I recently acquired a 45 watt tube amp from 1972 (a Traynor YBA-1), but I don't currently own a cabinet I can play it through. I was thinking about rewiring my 4-ohm Aguilar DB410 into an 8-ohm cabinet, but before I start looking at the project (or start talking to Aguilar--I already need to ask them about a tweeter issue) I want to make sure that the head won't be underpowered for the cabinet, which has a 700 watt RMS power handling.
I don't ever expect to keep up with my guitarist's Sovtek Mig-100, but will the 45 watts be enough to get serious volume out of the cabinet, or should I stick with a smaller cabinet, or just a less-beefy 4x10?
I don't ever expect to keep up with my guitarist's Sovtek Mig-100, but will the 45 watts be enough to get serious volume out of the cabinet, or should I stick with a smaller cabinet, or just a less-beefy 4x10?
Loudness is a whole other question. To get the most loudness, you need a super-efficient cab. The easiest way to get more volume per watt is to add more speaker surface area. So, all else being equal, an 8x10 would be much louder with that amp than a 4x10 would be. The next consideration is the sensitivity of the speakers themselves, and the efficiency of the cab design. Look up threads with the words "bfm", "fitzmaurice", "fearful", "barefaced", and "efficient" for more info.
