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I Had LaBella 'Stang nylons on my JMJ for about 6 months. They were brighter than I was expecting (only did a handful of gigs with them in fairness). I changed them back to LaBella flats mainly because the bass is more sensitive to hum and it doesn't ground through the strings.

That was done to save amps from being cooked by impedance loads that players employed because they didn't know better. I will confess to having done that, running 2 ohm loads with Fender amps that wanted no less than 4 ohms. But that was the '60s, we did all sorts of weird things then and managed to survive, and those Fenders were built like a Centurion tank.

Not really. The only time it might is if your amp is so underpowered that it can't drive the 8 ohm speaker to it's full displacement, which would be rare, like with a 25 watt amp and a 200 watt speaker. A 4 ohm 15 makes some sense if it's paired with a 410, or even a 210, to get the sensitivity of the 15 high enough to match well with the 210/410. But then you'd need a 2 ohm capable amp, not to mention the inherent flaws of mixing speakers. Oops! I did mention it. 😲

Maybe something historical to do with valve heads/amps going to 2 ohms so you could use 2 4ohm cabs?

Same here - had a 4ohm 4x10 for years which could never be paired with anything else - managed to find a buyer eventually and now stick to 8ohm cabs only (or at least I did until IEMs killed the joy of playing through a stack).

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Just ordered a Tech 21 Oxford preamp/drive pedal from Reverb, to a price I couldn't resist. I already own 2 Joyo Oxford Sound, bought the latest one recently, as a backup, cause it is a pretty essential part of my basic setup. Got the Oxford used for what basically was little more than 2 Joyo clones from new. I hope it doesn't sound too different from the Joyo though, one can hope even greater, and this one got a cab sim on/off switch, and I know it will be quiter and much more sturdily build. It is this little fella' : So looks rather used, but I don't really mind, and says it works perfectly. Let's face it though, the Tech 21 Oxford is not a pretty pedal, no matter wear, and the Joyo clone looks much cooler.

Welcome Andy.

I've never really understood why 4ohm 115/410/112 cabs are made, as I've always felt that they are designed to be in pairs or mixed with one another, and so should be 8ohm to come down to 4ohm total, unless you're running a 2ohm amp. More speakers = more air moved = louder. I suppose maybe if you're always running your amp at 11, maybe then it makes a bit more of a difference if you're running just one cab, provided the speak cone(s) have enough left to give?

I suppose you could use it for a double bass bow...

Well done and well deserved. Look forward to seeing the gig posts in the future. Dave

IME the whole point of amps that can drive 4Ω loads is not that swapping your 8Ω cab for a 4Ω one will make it louder but the fact that you can run two 8Ω cabs which if done properly will give you twice the driver area which will be noticeably louder,

I might read the above like: Two speakers from the same manufacturer that look the same but have different impedances are two different speakers. Depending on the amp it is hard to say which speaker is really louder. Lower impedance may be harder load for the amp and therefore higher impedance cab can be even louder.

Another top drawer transaction from Mick. Superspeedy delivery too. I've said it before, and I'll say it again - he's a class act.

So in real world experience this wouldn’t appear much louder to the listener ??