Running Two Cabs

[Josh Jackson]

What is the best way to run two cabs with one head?
This is the first gig that I have to play being the only guitar player and
I was thinking of putting a cab on each side of the drummer.
Would this be a bad idea?

[rjohnstone]

There is no rule.
Whatever works for YOU is all that matters.
Experiment a bit and see what works best.

[Josh Jackson]

Mesa Recto head, two Mesa Recto Cabs

ok, should I hook it up like this
2, 4ohm outs from the head into
2, 8ohm cabs?

[rjohnstone]

It's a Mono rig I take it?

[Josh Jackson]

Yep

[rjohnstone]

Cool.
It will work.
Just brushed up on the specs for the head and yes, you can safely run two 8 ohm cabs in the config you mentioned.

From Mesa Boogie

When using two 8 Ohm speakers, connect them both to the 4 Ohm outputs provided
(because the total load is 4 Ohms in that case.)

[Josh Jackson]

Thanks for the help bro.

[Robert Burns]

I drove everyone crazy with this 6 months ago. On my Stereo rig, im
using 1 VHT 4/12 cab (16 ohms) and 2 Crate 2/12 cabs...(6.8 ohms each) (8 ohms) So i plug the 4/12 into A' Channel and set it at 16ohms
and each of the 2/12 crates go into the dual B' channel and set the amp
at 4 ohms for this side.
You just want your speakers to be more ohms than your amp setting.
Bad would be to have an 8 ohm speaker plugged into the 16 ohm setting
on the amp.

[catzodellamarina]

Our whole PA is in the backline - BOSE PAS - so I run 2 cabs too, unmiked. I place them one on each side of the stage, facing the crowd. Sometime a little angle on one to let the drummer hear more. Both are equipped with Weber beamblockers to not kill my drummer or audience. With our setup I get to crank up my VHT 2902 to mix along with the PA volume.