Good day,
I am thinking about turning my old Line 6 Spider III 75 amp into a speaker cabinet, but want to make sure I would do it correctly without frying anything before I attempt (I don't feel like spending $500 for a dedicated speaker cabinet).
If I disconnect the speaker from the solid-state (digital) amplifier circuit while it is running, will I short out or otherwise destroy the amp circuit? I know you cannot run tube amps without speakers connected (or a loadbox) for this reason, but I do not know if solid state amps work the same way.
If yes, would hooking up an 80 watt, 8 ohm resistor up to the speaker wires that go to the circuit prevent the amp circuit from frying itself? The speaker is a Celestion G12p-80 (70-80 clone?) with 80 watts max and 8 ohm impedance.
In reality, I highly doubt I would ever actually have the amp circuit on while using it's speaker as a cabinet, more like something to make sure no one else blows the amp circuit on accident.
Thanks,
GreatOz
I am thinking about turning my old Line 6 Spider III 75 amp into a speaker cabinet, but want to make sure I would do it correctly without frying anything before I attempt (I don't feel like spending $500 for a dedicated speaker cabinet).
If I disconnect the speaker from the solid-state (digital) amplifier circuit while it is running, will I short out or otherwise destroy the amp circuit? I know you cannot run tube amps without speakers connected (or a loadbox) for this reason, but I do not know if solid state amps work the same way.
If yes, would hooking up an 80 watt, 8 ohm resistor up to the speaker wires that go to the circuit prevent the amp circuit from frying itself? The speaker is a Celestion G12p-80 (70-80 clone?) with 80 watts max and 8 ohm impedance.
In reality, I highly doubt I would ever actually have the amp circuit on while using it's speaker as a cabinet, more like something to make sure no one else blows the amp circuit on accident.
Thanks,
GreatOz
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