Using two 8-ohm cabinets with a Marshall?

[toejam]

I know most Marshalls have 16-ohm speaker outputs, I know you can use an 8-ohm cab with no problem, but what if I want to use two 8-ohm cabs which essentially drops the ohms down to 4? I may have a lead on a cheap TSL60, but I'd really like to use my pair of 8-ohm Jackson 2x12 cabs with it. What kind of problem would this present?

[Chuckracer]

Re: Using two 8-ohm cabinets with a Marshall?

Don't you have an ohms selector on the back of the amp?

Put it on the little number "4"... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[toejam]

Re: Using two 8-ohm cabinets with a Marshall?

Well, I haven't actually seen the amp, but according to the manual I downloaded from Marshall's site, it's got a selector to switch between 8 and 16 ohms.
It says for 1x16 ohm speaker = 16 ohms output, 2x16 ohm speaker = 8 ohm output, 1x8 ohm speaker = 8 ohm output.

[Chuckracer]

Re: Using two 8-ohm cabinets with a Marshall?

Huh. No love for the Jackson cabs, then.
Are there dual jacks on the cabs? You could daisy chain them and use the 16 ohm jack...?

[toejam]

Re: Using two 8-ohm cabinets with a Marshall?

Actually, yes, there are dual jacks on the cabs, now that I think about it! Daisychaining could work. Thanks!

[Chuckracer]

Re: Using two 8-ohm cabinets with a Marshall?

Right on!