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Post by ss "Shane" on Jun 5, 2018 2:24:31 GMT -7
I’m probably gonna have to buy a new Ghia combo 1X10 for small room band practice. I know I’ll replace the speaker with a greenback 10 but am not sure if I should get the 8 or 16 ohm speaker. Any help would be appreciated.
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Post by Chilly Gibbons (Todd T.) on Jun 5, 2018 5:04:23 GMT -7
I've wondered this myself. One would think there would be some sort of a tonal difference between a 4-ohm tap / 4-ohm speaker and a 16-ohm tap / 16-ohm speaker as the latter employs more copper and thus should sound a bit different.
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Post by digs57 on Jun 5, 2018 6:03:33 GMT -7
My new ghia came 16 ohm tapped?...16 is supposed to be a sweeter sounding speaker...
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Post by Stephen on Jun 5, 2018 7:16:16 GMT -7
My Ghia came with a 16 ohm Z Speaker. I replaced it with an 8 ohm Greenback so I could run it with an 8 ohm extension cabinet.
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on Jun 5, 2018 7:32:46 GMT -7
If you ever decide to get rid of the speaker, 8 ohm ones go way faster than 16.
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Post by digs57 on Jun 5, 2018 8:25:49 GMT -7
Thought ghia 110 was supposed to run 16 ohm?...if that's what it was designed...running it in 8 has different mojo?
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Post by daddyelmis (Greg) on Jun 5, 2018 9:01:13 GMT -7
My understanding has always been you don’t run a higher ohm amp into a lower ohm speaker - so don’t run a 16 ohm amp into an 8 ohm speaker. You can safely go the other way (amp into speaker with higher ohm).
That said, Doc uses very good transformers that may be fine either way - but I’d ask first.
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Post by meanslide on Jun 5, 2018 9:33:37 GMT -7
I guess I've only had older Ghia's that had 4 and 8 ohm taps. I've never seen a 16. But, it does say you're getting a 'new' one so those could be different.
I remember others commenting that the tonal difference is so slight as to be negligible between 8/16.
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Post by John on Jun 5, 2018 10:40:38 GMT -7
My Ghia came with a 16 ohm Z Speaker. I replaced it with an 8 ohm Greenback so I could run it with an 8 ohm extension cabinet.
I would get the 8 for this very reason. (Also as stated above, if you ever want to get rid of it...8 ohms sell much better.)
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Post by ss "Shane" on Jun 5, 2018 14:33:21 GMT -7
Thought ghia 110 was supposed to run 16 ohm?...if that's what it was designed...running it in 8 has different mojo? This is what I’m concerned about. It will a new Ghia, most likely from Humbucker Music, with the Z speaker option. If I’m not mistaken I think the new Ghia combos come with the 4,8,16 taps. In the past I’ve always replaced speakers with what ever the old speaker ohm was. So if the new Z speaker is 16 ohm I would buy a 16 ohm to replace it with. I certainly don’t wanna lose mojo by my ignorance on speaker ohms. So it doesn’t matter what ohm greenback I buy as long as I match it to the correct tap in the amp? |
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Post by digs57 on Jun 5, 2018 14:57:57 GMT -7
Might be just that the z speaker is 16 ohm so tapped 16...you have 8 ohm speaker/ tapp it 8 on amp?...just don't know if amps designed to run 16...or im making this more difficult than it has to be  ...there is some reading to about 16 ohm vs 8 ohm set ups fwiw. |
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Post by lowbudget on Jun 5, 2018 15:54:31 GMT -7
Thought ghia 110 was supposed to run 16 ohm?...if that's what it was designed...running it in 8 has different mojo? This is what I’m concerned about. It will a new Ghia, most likely from Humbucker Music, with the Z speaker option. If I’m not mistaken I think the new Ghia combos come with the 4,8,16 taps. In the past I’ve always replaced speakers with what ever the old speaker ohm was. So if the new Z speaker is 16 ohm I would buy a 16 ohm to replace it with. I certainly don’t wanna lose mojo by my ignorance on speaker ohms. So it doesn’t matter what ohm greenback I buy as long as I match it to the correct tap in the amp? I think you might be overthinking it a little. The only reason the Ghia would come with a 16 ohm speaker is because that's the only way Doc's 10" speaker is available. Since the Ghia does indeed have all 3 taps as you point out, there's no reason to buy a 16 ohm GB to replace the Z speaker. You'd have to put it in your will to get rid of it. So unless you might have an alternate need for a 16 ohm 10" speaker, just get an 8 ohm GB and hook it up to the Ghia's 8 ohm tap. |
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Post by meanslide on Jun 5, 2018 17:38:05 GMT -7
"So it doesn’t matter what ohm greenback I buy as long as I match it to the correct tap in the amp?" Yep.
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...there is some reading to about 16 ohm vs 8 ohm set ups fwiw.
