Trouble testing Peavey Bass Flex bins

[Timeteam]

My Kit:

 

 

Peavey CS1000 Power Amp

 

Peavey Unity 2000 mixing desk

 

2 x Peavey CL-2 Tops

 

2 x Peavey Bass Flex Bins

 

 

I'm trying to test the kit, its quite old and has been laying around for a couple of years in a garage but last time it was set up it worked fine, however I was not the person who set it up before and therefore don't know my way round it that well. I want to test it all works before I sell it.

 

 

The problem is that I'm getting no sound from the Bass Flex bins.

 

 

I had a normal electric guitar plugged into the desk, outs from the desk plugged into the A Channel of the power amp and then outs from the "speaker output" of the power amp into the inputs of the 2 bass bins. Then the from the high output from the bass bins the two CL-2s plugged in to the "full range" sockets.

 

 

When I play the guitar the CL-2s produce sound but nothing from the bins (even when I'm driving the desk and power amp quite hard…going into the amber and red). Is it because they only respond to a lower frequency sound, or have I wired it wrong or is it likely that the speakers have gone. Sorry if this is a noob question.

 

 

Any suggestions welcome. Thanks.

[MarkPAman]

.......... has been laying around for a couple of years in a garage.......

Unless it's a very dry garage that may not have done it a lot of good - see a recent topic on storing stuff in a shed.

 

When I play the guitar the CL-2s produce sound but nothing from the bins (even when I'm driving the desk and power amp quite hard…going into the amber and red). Is it because they only respond to a lower frequency sound, or have I wired it wrong or is it likely that the speakers have gone.

Chances are that very little is going to come from the bass bins with just a guitar.

 

I'd start testing by only connecting one speaker at a time & with a CD (or MP3 player) as the sound source.

[Doug Siddons]

+1 for Mark, the electric very unlikely to produce a noticeable blip on the subs, a cd or mp3 is the much better option

[Timeteam]

Thanks guys, sounds like a good plan. Much appreciated.