SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
Sweet goodness!! my ears are too old and fragile for anything close to that.Mine is 1000 watts
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2 heads better than one?
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Sweet goodness!! my ears are too old and fragile for anything close to that.
Hahaha!
Next time maybe they should try buying a rig that goes to 11 instead?
OP, experimentation is what music is all about. Go for it and let us know the results.
It sounds like an awesome idea.
It sounds like an awesome idea.
The worst bands I have ever heard all sound like everyone is trying real hard "to be heard".
Sounds like the OP's band may not have a handle on that.
Sounds like the OP's band may not have a handle on that.
I'd be lying if I said I have never done this. I didn't do it in a band situation though... just hooked it up at the house to see how loud it would be. Yup. Pretty loud. No practical use for me though. Maybe I am an old fogey. 
Both my guitar players are on marshall stacks. One of them has two cabs. I used to be at their mercy! Now i can drown them all!!!!Most people eventually outgrow that (on both counts). Fun while it lasts though.
Ive played gigs where i didnt have an amp just a sansamp and the on stage monitor. If you have a decent sound guy he will know how to set the levels for that room.
Isn't your Peavey head 2 ohm stable ?
Just hook up all your cabs to the Peavey, and don't worry about the other head. It is not going to add all that much volume.
Just hook up all your cabs to the Peavey, and don't worry about the other head. It is not going to add all that much volume.
IMHO that's only half of it. You still need to hear yourself though, and if you don't like carting crap around all the time, I don't think hooking up an overkill rig is necessarily the way to go either. Know your tunes of course, but maybe just use 2 out of 3 cabs and either tilt them back, or stack them / get one up closer to ear height?
Another option could be to sell off the 210's and get another headline 410. Half-stack for small gigs, full stack for the big deals or outdoors. Headliner 410's are fairly inexpensive sealed boxes, from what I understand. Should be awesome.
I've done it, but it was more out of necessity than vibe. I knew I was going to be on a big stage in an opening slot (no dedicated monitor mix) and needed a bit more stage volume than I had available with all my lightweight small cabs. SO, I used an an A/B box to split between: a TC rh 450 feeding full range (with the lows dialed down a touch) to an Ampeg 210 (4 ohm) and a GK Mb800 (in bi-amp mode) feeding just the low end to a single 8 ohm 15. It worked very well. Nothing was overworking, I had plenty of stage volume, and a really nice control over how the mid/highs and lows were balanced.
.. the Peavey Tour 700 is only 4 ohm capable ...
... But, you can hook all 3 to it ... hook the two 210 cabinets in series for a 16 ohm load either from the head or out of the 8 ohm 410, and you will be running the head at a 5.33 impedance load, which is fine, and with the increased speaker surface you will not likely even notice the decrease in overall volume ... the 210 stack will be receiving 1/2 of what the 410 gets would be the down side ... if there was one ... as you could even stick your spare head in the picture to appease the 'look' factor (if you are into that) and have it at the ready if needed (but not likely) ...
I used to quite a large rig but not with any guitarist. Drum and bass stoner doom stuff. With guitarists, I dont think there is a huge need for it unless it is a power trio or something like that. It can be useful if you want to run a dirty signal through one head and a clean signal through another. It definitely is overkill for some genres. Basically if you are not playing doom metal I would say it isnt practical. But theres no reason not to do it for fun. But the quality of the tone matters too. Make sure you are using decent heads. Experimentation is very important for educating yourself. Scratch the itch.
You cant please everyone. You are not a pizza.
You cant please everyone. You are not a pizza.
Yes, it's called a CHAIR. Borrow one from the bar. Works great, and holds a 4x10 cab level at a good height. You can hear yourself without worrying about the guitars or soundman.
Two issues can come up when you run two amps. Phasing has already been mentioned. The other is ground loops; if the mega-rig HUMS once the two amps are connected, the cause is a ground loop.
Mine is 1000 watts
Well that's only TWICE as loud as 100 watts, so there's that.Sweet goodness!! my ears are too old and fragile for anything close to that.
I'm in one of those bands now. And half the members are over 50...
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