Marshall 1936 cab w/TSL100 head

[GodWentPUNK]

I am looking to upgrade one of my speaker in the 1936 cab so I went to open the back to see what type of speaker I had. In doing so, I actually took the time to read the instructions on the back of my cab. In my case, I've been hooking up my head (16ohms) output to the MONO 8 ohmns jack on my cabinet. DUH??? I've been doing this for about 2 years. Have I been doing something very bad? Am I hurting anything? In order to run 8ohms MONO, I'll need to hook-up the cabinet differently. On the back of my head, I have two hookups that I can run 8ohms. My question is can I just use one of the 8ohms cabinet hookups?

joe...

[DonP]

Re: Marshall 1936 cab w/TSL100 head

Make mental note - don't buy TSL100 head from Joe.

LOL! Have you been blown tubes? Fuses? If not, I'd say you are fine. If you have been blowning tubes, you now know why.

[Rupe]

Re: Marshall 1936 cab w/TSL100 head

You have been drawing more cuurent and burning out your power tubes much quicker than normal. If you've been using this same set of tubes for 2 years its definitely time for a change.

[Inazone]

Re: Marshall 1936 cab w/TSL100 head

I discovered that I'd been doing the same thing with my Peavey Classic 212 combo. It is spec'd for a minimum overall load of 4 ohms (internal speakers and cabs), but I was running a 4 ohm 2x12 extension cab with it. Oops. In any case, I never experienced any problems, but didn't use it very often.

[Genebaby]

Re: Marshall 1936 cab w/TSL100 head

Looks like you got off ok. I always plugged into the 8ohm jack, with the amp set to 8ohms too of course when I use my TSL and 1963 cab.

[GodWentPUNK]

Re: Marshall 1936 cab w/TSL100 head

[ QUOTE ]
I always plugged into the 8ohm jack, with the amp set to 8ohms too of course when I use my TSL and 1963 cab

[/ QUOTE ] Are you using 1 cable from the 8ohmns head?

joe...