IS there anyway you can run two 4ohm cabs, on a head that can only handle up to a 4ohm load. Is there something I can add to it to do this.
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billfitzmaurice
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My scheroder cab has 310s and 212s. I would have know idea how to rewire it. are if it could be done
That would be cool if I could find a combo with enough power to play some of the gigs we play out door. Are guitar player has to play as loud as he can on stage which I thinks stupid. Are PA is barely big enough. The combos Ive seen I cant afford right now.
I built a series speaker cable that was pretty easy. You need to label it clearly, though. It has to be plugged in correctly or it won't work.
The other downside is that you'll end up with an 8 ohm load, which will reduce the available wattage of your amp.
I'm assuming that you're using a solid state head?
You have to either buy or better yet, make, your own series cable. + to the + side of one cab, - to the - side of the other, jumper inbetween. It'll look like a single jack you plug in the back of the amp with a leg going to each cab. A pair of 4ohm cabs will then equal 8ohms. No way you can get 4ohms out of a pair of 4ohm loads.
Yes. You need one of these. It's a custom-built cable that connects the cabs in series. If you use it with two 4-ohm cabs, they will present an 8-ohm load to your amp. If your amp is designed for maximum power at four ohms, you'll get about half of that power out.
