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Steve, as ever you're a star mate, perhaps @obbm can confirm?

Thanks Tony 🙏

Thanks, not doubting your word but I'd be interesting in understanding why?

That's a good plan 🙏

I'd be far happier if that cab splitter box was Speakon..... 🤔

So, another question...... As the cab splitter allows me to run parallel at 4ohms or series at 16ohms, would I expect any difference in volume/tone or is it to keep all things equal in this respect that the Drophead has separate outputs for each (4/8/16ohms). Only asking out of curiosity really, I imagine i'll be running them in parallel at 4ohms but always good to know the options 👍

Thanks Pete, funny I was looking for something that would do that but not knowing whet they're called didn't find it! I'll order one of those, Anderton's have them in stock 👍

I think so, but I'm not sure a box designed for instrument level would survive being placed after the amp....?

Such a forgotten guy these days

Not MDF but VERY plain, pale, and characterless wood, IIRC poplar

Agreed, especially when they're configured as in the first post above in which it would be all too easy to simply plug two in, a single socket with switching between loads seems a far safer bet?

Thanks @itu, don't panic, I'm using the amp wisely! I messaged last night as I was wondering whether it might be safe to run from two of the three outputs but I was assuming not and am not inclined to experimentation with electrics. The two cabs are to all intents the top and bottom halves of a Mesa 1516 (the top cab having 1 x 10, 2 x 6 and a tweeter) so to get the best out of the rig I was thinking about bi-amping at the next rehearsal anyway, driving the 15 with the Mesa and the 10/6/6 with the Ashdown, probably safer and more satisfactory all round 👍

Love how far down AC/DC are Does remind me just how different going to gigs was back then, the whole process was very calm and stress free 👍

Many thanks @NancyJohnson, I felt a right idiot, I usually run the two cabs from my Mesa head but thought I 'd try them out with the Ashdown Drophead 200, seems I stumbled across a rare combination of an amp that only has a single speaker out (or at least while there are three options only one can be used at a time), and two cabs that can't be daisychained! Something tells me that the life expectancy of a standard ABY box would be rather short coming after the amp, I might be wrong, and if so I'm guessing there's probably a commercially available post-amp signal splitter? Many thanks for the offer of the Separator, it would be good to know fropm other on here whether or not that's going to work 🙏

I thought not thanks Tony 🙏

Folks, I've taken my Ashdown Drophead to rehearsal (usually take Mesa M-Pulse), there are three O/Ps on amp, 4/8/16 ohms, but only I/Ps on two 8ohm cabs. Can I run both cabs from different ohm outputs?

Recording is a whole lot easier than it used to be 👍

Similar experience and sentiment here 🙏

Hope all is OK 🙏

Hope all is OK with him 🙏

Too many musicians get this wrong, that is 100% the deal 👍

I play music because I love playing music. I hope that never changes 👍