Jamie Snell

Hi all, I’ve pulled the trigger on the Digitech Drop, I will let you know how I get on with it!

Hi all, I’m considering getting a pitch shifter pedal to allow me to play certain songs either a semi tone or two semi tones down. i’ve just tried the EHX Pitch Fork, but felt it coloured the tone too much. I also tried The Drop by Digitech which was quite good, despite a slight drop in volume. Someone suggested the Morpheus Drop Tuner. What are people’s thoughts on The Drop and the Morpheus please? I’ve got the chance to get one or the other so any comments welcome. The Drop is 9v meaning I can power it from my 9v splitter cable, although I may well get some kind of power bank if that would be better. Cheers Jamie

Thanks.I had seen those online, but I’m struggling to work out how I would plug it in/turn it on or off as the cable with USB head won’t fit through the grille.

Yes ideal, thanks. It doesn’t mention a power supply - do you have to buy this separately?

Hi, don’t mind whether battery or mains powered, mains would probably be better in the long run. and yes colours would be good - Trace Elliott green! any links to suitable products would be good. I can find LED strip lights on eBay, but I’m unsure how to power them as the power pack won’t fit through the grill.

Hi all, I’m just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice on how to install LED lighting behind the grille of my cabs? Ideally I’d like to be able to turn the LEDs on using an external switch. Any pointers welcome!

Give over mate.

I’m a bit anal! Thanks for your help.

Just wanted to be sure I had understood correctly. Thanks for your help.

Hi all, thanks for your advice and comments so far. Using an online Speaker Ohm Calculator it tells me that connecting both speakers in parallel at 2.67 ohms will distribute the power 33.3% to the 8 ohm cab and 66.7% to the 4 ohm cab. Given the amp outputs 700w @ 2 ohms then this would equate to 175w to the 8 ohm cab and 350w to the 4 ohm cab. Given the 8 ohm cab can handle 400w and the 4 ohm cab 800w I think it would be best to output to each cab from each channel as that would give me 280w to the 8 ohm cab and 450w to the 4 ohm cab. That’s 730w in total rather than 525w. Plus using this method means that if one of the amp channels went down, or one of the cabs for that matter, then it’s less hassle. Hopefully my conclusion makes sense, but if I’ve got anything wrong do let me know. Thanks again, Jamie

Thanks again and sorry I did know the wattage gets shared. And yes all amp manufacturers are guilty of promoting wattage levels which are ultimately bragging figures! Linking the cabs would give a better volume balance whereas running each cab off separate channels would require some manual volume balancing using the channel volume pots I guess.

Ok thanks. I think I was getting ohms and watts mixed up. If I ran the cabs off one channel then wouldn’t the amount of wattage be too high for the 8 ohm cab which is only rated at 400w?

Ignore me, the 2x10 has an output link so could send one output to that and then the output link to the 4 ohm cab. So next question is what impact would this have on the ohms and wattage?

Impedance always confuses me! and yes I think my preference would be to run the 4 ohm cab off one channel and the 8 ohm cab off the other. In fact thinking about it, that’s the only way I can do it as neither cab has an output/link.

Thanks for confirming my thoughts, but just one point - running both off one channel @ 2.66ohms wouldn’t be a good option as that is below both cabs respective minimum ohms?