Breaking in a new 425

[Ghostrider]

Decided to buy another 425 for my other head and was wondering why there is such a difference in sound. My first 425 was bought used in excellent condition but it sounds much better than this new one. The only way to describe it is it is real farty and lots of flubber from the speakers, I assume because it needs to have the speakers broke in.

Have you all had this with your new 425 cabinets? How long before the cabinet speakers start to sound decent? It is really bad enough where I don't want to play it but know I have to. Just seems where I should be getting a smooth cone break up I am getting farts and flub.

[DogFalcon]

I don't know if this helps...


BREAKING IN YOUR SPEAKER

Brand new speakers usually require a “breaking in period”. Start with a few minutes with low-level playing or background hum. Then, turn up the power amp volume to full, and control the level with the preamp gain and play with a fat, clean tone.

Have the bass and mid up full, and the treble at least half. On your guitar, use the middle pickup position (if your guitar has more than one pickup) and play for 10-15 minutes using lots of open chords, and chunky percussive playing. This will get the cone moving, and should excite all the cone modes and get everything to settle in nicely.


http://professional.celestion.com/guita ... /index.asp#

[Julesman64]

Best way to break em in is to crank 'em. Long and loud. Lots of palm muting might help too. The key is to dial the body and the bass back a little more until the flub goes away, then rock out as loud as you can. That way you can put some quality hours on the drivers while enjoying what you're playing.

Dialing up the bass will make the process faster but you will have to deal with the flub. As they break in you can turn it up more and more as the drivers flex a little more.

[DeanM]

play a bass guitar thru it!

-- Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:31 pm --

with a nice bit of volume too!

[pillagethesound]

play a bass guitar thru it!

-- Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:31 pm --

with a nice bit of volume too!

does this actually work? or work any better than a reg guitar? ive heard a lot of tricks, some wierd as hell but never heard use a bass guitar

[DogFalcon]

play a bass guitar thru it!

-- Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:31 pm --

with a nice bit of volume too!

does this actually work? or work any better than a reg guitar? ive heard a lot of tricks, some wierd as hell but never heard use a bass guitar

Not bad idea!

You'll punch harder with those bass notes.

[surfnorthwest]

I bought a new 425 a few months ago also from Sweetwater and I swear I have a good 3 hours of playing time on it and I have the farty sound also still with the higher gain stuff. These G12C's are pretty stubborn speakers but trust me once they are broken in it will sound like your other cab. I imagine your other cab was broken in already when you bought it used. Like others said play it loud.