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Post by mrjellystone on Sept 16, 2006 13:30:18 GMT -7
I just wanted to know if anybody could tell me how to hook my Airbrake up to a Combo Amp versus a Head and Cab??? Any additional help or info would be greatly appreciated
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Post by billyguitar on Sept 16, 2006 14:07:21 GMT -7
If the cord to your speakers is long enough to reach the Air Brake (hereafter, AB) then unplug it from the chassis of the amp and plug it into the output of the AB. Using a speaker cord, not a guitar cord, plug one end into the speaker out on the amp and the other end into the input of the AB. If the speaker's cord is too short you'll need a female to female connector and another speaker cord so you can extend the speaker's cord so it'll reach the AB. Have fun!
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Post by mrjellystone on Sept 17, 2006 8:32:42 GMT -7
Hey Billy, Thanks for the quick reply but I dont know..maybe I'm just slow. I'm still not understanding how to do this with my combo's. I didn't have any problem hooking it up to my head and cab (obvioulsy..It couldn't be any easier) but in a combo amp the speakers are all built in so there isn't any external speaker cords to plug into the airbrake. If you could give me some more insight that'd be great. Because if I can't hook it up to my combos in addition to my head and cab...I'm probably going to return it. I only have 1 head and cab and 3 combos (Peavey, Mesa, Carvin) so if it isn't going to work with all I'm probably going to take it back. thanks for your time and like I said any additional help from anybody would be great.
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Post by guitarboy02451 on Sept 17, 2006 9:40:39 GMT -7
On your combo, follow the speaker cable off the speaker to the amp. Does it plug into the back of the amp chasis? If so, plug a cable from the amp's speaker out, to the z-brake, then plug the speaker into the z-brake's output.
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Post by Telemanic on Sept 17, 2006 9:54:16 GMT -7
Yeah, and in the off chance that your combos speakers are "hardwired" into the output transformer, you'd have to get a minor mod done to create a speaker jack on the backside of the chassis, and a 1/4 plug onto the end of the speaker lead wire. Then you could follow the prior recomendations. It would be considered a easy mod, and i'd just have the amp tech add enough speaker lead to easily reach airbrake so you would only have to employ one additional speaker cable, from the "new" output jack to the airbrake.
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Post by mrjellystone on Sept 17, 2006 13:35:37 GMT -7
Hey guys, I really apreciate all the info. It looks like I'm going to have to have the mod done to my peavey because while it does have 1 speaker out jack, the actual speaker wires run up into the chassis of the amp. If they are plugged in up there its well out of my reach or experience level in terms of taking the amp apart. Thanks for all your help
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Post by loosestring on Nov 15, 2006 15:47:05 GMT -7
Similar Q, which may clarify the issue,at least for me, and perhaps for mrjellystone:
I have a Fender Pro Jr which has the ability to drive another speaker/stack/etc. There is visible, a jack/plug w/in reach. This female jck hosts the amp's output and can be d/c'd from the 10" Fender spkr in the combo -- and then another spkr cable ( male on each end) can be plugged in here and then into another spkr/stack.
OR first into the Airbrake, then into another spkr, OR back into the combo units spkr (10" Fender in my case).
Right?
Cool...
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