Ampeg head

ricaddic · Post by **ricaddic** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:42 pm

Today I took my amer. P-BASS and A Ampeg B1RE head that I would use at home for my Ampeg SVP-PRO preamp. in exchange for a Ampeg SVT-450 BASS HEAD, my Hartke 3500 will be my back up head now I am running the head through a Hartke VX410 caB and a VX115 which I have conected in parelell, was wondering where you connect the speakers the is a jack for what the manuel calls a SPEAKON jack, does anyone have this jack and use it, it say to use this jack if you want to use the head in its full output power.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:20 pm

It is kind of like a 1/4" cable, but you lock it in and twist it into the cabinet, and yes, it allows the amp to run at a higher wattage if you need it.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:22 pm

Hey Angelo, welcome! Good to see you've joined this forum also! I guess the P bass became expendable after getting your 4001C64.
The speakon jack is supposed to make a better connection than a regular 1/4" jack and plug especially for high power use.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:23 pm

Welcome here, Angelo - you took off enought time playing that C64 to go amp shopping?!

Speakons are capable of 40A:
http://www.neutrik.com/content/products/detail.aspx?id=210_612654417&catId=CatMSDE_audio

http://procablesnsound.com/Browse_dept_items.asp/categ_id/10/parent_ids/0,7/Name/Speakon_to_Speakon