10-23-2012, 08:39 AM
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Head Amp Makover! Planning and Building
Hey guys!
Well my last cabinet build was so much fun and soooo easy, i want to do something the same but slightly different. With a head amp. so i've been doing research on which amp to get and how i would do it but ive had trouble deciding which one to do. I've narrowed it down a little: 1. Orange Tiny Terror: Add a frame and tolex it and make matching 1x12 (or 10) cabs 2. Peavey 6505+ combo amp: renovate it into a head amp 3. Peavey Valveking head amp: make a new frame and put electronics in to make a new head. I'd love to do the 6505+ one but it might be difficult and i dont want to mess it up. I do have a Line 6 Spider 30 watt amp hanging around i could test this on. but this might not happen right away due this can get expensive. Please give your ideas! 
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10-24-2012, 08:13 AM
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thank you everyone for your feedback!
 Well ive decided to attempt to convert my Line 6 into a head and then make a matching cab. I was wondering how i will make the jack that the speaker cable will plug into?
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10-24-2012, 05:35 PM
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10-24-2012, 06:55 PM
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buy a female 1/4" jack and atach it to the wires going to the speaker.
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10-25-2012, 03:12 PM
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Ok so i got the electronics out of this thing and i got a good idea of how it will turn out.
The amp:  electronics:  Speaker:  Plan:  the plan dimensions aren't exact but there close
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10-25-2012, 04:01 PM
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BUMP! I was wondering about speakers. Since i'm doing either a 2x12 or 2 1x12 cabs, how much ohm's can this take along with watts? thanks guys!
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10-26-2012, 09:03 AM
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Either this thread is dead or nobody knows the answer.
 well my hypothesis  is that since there was a four ohm speaker in there i can use two eight ohm's wired in parallel (i think) will get me 4 ohm's am i correct?
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10-26-2012, 09:08 AM
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Yes, 2 - 8 ohm speakers in parallel will get you 4 ohms. As far as watts are concerned just make sure the rating of the speakers combined is equal to or more than the amps output. |
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10-27-2012, 04:36 PM
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ok a good day of work done and here's what i have so far:
  so far so good and i dont think anything i have to fix at the moment. gee thats a first Im having trouble deciding what tolex i should get. I have yellow, white, blue sparkle, dark green, or purple. i like doing things no one really does  this will have black hardware obviously. and i want to try doing a dimeplate grill
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10-28-2012, 09:49 AM
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Blue sparkle!
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10-28-2012, 10:17 AM
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Call me Leon
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Dark green or blue sparkle
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10-28-2012, 12:15 PM
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Shoulds you put the casters on last? after the tolex?
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10-29-2012, 08:55 AM
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yes i will do it after. this is just a mockup. ok i decided on doing purple because all my friends wont stop saying it
im doing 2 1x12 cabinets which will weather willing be done on saturday. picking out hardware hopefully today
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10-29-2012, 10:49 AM
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My head and cab have been all of thous colors except blue.
I'd definitely go with some obnoxious |
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10-31-2012, 09:49 AM
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sorry for no "posts" power is gone due to the storm. I hope my stuff still works but before all that plugged in the head and it works. ordered Eminece man o war and a Swamp thang
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10-31-2012, 05:22 PM
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ordered new hardware:
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11-01-2012, 04:39 PM
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alright i got a wiring question. since my amp will take 4 ohm's i can use anything higher than 4 ohms. so that means i will be able to use this as either a full stack or a half stack am i right? also how will i wire this? i havent done full stack before so do i run each speaker cable to the head or can i run one speaker cable to another speaker cable and run both of those to the head?
confusing Thanks!
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11-02-2012, 08:18 AM
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BUMP! anyone? man lots of these
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11-02-2012, 08:25 AM
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Not sure if you can fit two 4 ohm cabinets, if they are both connected to the head that probably connects them in parallel, which makes the impedance of the whole thing 2 ohms and it'll burn out your amp.
If you want a two cab setup, you should make the cabs 8 ohms total. I.E. a two speaker cab with two 4 ohm speakers wired in series.
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11-02-2012, 08:55 AM
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im wiring this with 2 8ohm speakers in parallel getting me 4ohms total. im also asking if i shouldmake each cab's cable go straight to the head or have the bottom vab go to the cab above which will take both to the head?
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