Are two greenbacks OK to handle a 50 watt amp?

[GuitarStv]

I like the tones from my current setup (a C. Rex in an open back combo mixed with a V30 in a closed back cab). I was looking at picking up a closed back 2x12 loaded with greenbacks in our local music store for some different tones while recording, but the guy in the store seemed convinced that it would be risky to put 50 watts into two 25 watt greenbacks. Is he crazy, or am I? I thought a 50 watt cab would be fine with a 50 watt amp.

 

[ehdwuld]

It is right at the limit of the speakers

If you crank the amp wide open and have a squall of feedback that last more than a few seconds

It may damage it

But that would be really loud

 

[misterwhizzy]

My Origin 50H seems to like the Greenback-loaded 2x12 it runs through very well, but I don’t think I’ve ever gone over halfway on the master volume.

 

[idsnowdog]

Many old Marshall 4x12 cabinets had 25 or 35-watt speakers for 50 or 100-watt heads. It depends on how much speaker breakup you like?

 

[marcello252]

on the edge but they can handle well 50W RMS, at max you have to expect a lot of distortion from the cones theirselves

 

[jeremy]

as long as you arent running the amp full up or close, you should be fine. wattage rating is just heat dissipation

 

[Securb]

If you are using an overdrive or boost, you will be increasing the output of the amp, and it could get dangerous. I live by the 50% rule, 100w amp at least a 150w cab. Not only in fear of blowing a speaker but also for the headroom.

 

[GuitarStv]

I think I'd be recording with it at relatively reasonable levels so should be safe then. If I was using the greenback loaded cab when playing out, I'd run it along with the speaker in my combo . . . so 50 watt cab, 50 watt combo speaker should leave plenty of leeway (although it's pretty darned rare that I've ever got that amp fully up anyway . . . at those levels it's deafening and will ruffle the cuffs of your pants around your ankles).

 

[jeremy]

love when that happens

 

[80's_Metal]

I say crank the hell out of them, wreck the speakers!

(Then replace them with better speakers)
Where's the flame emoji? Insert that here:

 

[ehdwuld]

I say crank the hell out of them, wreck the speakers!

(Then replace them with better speakers)
Where's the flame emoji? Insert that here:

:firedevil

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I think two Greenbacks can handle 50W just fine. They're not frail.

 

[Chistopher]

What sort of operation do you have going where you need to have your speaker cranked to max volume?

 

[jeremy]

i like to run low wattage 4w-12w amps cranked up. 4w amp gets a 10w speaker, 12w amp gets a 20w-25w speaker. i have a seriously modded musicmaster bass amp running 12w-15w with a greenback and it sound great! it my second most gigged amp after my '66 dr

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I guess it depends on the amp. Maybe those vintage Plexis that put out more wattage than they're actually spec'd to going at full blast, alright. But I bet anything made in the past like 30-40 years would be fine.

The EVH cab has 4 EVH speakers rated at 20W each (just nominally and to keep the vintage tradition they're actually more like 25W), and it's fine with the 100W 5150III head.

Again, Greenbacks are not frail.

 

[Aceman]

I am sooooo thinking about dropping a couple of Greenbacks in my Marshall MX212 cab....

I also have 2 Peavey 1x12's that I could load anything into. They have Shefields right now.

 

[ehdwuld]

So do you LIKE the Sheffields

 

[Aceman]

So do you LIKE the Sheffields

I know there is a lot of smack on the internet about them, but honestly, I think they are fine. There is nothing about them that a tweet of the EQ has not been able to make them work for me.

Are they my GT75's in my 1960 Cab- no. But they are in the ballpark.

That said - since getting my POD go and being able to really A/B some different cabs, speakers, I settled on the Greenback25's as "my sound"