Amp question

[niceguyhomer]

Just a quickie - if I use a 500 watt head into a 1,000 watt 8 ohm cab (therefore receiving approx 300 watts max) will this cause any problems with the cab?

Edited December 29, 2010 by niceguyhomer

[hogbob]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='1072079' date='Dec 29 2010, 09:04 PM']Just a quickie - if I use a 500 watt head into a 1,000 watt 8 ohm cab (therefore receiving approx 300 watts max) cause any problems with the cab?[/quote]


No

[Spike Vincent]

The cab might get bored,but otherwise,no.

[icastle]

[quote name='Spike Vincent' post='1072098' date='Dec 29 2010, 08:16 PM']The cab might get bored,but otherwise,no.[/quote]

[Conan]

Depends on how accurate the ratings on both the amp and the cab are.... but it certainly [i]shouldn't[/i] do any harm at all!

[fingerz]

Hi Alan,

There's no probs with this set up.. Only that some cabs/speakers need to be driven quite hard to achieve the best tone. The speakers in the cab you're talking of would be really highly rated so you're not going to be able to drive them that hard. So, have a listen - if it sounds good then great! The plus side of course is that everything will be operating well within it's boundaries so you will have happy gear in that respect.

[chris_b]

Hi Al, for me that's the ideal set up. You can do what you want with the amp and the speakers will just be ticking over giving you quality tone. If you find you need more a second cab will only make a good rig better.

[JTUK]

[quote name='chris_b' post='1072561' date='Dec 30 2010, 10:54 AM']............ for me that's the ideal set up. You can do what you want with the amp and the speakers will just be ticking over giving you quality tone.[/quote]


This..

If this set-up didn't work really well..I'd be thinking you have a crap amp and cab.

[munkonthehill]

out of curiosity, what is the head and cab?

[niceguyhomer]

The head's a Markbass LM Tube 500 and the cab is an Epifani UL410 Series II.

[Conan]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='1072647' date='Dec 30 2010, 12:47 PM']The head's a Markbass LM Tube 500 and the cab is an Epifani UL410 Series II. [/quote]

Nice!

[munkonthehill]

ah sh*t ive slevered all over my keyboard.

[JTUK]

If you can't get a monster tone out of that...then something is seriously wrong.
Tone being subjective and all that, and it might not be what you really want..but in no way should it be bad.

[mcnach]

[quote name='Spike Vincent' post='1072098' date='Dec 29 2010, 09:16 PM']The cab might get bored,but otherwise,no.[/quote]