Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
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korinastratkyle
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
it'll let you turn it up louder before the speakers distort, but that's pretty much it. If your speakers can't handle it going up past a certain point, the addition of another cab will help you there. you also gotta make sure your impedance is set up right for the added speakers. remember wiring two speakers in parallel cuts impedance in half, wiring in series doubles it. Don't use a higher impedance coming out of your amp than the speakers have! You can blow up your amp!
it'll let you turn it up louder before the speakers distort, but that's pretty much it. If your speakers can't handle it going up past a certain point, the addition of another cab will help you there. you also gotta make sure your impedance is set up right for the added speakers. remember wiring two speakers in parallel cuts impedance in half, wiring in series doubles it. Don't use a higher impedance coming out of your amp than the speakers have! You can blow up your amp!
TwilightOdyssey
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
Yeah, it'll appear to play louder, Biu. It'll certainly be more dynamic, tho in acutal scientific measurements, the dB increase will be nominal. Hope this helps!!
Not totally true; there are lots of variables to consider ...korinastratkyle said:
Yeah, it'll appear to play louder, Biu. It'll certainly be more dynamic, tho in acutal scientific measurements, the dB increase will be nominal. Hope this helps!!
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DeadSkinSlayer3
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
Every time you double the number of speakers, you get +3db. So from a 1x12 to 2x12, thats +3, and from 2x12 to 4x12, thats another +3.
Every time you double the number of speakers, you get +3db. So from a 1x12 to 2x12, thats +3, and from 2x12 to 4x12, thats another +3.
Stevo
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
I used to have an x60 head and I did not like the sound with a 1x12. It was plenty loud but it still sounded small. That's ok for recording but I ended up getting a Carvin 4x12 for playing with the band. It was way nicer - a lot more full sounding.
I like 4x12 closed back cabinets for Marshall style tones and 2x12 open back cabinets for Fender style tones. I tote my Marshall 4x12 everywhere these days. It has the same footprint of a 2x12 and it's up high so I can hear it. I don't even play that loud, I just like the bigger sound.
I used to have an x60 head and I did not like the sound with a 1x12. It was plenty loud but it still sounded small. That's ok for recording but I ended up getting a Carvin 4x12 for playing with the band. It was way nicer - a lot more full sounding.
I like 4x12 closed back cabinets for Marshall style tones and 2x12 open back cabinets for Fender style tones. I tote my Marshall 4x12 everywhere these days. It has the same footprint of a 2x12 and it's up high so I can hear it. I don't even play that loud, I just like the bigger sound.
Hellion
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
Adding speakers increases the amount of air that you're moving (provided everything's in phase!), so yes, that would give you more volume.
We do jobs outside fairly regularly, and while a 212 cab works just fine for almost situation, sometimes, I'll run my guitar rig through a 412 when we're outside, just to move more air.
Adding speakers increases the amount of air that you're moving (provided everything's in phase!), so yes, that would give you more volume.
We do jobs outside fairly regularly, and while a 212 cab works just fine for almost situation, sometimes, I'll run my guitar rig through a 412 when we're outside, just to move more air.
drew_half_empty
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
jsut mic it
jsut mic it
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DeadSkinSlayer3
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
Is it just a really small marshall cab? Like the same demensions of a marshall 2x12?
Stevo said:
Is it just a really small marshall cab? Like the same demensions of a marshall 2x12?
ledzepp29
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
I'd like to get a 2x12 too, more for a bigger sound than more volume. Those avatar 2x12's are dirt cheap! especially with eminence, after I heard kevlar3000s clips with the gb12s I've been savin but I think I might do 1 v12 and 1 gb12 just incase the gb12 is too thin.
I'd like to get a 2x12 too, more for a bigger sound than more volume. Those avatar 2x12's are dirt cheap! especially with eminence, after I heard kevlar3000s clips with the gb12s I've been savin but I think I might do 1 v12 and 1 gb12 just incase the gb12 is too thin.
Biu
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
Alright, thanks a bunch, guys!
Would a closed-back cab kill my clean tone? I'm pretty critical about having nice, sparkly cleans, but I wouldn't mind so much if only a little bit of the tone is sacrificed. Main concern is distortion tones though.
Alright, thanks a bunch, guys!
Would a closed-back cab kill my clean tone? I'm pretty critical about having nice, sparkly cleans, but I wouldn't mind so much if only a little bit of the tone is sacrificed. Main concern is distortion tones though.
Hellion
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Re: Will an extention cab make my amp seem louder?
No, the closed back shouldn't kill your clean tone. The thing with closed back cabs is that they focus the sound straight ahead, and you'll have to be in front of them about 15 feet to hear what they're really doing. Open back cabinets sound more.....well, "open". There's an airiness about them that doesn't exist with the closed. Think live Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Biu said:
No, the closed back shouldn't kill your clean tone. The thing with closed back cabs is that they focus the sound straight ahead, and you'll have to be in front of them about 15 feet to hear what they're really doing. Open back cabinets sound more.....well, "open". There's an airiness about them that doesn't exist with the closed. Think live Lynyrd Skynyrd.
