Accugroove El Whappo jr

[lefty]

Just scored a Accugroove El Whappo jr with the “Accuswitch” I know there’s a thread that shows how to disable the switch but what ohm is this cabinet running with the switch actually? 4 or 8 ohms? I what to run 4 ohms.
Thanks

 

[Wasnex]

The cab is 4 ohms, regardless of the position of the switch.

 

[lefty]

The cab is 4 ohms, regardless of the position of the switch.

Cool thanks!

 

[Ric Vice]

Years ago when this cabinet came out there was a lot of “consternation” about the validity of Accu Grove’s claims of a combination 4/8 Ohm design.
I believe they lost a lot of street credibility over those claims being unfounded. Just my take of course that was at least 10 years ago and little has been said since then. Another cabinet maker ( I believe it either was Epifani or maybe Bergantino actually accomplished this)

 

[fjbass78]

I have one of those cabs too. It's an awesome cab for sure. I love it under my '72 Ampeg V4 head.
I've never moved that switch to 8 ohms. Always run it at 4.

 

[HolmeBass]

Years ago when this cabinet came out there was a lot of “consternation” about the validity of Accu Grove’s claims of a combination 4/8 Ohm design.
I believe they lost a lot of street credibility over those claims being unfounded. Just my take of course that was at least 10 years ago and little has been said since then. Another cabinet maker ( I believe it either was Epifani or maybe Bergantino actually accomplished this)

Hartke did, but it is not a great technology.

 

[frankie5string]

Hartke did, but it is not a great technology.

I have those...They are different. They have dual-coil woofers so the switches actually do something. No trickery.

 

[lefty]

I have one of those cabs too. It's an awesome cab for sure. I love it under my '72 Ampeg V4 head.
I've never moved that switch to 8 ohms. Always run it at 4.

Cool! I’ll have to give it a tun with my 74’ SVT!

 

[fjbass78]

Cool! I’ll have to give it a tun with my 74’ SVT!

i'm sure that will sound awesome!

 

[jsbarber]

I used to own one of these cabinets and it sounded great.
The switch switched the dc impedance between 4 and 8 ohms, as I recall, but above a very low frequency, which was sub-audible, the cabinet had 4 ohm impedance regardless of switch position. The company made some excellent cabinets, but the switch fiasco hurt the brand, imo.

Also, the two 12” drivers in the original version were identical, but they were housed in internal enclosures that were tuned differently. Each driver had its own enclosure within the main cabinet. Later they offered a version where one driver was standard and one was neo. They saved a bit of weight but my recollection is that the consensus was the original sounded better.