BassmanPaul

I hope you ordered the four pole version.

Break a string at the gig!! Kinda like break a leg! LOL

There is no real way to mess with impedance. Yes you could use a transformer but it will be both heavy and expensive. The unit mentioned above will change 4Ω to 8Ω so you would need two - one for each cabinet. All four of my Acme B2 2x10 cabinets are 4Ω. Then again all of my amplifiers are happy into a 2Ω load. My power amps will drive 2Ω per channel so they can push all four of my boxes at once. In your case I would pick up a stereo / two channel power amp and drive it from your existing amplifier. These are pretty cheap for what they bring to the table.

I see I have responded to a zombie thread!!! It must be time for a nap

Circuitry drawing too much power. Tech Time!

Did you try the old favourite trick of linking the Send and Return of the FX loop with a short signal cable?

<Sigh>

You really shouldn't have to go through this crap with what is supposed to be a good quality amplifier!

It sounds so good 'cos that's the way they designed the brute!! LOL

Simply put no. There may be a small gain depending on the efficiency of the driver you select.

Better too many fans rather than too few! You must be a Republican! I'm kidding! LOL

Indeed, to get the best out of any topology the power supply feeding it has to be adequate for the job.

Just for interest why didn't you just buy a power amp for the Sadowsky to drive? I would have thought that would have been cheaper.

Heft doesn't come from the class of a power section. My Class D power amp gives everything I can ask of it in a 2U package that's very light. Everything I own is based on Class D technology.

Living in the Toronto area I have to point out that washing machines worked fine for Geddy!!!! LOL

That's wot I did tha' knows!! <sigh>

The way I look at my amplifier is that it's my job to play bass and get 'MY' sound out to the audience. I detest distortion in my sound. I had to put up with it for so long as I was coming up. My day job sent me to EE school as part of my technical education. At the time tubes/valves were still current technology. I used the knowledge to guide me to my final system that I still own. Playing six string instruments I wanted the low B to be produced as accurately as my high C. I finally settled on Acme B2 2x10 three way cabinets I ended up with four boxes all at 4Ω. I bought a 2KW capable power amp that would drive all four.. Still enjoying building with tubes I designed a two channel full tube pre-amp to drive it. The results were phenomenal.I must admit that I usually only use two cabinets at a time. When playing in venues that have a full PA, I send it a signal identical to that that drives my power amp. Had no complaints so far! LOL With my own PA I use the Acme cabs as subwoofers and just plug into the mixer and add a suitable crossover and another power amp.

A nice Ashdown 8Ω 2x10 should run quite nicely. Resultant impedance would be 4Ω.

Paging our agedhorse.

So how did you get on with Aguilar? Inquiring minds want to know!

Why would they use an North American tube rather than a European EL34? Just for posterity this amp does not use a 6L6. If it did they would melt! The letters after the 6L6 are important. The latest version that I know of is the 6L6GC.

Yes! LOL When the frets on the Precision wore down and I was tired of having them dressed I switched to GHS Brite Flats that are round wound but then ground flat. Solved the wear problem nicely.

Thank you. In 1968, when I bought my '63 Precision via Hessy's shop in Liverpool, no one stocked the long scale Rotosounds that I favoured. I had to get a friend drive me to Manchester to pick up a set. Later that year, whilst playing a gig, I met the girl who became my wife. I still have both the bass and the girl - we're at fifty two years now.

Thanks Andy for educating this GOF! What road. replaced the old East Lancs road?