xXDaveyJonesXx
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Can't tell you how stoked I was to finally get my uberkab at my doorstep. Shipped back from Alaska after a long wait in a storage unit. But as I was unboxing, I heard.. hell, I felt something very odd. A symphony of gut-wrenching thuds and scrapes. Not good. I screwed those greenies in, right?? Well, I pulled the cover off (My uber is the front loaded version, though the speaker were loaded in the rear) and I see two gaping holes where vintage greenback speakers should be. I pulled the back off and this is what I found.
It ripped two of the speakers out, pulling the mounts with them and did some minor damage around the holes, as you can further see below.
Buzzkill. The movers have to have seriously slammed this thing something fierce to make this happen. Greenbacks, as I'm sure most of us have noticed, aren't particularly heavy speakers. Fortunately, I pack my gear for war externally, so it's still pristine on the outside. But the thought of internal damage had never crossed my mind in a cab.
Fortunately, I was able to re-install the mounts without much issue. But you can bet I'll be taking extra precaution when shipping cabs in the future when applicable. In the case of this particular cab, studs aren't present as they would be in say, a Mills Afterburner. Bogner provides mounts (in this particular model) that require a screw to be inserted. The screws provided supply a bit of overhang on the other side, which I installed a washer, lock washer and wing nut on. Not the prettiest, when uncovered. But would no doubt provide some much needed rigidity in shipment. Example below.
Much mo' better!
It ripped two of the speakers out, pulling the mounts with them and did some minor damage around the holes, as you can further see below.
Buzzkill. The movers have to have seriously slammed this thing something fierce to make this happen. Greenbacks, as I'm sure most of us have noticed, aren't particularly heavy speakers. Fortunately, I pack my gear for war externally, so it's still pristine on the outside. But the thought of internal damage had never crossed my mind in a cab.
Fortunately, I was able to re-install the mounts without much issue. But you can bet I'll be taking extra precaution when shipping cabs in the future when applicable. In the case of this particular cab, studs aren't present as they would be in say, a Mills Afterburner. Bogner provides mounts (in this particular model) that require a screw to be inserted. The screws provided supply a bit of overhang on the other side, which I installed a washer, lock washer and wing nut on. Not the prettiest, when uncovered. But would no doubt provide some much needed rigidity in shipment. Example below.
Much mo' better!
