Physics and my Amplifier


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By Nate on Saturday, June 2, 2001 - 01:33 pm:

    ok.

    so i bought a David Eden "the metro" 600W bass amp. it's 600W over 2ohms and 400W over 4ohms.

    i also have an SWR Workingman's 1x15T, which is rated for 200W over 8ohms.

    someone explain to me if this is going to work.


By Nat on Tuesday, June 5, 2001 - 10:44 pm:

    NOBODY FUCKING KNOWS? WHAT A BUNCH OF FUCKING MORONS YOU ARE.


By dave. on Tuesday, June 5, 2001 - 11:01 pm:

    shut up, nat.


By Czarina on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 12:50 pm:

    Somebody needs to swat that Nat,it can be annoying at times.


By patrick on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 12:53 pm:

    ive never heard of any of that eqiup nate....i have fender amps


By droopy on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 12:59 pm:

    i've got an ampeg and a pignose. i've never understood how they worked, other than you plug the guitar in and turn them up.


By semillama on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 01:26 pm:

    Are you trying to play one through the other? If so, logic dictates that you plug the low-powered one into the high powered one for the signal boost.


By dave. on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 02:46 pm:

    i used to have a pignose. it was bitchin' until it fried. apparently, replacement amps are more expensive than the whole thing costs new.

    didn't jeff blech play through a miked pignose.


By droopy on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 03:33 pm:

    i love my little 7-100 'cause i can mount it on my wheelchair. i bought it new from a guy when i was cutting keys for the albertson's (supermarket) fleet. he was a mechanic, but he sold amplifiers and electronic equipment on the side. i got him some precision tools (which i was selling on the side) and he got me the amp.

    i'm sure ol' jeff has played through just about everything.


By Nate on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 04:45 pm:

    the SWR is just a 15" speaker.

    if an amp is rated 600W over 2ohms, will it overdrive a speaker rated for 200W over 8ohms.

    that's my question.


By semillama on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 05:05 pm:

    Only if you turn it up really loud. You can probably get away with practising through it, but for playing with a band or live, you need a bigger speaker.

    I think.


By sarah on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 05:14 pm:


    why do you need someone to explain to you if it's going to work? just experiment, that's the fun. only, make sure you have ample power supply.

    [i typed "supple" instead of "supply" and then fixed it.]










By Nate on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 05:30 pm:

    i don't exactly want to fry a $380 speaker cabinet.


By sarah on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 05:30 pm:


    not even in the name of art?



By patrick on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 05:39 pm:

    blowing out an amp sucks.


    or better yet THINKING you blew out your amp and giving it to a band mate for free is even worse. Which is how we picked up an 80watt fender bass amp.


By Nate on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 - 06:04 pm:

    where is the fine line between art and stupidity?

    i blew my 60w crate piece of shit. replaced it with the 600w eden.

    my neighbors love it when i drink.


By patrick on Thursday, June 7, 2001 - 11:41 am:

    lets plug it up and find out nate!


By Nate on Thursday, June 7, 2001 - 01:11 pm:

    uh huh.

    i also realized that i'm running an instrument cable to the speaker. i need a better cable.


By patrick on Thursday, June 7, 2001 - 01:18 pm:

    cable is important. my turntable gets hum because they don't use silver plated or gold rc cables....i think they are brass or something.