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M9 Carbine with 2 mesa cabs

twistedbydesign

twistedbydesign

Jan 23, 2011
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#1
I recently purchased a mesa m9 carbine, a 4x10 4 ohm cab, and a 2x10 8 ohm cab.
I was about to hook it all up to give it a test drive, but I started to get a bit paranoid. I understand that my M9 has to be set to 2 ohms and the speaker cables plug into the 2 speaker outputs.
Would I still plug the other end of the speaker cables into the cabs where it says "8 ohms in" and "4 ohms in" just like I would if i were only using one cab, or would i plug them into the "paralleled out"?
I thought I remembered reading that the paralleled out was for daisy chaining cabs, but I was unsure.
I've only ever used combos and singled cab stacks up to this point and I just wanna make sure I'm doing it right!
Thanks in advance!
Happy Easter to those of you who are celebrating it!!
 
#3
I understand where to plug the cables into the Head. But on the cab itself do I plug into the same inputs i normally would (if i were only using one cabinet (the "8 ohm in" on the one cab and the "4 ohm in" on the other)
Thanks for the quick response!
 
#6
Sound AMAZING! My band has taken a break from shows to finish up our album, so It'll be a little while before I really get to make her thump. But I cranked it up some just to get a feel for it and I couldn't be happier!

Plugged my Schecter Stiletto Custom 4 into it, sounds like they were made for eachother! My jazz bass doesn't sound fantastic (I've read a lot of ppl say the M9 makes the jazz sound kinda bland) But it wasn't terrible. I also have an Ibanez GSR 206 (wanted a cheap 6 string to play around with) and it has a pretty decent sound through the amp.

Schecter + Mesa = the sound I've always wanted.
 
#8
twistedbydesign said:
Sound AMAZING! My band has taken a break from shows to finish up our album, so It'll be a little while before I really get to make her thump. But I cranked it up some just to get a feel for it and I couldn't be happier!

Plugged my Schecter Stiletto Custom 4 into it, sounds like they were made for eachother! My jazz bass doesn't sound fantastic (I've read a lot of ppl say the M9 makes the jazz sound kinda bland) But it wasn't terrible. I also have an Ibanez GSR 206 (wanted a cheap 6 string to play around with) and it has a pretty decent sound through the amp.

Schecter + Mesa = the sound I've always wanted.
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That's hardly the M9's fault... ;) ;)
 
#13
Maybe it just needs some additional tweaking. I don't remember exactly where but I have read a few say that their jazz basses just don't shine like other basses. I prefer my schecter anyway, but I will try the jazz again and see what kinda sound I get.

To be honest I really didn't give it an honest shot. I didn't have it plugged in for more than 5 to 10 minutes. I wasn't trying to troll or anything. It was just a quick observation. I'll report back after spending some real time with the Jazz plugged in.
 
#14
Just to update in case anyone stumbles onto this thread, the issues with my jazz i think was a combination of dead strings and eq. I picked up a fender deluxe jag recently and spent some time tweaking and it sounds great with the m9 set up. The comments i read may have just been from people who didn't like the jazz sound to begin with.
 

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