Markedman
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I bought this Mesa Boogie Rectifier Road King cabinet and it came with 5 speakers, 3 16 ohm Celestions and 2 8 ohm Boogie MC90's, all for $220.00. The jack has a 2 8 ohm inputs or one 4 ohm input jack. My initial thought was to put 2 16 ohm EV12L's in the closed side and 2 16 ohm celestion G12M 75's in the open side and run it like it comes.
But then I thought about the way I'd use it and I like 8 ohm cabinets pretty much. I'd never use it one side only. I'd wire the cabinet with 2 8 ohm EV12L's in the closed side and 2 Boogie MC90 8 ohm speakers in the open side for 8 ohm only. Currently I have a combination of speakers in 1X12 and 2X12 cabinets and would use this cabinet by itself with a 1X12 personal monitor wedge so I can hear myself at todays neutered volume levels. All of the cabinets are 8 ohm which is good for my power amps which have 4 4 ohm outputs. But, I do have conventional amps also. 2 8 ohm inputs works well with most amps for the way I want to wire it, whereas a 2 8 ohm or one 4 ohm input would be a one and only cabinet if I use a regular amp.
What would you do?
I did buy a large slice, 30" X 36", of wicker for it, a 4X12 wicked wicker Rectifier RK cabinet and have started to put that together for tomorrow. The Tolex is in rough conditon so I will do that over once I decide what covering I want.
Road king cabinet by John Bazzano, on Flickr
The wicker still has to dry, it will tighten up nicely.
Rectifier cabinet wicker by John Bazzano, on Flickr
The Black Shadow speakers are in it but I had to leave for band practice so I couldn’t wire it or bring it
Black shadow by John Bazzano, on Flickr
Finished, ready to rock
I wired it series parallel so if a speaker dies, the amp will still see a load.
On the road again by John Bazzano, on Flickr
But then I thought about the way I'd use it and I like 8 ohm cabinets pretty much. I'd never use it one side only. I'd wire the cabinet with 2 8 ohm EV12L's in the closed side and 2 Boogie MC90 8 ohm speakers in the open side for 8 ohm only. Currently I have a combination of speakers in 1X12 and 2X12 cabinets and would use this cabinet by itself with a 1X12 personal monitor wedge so I can hear myself at todays neutered volume levels. All of the cabinets are 8 ohm which is good for my power amps which have 4 4 ohm outputs. But, I do have conventional amps also. 2 8 ohm inputs works well with most amps for the way I want to wire it, whereas a 2 8 ohm or one 4 ohm input would be a one and only cabinet if I use a regular amp.
What would you do?
I did buy a large slice, 30" X 36", of wicker for it, a 4X12 wicked wicker Rectifier RK cabinet and have started to put that together for tomorrow. The Tolex is in rough conditon so I will do that over once I decide what covering I want.
Road king cabinet by John Bazzano, on FlickrThe wicker still has to dry, it will tighten up nicely.
Rectifier cabinet wicker by John Bazzano, on Flickr The Black Shadow speakers are in it but I had to leave for band practice so I couldn’t wire it or bring it
Black shadow by John Bazzano, on FlickrFinished, ready to rock
I wired it series parallel so if a speaker dies, the amp will still see a load.On the road again by John Bazzano, on Flickr
