Warhead cab connections

[dodgebigblock]

Hello all, this will be my first post/question, I certainly hope someone can help me so here goes. Over time I have gathered a Warhead 2nd gen. head 4 ohm min. with 2 speaker jacks and no impedance switch, a Warhead 1st gen. 2x15 cab. 8 ohm with 2 input jacks and I just purchased a Warhead 4x12 w/ V30's and it's 16ohm. I'm guessing this is maybe 2nd gen. The jack plate is setup as follows, the left input jack says 4 ohm mono and underneath the same jack it states 8 ohm right, the right input jack says 16 ohm mono and underneath that jack it says 8 ohm left. In between the 2 inputs there is a stereo/mono switch. Also this cab is equipped with mic eliminator jacks and also on each side of the plate there is a switch to change from bright, normal and dark. My question is how do I safely connect this in a full stack configuration? Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[311boogieman]

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Welcome to Rig-Talk!

First thing is, I don't know the answer.
Second thing is, we need more information and possibly pics to help any further.

If this is a tube amp then the basic answer is no, you can't stack (daisy chain) these cabs together. The cabs need to be the same impedance in order to do that. If both cabs were 8, then you connect one to the other and connect to the amp at 4 ohms (as the amp will see these cabs as a parallel connection vs a series connection). Or, if you had 2 - 16 ohm cabs you would connect them to the amp at 8 ohms total. Now, your 16 ohm cab is a mono/stereo cab. That means you can run that cab as either 4 ohm mono or 16 ohm mono. You can also run that cab in stereo (8 ohms on each side). Therefore, there may be a way to just run on one side of that 4x12 at 8 ohms and connect to the 2x15 at 8 ohms and run into amp at 4 ohms.

If this is a solid state amp (which the more I think about it that is probably what it is) then all those rules above can be thrown out the window

Is this a Randall Warhead? Maybe someone else here will see this and can help a bit further.

There are of course exceptions to the rule.

Here is the rule I follow:


For Tube amps:
Amp Head Ohms > Cab Ohms = Possible blown Power Valves and/or Output Transformer.
Amp Head Ohms < Cab Ohms = Strain on the Output Transformer, Power loss.
*Some amps can take a 1 step mismatch but not all.

For Solid State Amps:
Amp Head Ohms > Cab Ohms = Broken amp
Amp Head Ohms < Cab Ohms = Power change, no strain