1x8 cabs?

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:29 pm

So the Orange Micro Terror just came out, and obviously there's the accompanying cab. I'm a little guy, and occasionally when I'm at uni I have to carry ALL my gear to a gig at once. When I've got a guitar on my back, pedal board in one hand and amp head over my shoulder, a 1x12 cab gets a little too much for someone of my stature. From all the information on this thing it looks like I could run my Tiny Terror through it (20 watts, 8 ohms). It might look a little bit silly having a head wider than my cab, but that doesn't really bother me.

Is there any reason for me not to buy this cab and run my Tiny Terror through it?

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:38 pm

BECAUSE IT'S SHIIIIIIIT!

But probably none if it matches up and everything. I have a Kustom 8" combo and it's fine. Really useful for small practices, in fact. Or just noodling around.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:40 pm

Yeah definitely for practices, and I'm thinking even for gigs. I figure at most gigs my amp gets mic'd up anyway, and at the ones where it doesn't you usually can't hear what the fuck's going on anyway, regardless of how big a speaker I'm playing through.

Will it actually even make a huge volume difference?

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:20 pm

TT is 16ohms, the Orange 1x8 cab is 8ohms.... it will not work without frying your output tranny.... plus its 8" speaker will sound shit compared to a real cab

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:28 pm

A Roland Cube might be a better idea.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:20 pm

But I personally use a ZT lunchbox which sounds ace.

You can just buy it as a cab, 6.5" speaker, yet somehow still sounds huge.

http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Ba ... peaker/IRS

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:40 pm

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:49 pm

I've never played a Cube, but generally anything less than a ten inch speaker isn't going to sound very good. For a home practice amp you might get away with it, but otherwise it just won't cut it.

I'd also recommend a trolley of some sort...places such as Clas Ohlsen sell them for little more than Â£25 (there happened to be a branch of them near the shop where I bought my amp from). Get some straps or rope to lash the amp and/or cab to one of those and you're good to go. Seriously, I'm a weedy fellow too but I can cart a 1x12 valve combo around on one of those things with no trouble!

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:50 pm

SGJarrod wrote:TT is 16ohms, the Orange 1x8 cab is 8ohms.... it will not work without frying your output tranny.... plus its 8" speaker will sound shit compared to a real cab

TT can run at 8 or 16ohms. My current cab is 8ohms.

Gabriel wrote:

I do actually already have a trolley! Although considering Scarborough is rather hilly, I do get slightly worried about the cab falling off. Perhaps a better investment than a new cab would be some rope to tie the current cab to the trolley.

timhulio wrote:

If only...

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:59 pm

Freddy V-C wrote:I do actually already have a trolley! Although considering Scarborough is rather hilly, I do get slightly worried about the cab falling off. Perhaps a better investment than a new cab would be some rope to tie the current cab to the trolley.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3x-Elastic-10 ... 748wt_1219

Â£2 including postage on ebay. Do eet

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:12 pm

timhulio wrote:

Hot 240 is hot

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:27 pm

TT are 16ohms or 2 8ohm cabs....... but 16ohms overall

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:02 am

SGJarrod wrote:TT are 16ohms or 2 8ohm cabs....... but 16ohms overall

Incorrect.
You can either plug 1x 16 ohm cab into the 16ohm out, or
2x 16 ohm cabs into the 2 8ohm outs, or
1x 8ohm cab into one of the 8ohm outs.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 6:46 pm

I wonder how many cabs SGJarrod has blown up?

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:29 pm

Just buy a frontman 25r.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:36 pm

h8mtv wrote:Just buy a frontman 25r.

I didn't think they were too loud.

I've got a gig on monday where I'm going to try

straight into a PA and I'll report back with how good (or not) it sounds. That would be the most portable gig solution.