I have a Peavey 6505MH and, even before lockdown, I was only playing at low volumes in my house (with a lot of gain though). When I was in a band, and if I ever join another, I would be using the amps and speakers at the rehearsal studio and gear provided by any pubs, as we did before.
So I currently have a 2x12 Marshall 1936 cabinet with a Greenback and a G12T-75 and that combination sounds great IMO, but it's still a bit of big cabinet for what I need in my little study room. I am looking at getting a cheap 1 x 12 cab and putting my Greenback in it, but I just realised that speaker is only rated at 25W. I understand that, for a 20W amp you're supposed to use a speaker with some headroom like 40-50W.
But, honestly, I am never cranking this thing, and generally use it on the 5W or even 1W setting so....
Will it really matter if I use the 25 Greenback with my 20W amp at high gain, low volume (generally VERY low volume)?
I don't use this setup for anything other than jamming by myself to Maiden, Slayer etc - if I ever record I have Amplitube with a few packs and go straight into that, which I love.
I know I could use the G12T-75 but I don't like that speaker so much - it pairs very well with the Greenback because they both have strengths but on their own I MUCH prefer the Greenback as the G12T-75 is harsh, brittle and not very nice at all!
So I currently have a 2x12 Marshall 1936 cabinet with a Greenback and a G12T-75 and that combination sounds great IMO, but it's still a bit of big cabinet for what I need in my little study room. I am looking at getting a cheap 1 x 12 cab and putting my Greenback in it, but I just realised that speaker is only rated at 25W. I understand that, for a 20W amp you're supposed to use a speaker with some headroom like 40-50W.
But, honestly, I am never cranking this thing, and generally use it on the 5W or even 1W setting so....
Will it really matter if I use the 25 Greenback with my 20W amp at high gain, low volume (generally VERY low volume)?
I don't use this setup for anything other than jamming by myself to Maiden, Slayer etc - if I ever record I have Amplitube with a few packs and go straight into that, which I love.
I know I could use the G12T-75 but I don't like that speaker so much - it pairs very well with the Greenback because they both have strengths but on their own I MUCH prefer the Greenback as the G12T-75 is harsh, brittle and not very nice at all!
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