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can you use a combo amp as a speaker cab?

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Unperson

Mar 24, 2008
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Bennington, VT
#1
Want to get the wife a Gk backline head. Can I use my
Behringer BX-1800 as a speaker cab? Obviously, I'm talking
running the head directly to the 15" speaker and bypassing
the combo. Would this work ok for practice untill she can get
a good speaker cab?
 
#3
JustOpenYourMind said:
It would work, but you'd probably have to open the cab, disconect the leads of the speaker, solder them to an input jack, drill a hole for the said input jack and totally ruin the resale value of your combo.

If it doesn't bother you and your handy with electronics, go for it.
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Good lord, how much resale value would a behringer BX-1800
combo have anyway? For awhile, I used a Marshall 50w SS
amp as a cab for a VJ head. Wanted to gno if bass was any
different.
 
#4
You can totally do this. In fact, with a couple combos that I've owned, I ended up running a speaker cable OUT of the amp portion and then hooked up a 1/4" jack to the speaker portion. The nice thing about this setup is that I can use a different speaker with that amp, or do as you are, which is use the speaker in a pinch. As for resale? First off, it IS a Behringer so as you stated (paraphrasing here) "who cares" but seriously, if you do a clean job, it wouldn't hurt the resale at all. In fact, I similarly mod'd my old Ampeg BA-115 and it actually became a selling point.
 
#5
RobertUI said:
You can totally do this. In fact, with a couple combos that I've owned, I ended up running a speaker cable OUT of the amp portion and then hooked up a 1/4" jack to the speaker portion. The nice thing about this setup is that I can use a different speaker with that amp, or do as you are, which is use the speaker in a pinch. As for resale? First off, it IS a Behringer so as you stated (paraphrasing here) "who cares" but seriously, if you do a clean job, it wouldn't hurt the resale at all. In fact, I similarly mod'd my old Ampeg BA-115 and it actually became a selling point.
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Killer. Today is our 12th wedding anniversary and I'm getting
her a Backline 600 head. She's going to be so happy.:hyper:
 

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