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Amp/cab question
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:37 pm
by Ben
Ok, so I'm looking at getting either a Peavey 5150 II or a Randall V-max. I currently have a Marshall cab with Celestions that is only rated at 100 watts; both of these amps are more powerful (the Peavey is 120 watts tube, the V-max 300 watts solid state) than my cab, could I use my current cab as long as they weren't cranked? I know this may sound like a n00b question, but I've always had a 100 watt head so I never had to think about it.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:44 pm
by 7Dime7MetalMassacre
if your're going with either of them heads especially the V max, get a better fucking cab. The speakers in the cab you have will be farting out like hell
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:09 pm
by Wrona
7Dime7MetalMassacre wrote: The speakers in the cab you have will be farting out like hell
No thats just a metaphor of you playing like shit.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:10 pm
by Wrona
Buy the 5150, it sounds much nicer.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:16 pm
by Ben
I'm not looking for amp recommendations, I need my cab question answered.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:00 pm
by Lando Griffin
I always thought as a general rule that the head should not have more wattage than the cab or else it'll blow the cab out...of course I don't really know alot about equipment however.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:10 pm
by 7Dime7MetalMassacre
TK wrote:7Dime7MetalMassacre wrote: The speakers in the cab you have will be farting out like hell
Yes thats just a metaphor of you knowing what your talking about. Don't mind me im a souless dickfaced faggot fuck
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:03 pm
by Ben
Thanks for your help, dumbasses.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:25 pm
by Kyle
alright crybaby, heres the answer:
get a new fuckin cab, ask someone that is paid to answer your questions.
and while youre at the music store, invest in a fucking metronome.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:06 pm
by Firestorm
Ben wrote:Thanks for your help, dumbasses.
Im gonna shoot you so deep....
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:48 pm
by Dimejandro
i think its cool as long you've got the same ohms (sp?) setting. maybe im just talking out my ass haha.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:48 pm
by jimmysux
You wont have to change cabs, #1, think of it, who actually plays at 10? You get all that damn feedback and shit when 6 or 7 will be plenty to be heard over a drummer anyday.
Nonetheless, the cabinet should be safe with those wattages, celestions are very good speakers, and are usually rated lower than what they can actually handle.
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:58 pm
by Kyle
mine go to 11
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:39 pm
by jimmysux
Kyle wrote:mine go to 11
I was gonna put that shit about spinal tap on there. I knew someone was gonna do that.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:03 am
by Pfl?yd
Moreso than wattage, make sure you impendance matches up. I found out the hard way a few years ago what happens when they don't.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:09 am
by croninburg
Pflöyd wrote:Moreso than wattage, make sure you impendance matches up. I found out the hard way a few years ago what happens when they don't.
Boom?
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:57 pm
by Pfl?yd
croninburg wrote:Pflöyd wrote:Moreso than wattage, make sure you impendance matches up. I found out the hard way a few years ago what happens when they don't.
Boom?
Fried the power amp. The one cab is homemade and the speakers didn't have the impedance listed. Needless to say, when i bought a new amp, I had that fucker metered.
Sounds like liquid butter now.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 2:33 pm
by Ben
Yeah, it's all at 8 ohms. So Pfloyd, with the Randall (which is prob what I'll get) I'll be ok????
and shut up kyle. nobody cares. you stopped being amusing years ago.
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:17 pm
by Metallash
the ohms of the cabinet cant be less than what your head can handle
e.g: if your head can handle a minimum of 8 OHMS make sure your cabinet isnt rated below that and youll be fine.
it can be over 8 OHMS, but never less than your head minimum.
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:13 pm
by Kyle
Ben wrote:Yeah, it's all at 8 ohms. So Pfloyd, with the Randall (which is prob what I'll get) I'll be ok????
and shut up kyle. nobody cares. you stopped being amusing years ago.
stopped being amusing all the way to the bank!
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:03 pm
by Tweel
you should see about replacing your speakers with some black widows
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:22 am
by Ben
Tweel wrote:you should see about replacing your speakers with some black widows
$$$$$$
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:09 am
by ivanlongknob
what the hell would anyone do with 300 watts??? maybe if you were playin in the middle of the atlantic and wanted your tone to go all the way around the world and smash you in the ass i might understand....
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:36 pm
by Ben
Shit if I know, and I don't care. All I care about is that it sounds good.