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Mesa Mini Rec w/2 orange cabs
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 5:58 am
by Mattsican
I'm thinking of getting a Mesa Mini Rec 25. It has 1 8ohm and 1 4 ohm output. I've two 16ohm Orange 1x12 cabs I'm using now with a Dual Terror Head. If I get the Mesa, can I run the two 16 ohm cabs in series into the 8 ohm input of the Mesa? Wouldn't using two 16 ohm cabs in series create an 8 ohm load?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 6:13 am
by Fakir Mustache
No, if you run them in series you get 32 ohms. You have to run them in parallel to get 8.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:46 pm
by Gabriel
They'd work in parallel at 8 ohms if you use a y cable.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:49 pm
by benecol
APOLOGIES FOR THREADJACK: but I can no longer read the word "mesa" without reading it, and the rest of whatever words follow, in a JarJar Binks voice.
*stays out of amp forum*
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:22 pm
by dots
There must be therapy for that...
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:32 pm
by NickS
benecol wrote:APOLOGIES FOR THREADJACK: but I can no longer read the word "mesa" without reading it, and the rest of whatever words follow, in a JarJar Binks voice.
Especially
"Mesa boogie"!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 6:06 pm
by Mattsican
Fakir Mustache wrote:No, if you run them in series you get 32 ohms. You have to run them in parallel to get 8.
So just so I'm 100% clear on this....
If I run out of the 8ohm Jack in the amp into the first 16ohm cab, then out of that cab into the second 16ohm cab, I'm basically fucking up and running 32ohms and risk looking like a loser when my shit breaks on stage?
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:30 pm
by NickS
If this is the Orange PPC112, as per
http://orangeamps.com/products/guitar- ... ck/ppc112/ then it says the two jack sockets are in parallel. Just take a cable from the amp to the cab, and another cable from the cab to the second cab.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:36 pm
by Fakir Mustache
Mattsican wrote:Fakir Mustache wrote:No, if you run them in series you get 32 ohms. You have to run them in parallel to get 8.
So just so I'm 100% clear on this....
If I run out of the 8ohm Jack in the amp into the first 16ohm cab, then out of that cab into the second 16ohm cab, I'm basically fucking up and running 32ohms and risk looking like a loser when my shit breaks on stage?
If your cab is rewired to provide series connection out of the second jack of the one cab you are plugging in first, yes.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 3:54 am
by Mattsican
This is EXACTLY the info I needed. I thank you one hundred internets! Those are the exact cabs I have.