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SWR Goliath III 410

Bluzlvr

Bluzlvr

Aug 8, 2012
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Dayton, OH
#1
Just picked this cabinet up for what I thought was a good price. Can anyone tell me how to figure out if it's an 8 ohm or 4 ohm cab? I opened it up from the back and all I can see is the sticker on the side of the magnet that says BG1080C 8 The crossover says 8ohm, so I'm guessing it's an 8ohm. Oh yeah...it's pretty clean, sounds good and I paid $200. Was really looking for a 4ohm cab, but thought I couldn't pass it up.
 
#2
The jack panel should have the system impedance listed. Chances are best that it's an 8-ohm cab, as they were far far more common. $200 is a good deal for a cabinet that will play damn near any gig you could ever hope to land and sound good doing so. Mine was a workhorse for years.
 
#3
Thanks Bufalo, I would've thought it would be there as well, but nope. I did give a call to Fender Customer Service today. Gave him the serial no. and it is an 8ohm, built in 2003. Nice guy. He's even gonna send me a Fender tshirt(after a little prodding). It is nice to know that Fender actually does seem to care about customer service again...even for a line they bought then "retired". Almost makes me think there's hope for this world. Almost.

I thought $200 was more than fair, given it's shape and how it sounded. I have an 8ohm Eden 210 that I can sit on top and really shake the rafters. Guess I really wanted an 8ohm cab after all.
 
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Bluzlvr said:
I thought $200 was more than fair, given it's shape and how it sounded. I have an 8ohm Eden 210 that I can sit on top and really shake the rafters. Guess I really wanted an 8ohm cab after all.
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Nope - you needed a 4 ohm 4X10 if you wanted to use it with a 2X10.

With both cabs being 8 ohms, you will be sending the speakers in the 2X10 twice the wattage of the speakers in the 4X10.
 
#7
So 8 ohm drivers wired/series parallel for an 8 ohm total, most likely the same drivers as the Junior (210) 4 ohm version (as was the case with series I and II which only had 4 ohm two-tenners and 8 ohm 410s); this pairs with the info in this thread, about what the 8 ohm Jrs (and, I infer, the 4 ohm 410) are loaded with (16 ohm drivers). Not at all relevant to the OP but somebody else might search for this in the future.
 
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HaphAsSard said:
So 8 ohm drivers wired/series parallel for an 8 ohm total, most likely the same drivers as the Junior (210) 4 ohm version (as was the case with series I and II which only had 4 ohm two-tenners and 8 ohm 410s); this pairs with the info in this thread, about what the 8 ohm Jrs (and, I infer, the 4 ohm 410) are loaded with (16 ohm drivers). Not at all relevant to the OP but somebody else might search for this in the future.
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Over my head, but thanks for the input. If only I had a clue.
 

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