A question of ohms....

[Storky]

Some of you may have seen my recent thread on my quest for a new amp? Well, I got the Messa D-800 and very nice it is to. I gigged it tonight at quite low volume and it was fine, but now I’m worried my cabs are not compatible. I’ve got two 8ohm cabs and the amp can switch either 2, or 4 ohm. Am I in danger of overloading something? As you can tell, I’m not very technical!

[machinehead]

Your two 8 ohm cabs will present 4 ohms impedance to the amp.  Select the 4 ohm setting and you'll be fine.

Frank.

[skidder652003]

as above, no problems whatsoever

[bassace]

Is this topic still coming up? I think I’ll start a new one - I’ve got a bass with a pointy thing on the end of a wire. Which hole do I stick it in? 

[Storky]

Thanks for the answer guys, much appreciated. 👍

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

1 hour ago, bassace said:

Is this topic still coming up? I think I’ll start a new one - I’ve got a bass with a pointy thing on the end of a wire. Which hole do I stick it in? 

I have a suggestion, but you probably wouldn't like it.  😨

Maybe we should make it a sticky/FAQ, thus ensuring no one will read it. 😩

Edited March 24, 2019 by Bill Fitzmaurice

[Storky]

One really useful thing about this forum is that if anyone has a query niggling away, it’s really easy to fire off a quick question and get an almost immediate response from several others who know the exact answer. Real benefit. Good stuff! 😁

[Delberthot]

I have no experience of this amp so does this mean that you can't use a single 8ohm cab if your choices are only 4 or 2?

For about 99% of my playing career to date I have used a single 8 ohm cab so that would be an odd thing if an amp didn't work at 8ohms

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Of course not. At least not according to Page 6 of the owner's manual.