Mesa 290 and 4 16 ohm cabs

[Uberscha11]

Purely for my own amusement and I know it's rediculous. Would it be possible to run 2 16 ohm 212 cabs and 2 412 cabs off a Mesa 290? I'm talking a 212 and a 412 on each side.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

All four are 16 ohms?

If that is the case, yes, it will work. Plug the two cabs into the 8 ohm outputs on each side, as a pair of 16 ohm babs in parallel makes an 8 ohm load.

 

[chumbucket]

What's so crazy about this setup? At one time I had a W/D/W rig that was made up of 6 4x12's.

 

[Uberscha11]

All four are 16 ohms?

If that is the case, yes, it will work. Plug the two cabs into the 8 ohm outputs on each side, as a pair of 16 ohm babs in parallel makes an 8 ohm load.

They are all 16 ohms but there is only 1 8ohm out per side.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

They are all 16 ohms but there is only 1 8ohm out per side.

You'll need a couple Y cables or boxes capable of handling speaker-level voltages/currents, then, so you can hook both cabs on each side to the corresponding single 8 ohm output.

 

[Uberscha11]

What's so crazy about this setup? At one time I had a W/D/W rig that was made up of 6 4x12's.

That's fucking awesome. Just thinking about how cool it would be to have that shit in my basement and the logistics of making it work. These days people just go direct. I want that big dumb rig I've always dreamed about.

 

[Uberscha11]

Would something like the cab link work? Do you think it would degrade the sound? Curious if phase would be a problem.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

What's so crazy about this setup? At one time I had a W/D/W rig that was made up of 6 4x12's.

Sounds like the big brother of my '98 rack rig:
I had W/D/W through three 1x12s, with a Hafler Hellrazor pre, a modified 15W Knight KM15 monobloc hi-fi tube amp on a homebrew reactive dummy load, and my old Quadraverb2 doing the stereo FX.

 

[chumbucket]

That's fucking awesome. Just thinking about how cool it would be to have that shit in my basement and the logistics of making it work. These days people just go direct. I want that big dumb rig I've always dreamed about.

You haven't lived until you get lost in a Brian May dual delay in a loud W/D/W setup. Its mesmerizing.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

You haven't lived until you get lost in a Brian May dual delay in a loud W/D/W setup. Its mesmerizing.

Try the rotary some time....