on the windows. So the next time they try to break in....hehe..... But you cant get drunk ever! Cause that one time you forget BLAM! Hehehehehe..... I bet I could sell that kinda security to some crackhead. So are you getting another Guitar? What kind? Get a effects processor rack! Some pro audio monitors and a 24 bit sound card! Go to Guitar center if you have one and ask them to show you some shat. I could blow off all of that $ in about 5 minutes.

Kj Rockz

Yo, we usually play with our Peavy's or whatever the house house.

Alot of the clubs here have there own setups...