Anyone Ever Try a 3-Speaker cab?

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Yes, but TWO 30W speakers can handle 60W, doesn't matter if they are in series or parallel.

Don't have time to write it out, so check here - https://www.amplifiedparts.com/tech-corner/speaker-impedance-power-handling-and-wiring (although the speaker recommendations have a safety factor of 2 on everything, which I don't necessarily agree with for guitar cabs, but that is a different discussion)
 
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devastone said:
Yes, but TWO 30W speakers can handle 60W, doesn't matter if they are in series or parallel.

Don't have time to write it out, so check here - https://www.amplifiedparts.com/tech-corner/speaker-impedance-power-handling-and-wiring (although the speaker recommendations have a safety factor of 2 on everything, which I don't necessarily agree with for guitar cabs, but that is a different discussion)
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Yes. I was agreeing with you.
 
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Sorry, I meant for Jacew to explain the logic behind 2X 30W speakers in series can only handle 30W.
 
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Adieu said:
Those Celestion 10's aren't serious guitar speakers, or so Ive heard
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Depends on what you want to play through them.

I have a G10 Greenback. It's not as nice as a Celestion G10 Gold perhaps, but it's not a cheapo no-name 10" that came off a Marshall MG combo either. It's even made in the UK (unlike the 12" version), but any 12" just plain blows it out of the water for what I want to play through it (high gain chugga chugga). Throw some gain at it, and it just starts sounding like a cardboard beehive.

But then again, that has been my experience with every other 10" speaker I've tried.
 
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ArtieToo said:
I was thinking along those same lines except, I think I'd do two 8's or 10's @ 4 ohms, in series, with that series pair in parallel with an 8 ohm 12". That would give equal power distribution through both branches for a total 4 ohm cab. Something like two 30 watt 8's with a 60 watt 12".
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i have a 2x10 with a lil buddy and p10q both 8 ohm. the fancy back plate has two jacks and a switch so i can run either speaker at 8 ohms, series for 16 or parallel for 4. i also have a 16 ohm 1x12 g12-65 thats the same size box so they stack well. 1x12+2x10 = 8 ohms of great complex tone thats a ***** to mic up :D

mixing speakers and speaker size is great if you arent mic'ing them or are fine with picking one to go to the board.
 
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That's always been my question about speaker mixing, I'm sure it sounds great playing through it, but when it comes to mic'ing seems like it would be a pain. Back in the club days if I asked for multiple mics on my cab I probably would have been laughed at, especially since there was usually like 15 mins between bands to tear down and set up.
 
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I wonder how much you'd lose by having a mic back a few feet from the cab?
 
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the mxl 990 is a large diaphragm condenser mic, not ribbon. i always question "experts" when i know more than they do and thats all about recording anyway. finding an sound engineer that will let you use two mics is rare, ask for three and your monitors will sound like crap the whole show lol

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You'd get a lot more bleed from the rest of the instruments.
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yeah thats the issue. too much bleed on stage which can actually sound awesome sometimes but limits the control so sound guys hate it
 
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I never shared the stage with Mark Knopfler, the dives I played in we were lucky to get one mic. Have you played out much? Maybe it has changed since I have.

Not saying there isn't valuable info in the links you are posting, but that is either for recording, or live at a level most of us here will not achieve. Knopfler can easily dictate what he wants to hear onstage, us mortals are usually lucky to hear at all.
 
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just don't anyone's imagination to be limited...three speaker cabinet, three mic set up...it's your sound you are chasing not anyone else's preconception...
 
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may just be finger painting...but sure don't want pragmatism to stop me from making a yellow elephant...
 
Re: Anyone Ever Try a 3-Speaker cab?

yellow elephants are fine! and just as rare as a sound guy that will let you use three mics on a guitar rig at a show :D
 
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