New Cab Day, at least new to me. Splawn 4x12. give me advice

[roadifier]

Some information I found on the G12H80:

They were made in England and are 8 ohm. They have a great tight bass, tons of mids with real glassy highs. The closest speaker in the Celestion line to this G12H80 for comparison would be the Classic Lead 80 except that the Classic Lead has a hair more bass while the G12H80 Special has a tad more highs. The G12H80 plays up to 5500 Hz instead of the Classic Leads 5000 Hz response. This great sounding G12H80 has a very neutral response over the entire guitar sound spectrum. They don't have lots of early cone break up like a Greenback or G12H30 Anniversary Special, but they do produce a real nice subtle crunch when you drive them hard. Great for all types of music especially those with high gain demands. Large Heavy (H) 50 oz. magnet. Black powder coated basket.

I think the four jacks on the back are like a mesa cab, one input, one out, and two ins for each side for a stereo amp.

 

[XSSIVE]

I know nothing about those speakers but Splawn cabs are usually wired 16ohm stereo with the top left locking jack being the one you use for 16ohm mono operation. The bottom two jacks are each 8ohm split left and right to two speakers each. That's the normal wiring. No idea if your wiring has been altered and the ohm of the speakers changed though. May have to open the back up to check for sure.

I just bought my 3rd Splawn 4x12 cab. Hands down my favorite cabs! I wish I could have scored a red one like you did, that looks killer!

I just realized I now own 3 of them and don't actually know what the top right jack is for.

 

[jcmtone1]

Use a multi meter to figure out the impedence of the cab. Put one end of the 1/4" speaker ends in the jack and use the multi meter on the other end. Place the negative (black) lead of the multi meter on the low part of the 1/4" end and place the positive (red) lead of the multi meter on the tip of the 1/4" above the black line. That will give you an ohm reading. Make sure you set the multi meter to read Ohms. The reading will be a little less, for example 6.8 reading means 8 ohm. Make sure to read each input as the cab may be wired in different configurations.

 

[Nico]

Congrats,

Never tried those speakers, but fill us in when you do!

 

[glassjaw7]

Waiting for psychodave to chime in on these speakers...

 

[XSSIVE]

Odds are it will be written in marker inside the cab what speakers it shipped with. Both mine have that. Splawn only deals with eminence so if it came loaded it was either Man-O-War and Governor in an X if it's an older cab or either Splawn Small Blocks or Big Blocks or a mix if it's newer. Otherwise it was bought unloaded and had the Celestions added.

 

[bubbastain]

I have an opportunity to buy a Splawn 4x12 for $350. It's green with Eminence GB12 Speakers and guy said it's 8 ohms. It's about an hour drive plus a ferry ride. I'm still on the fence. If it had Small Blocks and 16 ohms I'd be all over it. It's also a slant and I would prefer a straight. Been wanting to try a Splawn cab. Decisions, Decisions. Was also a EVH cab(black and straight) a guy offered for $375 but I was second in line and haven't heard if first guy bought it or passed yet.

 

[Metlupass2]

The old Splawn cabs had the Eminence Governor/Man o war combos.

The newer ones have either Splawn Big Blocks or Small Blocks.

Whoever had it before you must have changed them out.

Scott Splawn makes some great cabinets besides amps. I've got two. The straight with the Gov/Man O War speakers with the boa tolex (IN CLASSIFIED SECTION) and the one I'm using now is a black slant with salt and pepper grill loaded with Small Blocks.

 

[bubbastain]

Just noticed that the red Splawn cab had metal corner protectors. I thought something looked odd.

 

[Metlupass2]

Just noticed that the red Splawn cab had metal corner protectors. I thought something looked odd.

Yeah, I've never seen one with those either.

There should be a serial number on the back. You can always call or email Scott and ask him what the cab shipped with. (if he keeps track of serial numbers)

 

[Capulin Overdrive]

could get Celestion speakers in the Splawn cabs several years ago, but there was an upcharge over the Eminence.


top right jack is for daisy chaining, plug into it and run it to another cab.

 

[Motorpud]

The Splawn cab I used to have came with big blocks, which are supposed to be modeled after the celestion heritage 30. In either case I didn't really care for them, I swapped them out for V30s and fell in love with the cab

 

[XSSIVE]

Both my current splawn cabs have corners on them but the new one on the way doesn't have them. It was an option Scott used to offer (he may still, not sure).

 

[Metlupass2]

Well , the cab sounds immense. Very good feelings in my balls...

Well thats all that matters. Congrats.

 

[Motorpud]

Very good feelings in my balls...

Might want to get a bra for those bad boys

 

[glpg80]

Splawn only deals with eminence

not true, if he is out of stock he has a contract with WGS warehouse speakers to make the small and big blocks to fill orders only as needed until the eminence line fill the shelves.