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Anonymous

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concert bass impedance
« on: February 20, 2002, 09:03:00 am »
I'm thinking of getting a Sunn Concert Bass head, and this will be my first experience with something other than a combo amp.  How do I hook it into a speaker cabinet?  What impedance should the cabinet be rated at?  I understand that the Concert Bass has two speaker outs -- how do I know which to route into the cab?

thanks much,
Matt

Offline bcomnes

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concert bass impedance
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2002, 12:23:00 pm »
This is a transistor amp, which is less picky than a tube head.  Either jack is OK.

The outputs are in parallel and if my memory is right you shouldn't go BELOW 4 Ohms total load for this head......so ........
Two eight ohm cabs or higher could be plugged in or one 4 ohm cab or higher.  I'll double check when I get home from work.

I enjoy old Sunn stuff, tube and solid state, I have a Concert Bass, Concert slave, 1200s (4X6550, dual rectifier) Concert PA, Studio PA, and an old Acoustic 360 2X15 cab but with Sunn Speakers)

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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2002, 09:09:00 am »
You can't go wrong with a concert bass, just bought one myself and totaly love it!
As for speaker connections go, You should connect one 4ohm cab (usualy one with two 15's, four 12's, four 10's or eight 10's) or you could connect two 8ohm cabs, like one with a 15" for big bottom end and one with four 10's.