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Anonymous asked in Entertainment & MusicMusicOther - Music · 1 decade ago

Ohms Law My Guitar amp has 16 ohm or 8 ohm outputs?

Ohms Law My Guitar amp has 16 ohm or 8 ohm outputs.?

The internal Speakers are each 8 Ohm, (2 of them) wired series to make a total of 16 Ohm, (if i re-wire them to parallel i get 4 ohm right?)

Now i want to buy an extension cab that is a 4x12

Its total impedance is 8 Ohm... How should i go about connecting it? If you need more info let me know i think thats everything though... normally i can do this kinda math but its confusing the hell out of me. Thanks in advance,

Josh

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  • Yoda
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    Ok you have 2x8 Ohms in series to make what your amp "sees" as 1x16 Ohms.

    If you cab is 8 Ohm it probably has 4x8 Ohm speakers wired in series/parallel IE. they are wired in pairs in series, the same way as your internal speakers, to give 2 separate pairs at 16 Ohm and the two pairs are then wired together in parallel as if they were 2 individual speakers

    Your options are basically to change the speakers in the cab for 4x16 Ohm series/parallel or unplug the internal ones when you use the 4X12 (common practise!).

    Some info on your amp may give a better answer

    Source(s): Retired roadie
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