intro to cabinets

[greendy123]

Today I'm getting to get my first cabinet. It's a marshall 1936 2x12" cab. The infomation on it can be found here http://www.marshallamps.com/images/products/cabinets/cabinetsspectable.html. I just want to know how to use as this is my first experience with using one.

I think you just connect the output from a amp with a cable, the same kind I use to connect my guitar to my amp, to the cabinet. Is this correct or do I need a different kind of cable?

I have a combo amp, it has a output to cabinet, but it says 8 ohm min., I was wondering what that means and how do I connect it to my new cabinet.

 

[SlyFoxx]

Re: intro to cabinets

DO NOT use a "guitar" cable to connect the amp to the cab. Use a "speaker" cable with a guage/size of 16 or less. The ends might be the same but the wiring is different. Speaker cables have wiring like "lamp cord." Guitar cables have a braided shield of wire that covers the center (hot) wire to "shield" out electromagnetic interfearence because the electrical signal generated by the pickups is VERY small.

The 8 ohms min. spec means the amp wants to see at least an 8 ohm load so don't connect a cabinet with a rating of less than 8 ohms.

learing about ohms and impeadence is important...do a search here and you'll find lots a posts pertaining to the subject.

 

[greendy123]

Re: intro to cabinets

Thanks for the info. Do you recommend any speaker cables?

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: intro to cabinets

What happens if you use a regular guitar cable?

 

[KLINKDETROIT]

Re: intro to cabinets

Thanks for the info. Do you recommend any speaker cables?

Voodoo cables all the way around for speaker, instrument patch cords etc.

www.voodooamps.com Tell Trace, Rob sent you

 

[greendy123]

Re: intro to cabinets

DO NOT use a "guitar" cable to connect the amp to the cab. Use a "speaker" cable with a guage/size of 16 or less. The ends might be the same but the wiring is different. Speaker cables have wiring like "lamp cord." Guitar cables have a braided shield of wire that covers the center (hot) wire to "shield" out electromagnetic interfearence because the electrical signal generated by the pickups is VERY small.

Are you sure you can't just use a instrument cable, I assume as a guitar cable? I called my local guitar shop and they said I could use my guitar cable to connect my amp to my cabinet. I tried it out and it worked fine.

I have one more question I plan to get marshall head to go with my cabinet that has 2 outputs to speakers for it. My marshall 1936 cabinet has one 2 inputs a left and right, but there is no switch for stereo. How would I set it up so both speakers work at the same time?