Question about running cabs in series...

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Question about running cabs in series...

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I haven't actually posted about it here yet, but I got a 1x8 Orange cab for Christmas. It looks like this...

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I was slightly concerned that it wouldn't be loud enough. It's definitely a little quieter than my 1x12, but still loud enough for practice, and our amps get mic'd up at most NOSE gigs, so that isn't a concern. This means I can carry all my gear to a gig in one trip (guitar on my back, amp head over my shoulder, pedal board in one hand, cab in the other) which is helpful for walking from train stations to venues etc... I'm a little guy so the 1x12 ended up dragging on the floor a lot of the time.

For gigs where I'm not having to walk to the venue, though, it might be nice to have a bit more flexibility. All the cabs I own run at 8 ohms, and I'm aware that I can't run two of these in parallel.

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As I understand it, I can plug one 16 ohm cab into the socket marked '16 ohms' or one 8 ohm cab into one of the sockets marked '8 ohms'. But in order to use the two '8 ohm' sockets in parallel, I have to be running two 16 ohm cabs.

The back of my 1x8 cab looks like this:

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So could I have a speaker cable running from one of the '8 ohm' outs on the back of the Tiny Terror head, into one of these sockets, and then another cable running out of the other socket into my other cab. Would this be running two cabs in series?
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I didn't know you could get these 1 x 8" cabs, this might be good to use with my Crate Powerblock instead of carting my Marshal 1 x 12" around. Will the smaller speaker have an effect on the volume that comes out of the amp/speaker?
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No, that would be running them in parallel (4 ohms). A while back someone asked this question and there's a diagram of a Y-shaped cable assembly...
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Post by NickS »

In fact, you posted in that thread on this very subject.
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Aha, oops.
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Post by stewart »

your orange 1x12 is 8 ohms? i thought they were 16?
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Re: Question about running cabs in series...

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Freddy V-C wrote:This means I can carry all my gear to a gig in one trip (guitar on my back, amp head over my shoulder, pedal board in one hand, cab in the other)
amp on your shoulder with both hands full?

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Post by Mike »

TT comes with a bag which has a shoulder strap

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Post by Freddy V-C »

stewart wrote:your orange 1x12 is 8 ohms? i thought they were 16?
My 1x12 is a Harley Benton!

Next time I carry all my gear at once, robroe, I shall get somebody to take a photograph just for you.
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Freddy V-C wrote:
stewart wrote:your orange 1x12 is 8 ohms? i thought they were 16?
My 1x12 is a Harley Benton!

Next time I carry all my gear at once, robroe, I shall get somebody to take a photograph just for you.
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Post by Freddy V-C »

I should clarify. All the gear I gig with, not ALL my gear.