New Amp Day

[etechstan]

congratulations- wow you are on fire with purchases lately!

Actually I'm thinning the herd. Dropped off two ss practice amps, Behringer Ultrabass 1800, Traynor 2x15 cab, Peavey Fury V, Peavey Bandit and a Behringer Autowah for consignment at the Guitar Dept. The Traynor sold the first day.

[Jammin'John]

Yea,Traynor. Made in canada.

JJ

[zontar]

Yea,Traynor. Made in canada.

JJ

Not all their stuff is, although they are based in Canada.

[Jammin'John]

They're doing the china thing too ? Bummer
They are worth buying used.

JJ

[zontar]

Some of the cheaper ones are built in Asia--but they're still good amps.
I have a bass practice amp of theirs--it does the job for playing at home and for a monitor when jamming with others, as long as nobody has a huge stack or is a crazy drummer.

[etechstan]

Plugged it into one of my Peavey 1x15 cabinets. It disengages the 8" internal when you plug in to an external cab. I cannot believe the wall of sound that came out of this thing!
Not enough to jam with a drummer but man does it sound good.

[doublewah]

Plugged it into one of my Peavey 1x15 cabinets. It disengages the 8" internal when you plug in to an external cab. I cannot believe the wall of sound that came out of this thing!
Not enough to jam with a drummer but man does it sound good.

Okay, now I'm curious. If you pull the plug out a bit, can you get it to work with both the external AND internal speaker?
I know this amp is only 5w and may not be used in a gigging situation, but a bigger Blackstar would be.

[spellcaster]

..........If you pull the plug out a bit, can you get it to work with both the external AND internal speaker?..........

I'm going to guess that this probably isn't a good idea. First, because the internal speaker probably shuts off because the external speaker jack is a shorting jack and pulling it half-way out might create a short across the output of the amp. Even if that's not the case, running the internal speaker and an external speaker simultaneously would put them in parallel and create an impedance mismatch that the amp might not tolerate.

[doublewah]

I'm going to guess that this probably isn't a good idea. First, because the internal speaker probably shuts off because the external speaker jack is a shorting jack and pulling it half-way out might create a short across the output of the amp. Even if that's not the case, running the internal speaker and an external speaker simultaneously would put them in parallel and create an impedance mismatch that the amp might not tolerate.

Good point, Spell. As for the short, it depends on how that jack/switch is wired, I suppose.
As for impedance, within reasonable tolerances, different impedances should just affect the power performance of the amp, no?
I have done this with no ill effects. I just like to have the big speaker behind me, and the little speaker in front as a monitor.

Having said all that, Stan, please ignore my request. I would hate to be the one responsible for you blowing up your lovely new amp!

[etechstan]

I wouldn't need the internal 8" and external 15" at the same time.