originalfunster

Hi all, Complete novice playing out of my depth here....... I have a trace elliot RA300 twin channel power amp and an Ashly BP41 pre amp, however I have just got hold of a 2nd hand Ampeg svt3 pro (you have to understand I am a bit of a Bass Junkie... Isee something and just have to have it.......) anyway getting back to the point the other thing you need to know is that I have only been playing about 16months and do not know the first thing about anything to do with amps etc. so first off what is the purpose of a pre amp? and could / should I use it with the SVT3 Pro? what I have noticed is that with all the knobs ie: gain, tube gain, master etc set at the half way point on the SVT and doing likewise with the Trace and Ashly pre amp, the trace is approx twice as loud I know the Trace is 300w and the Ampeg is 450w so is the Ashly providing all that extra power? or am I just being a complete muppett not understanding how amplification actually works??????? as always advise greatly appreciated..

Cheers for the replys, just wanted to make sure before making a very expensive mistake

Hi All, complete idiot here needs some advise. I have a T/E 4 x 10 300w cab and a T/E 2 x 10 300w. I am fairly sure that both cabs are 8ohms. I have an ampeg SVT 3pro head which says on the back min speaker load 4ohms. as I am sure each of mine are 8 (and 8 being greater than 4) can I safely connect either of my 2 cabs without blowing anything to bits? (dont want to cart both cabs to rehersal) Cheers