In my other thread I am asking about small practice amps, but it just occurred to me that I could possibly solve the problem by getting a small cab to go with my H&K head that I'm not using these days.
Being someone who has never played live, my knowledge of cabs etc is zero. I vaguely recall reading about ohms values etc but that stuff is all right over my head and I have certainly forgotten anything I read. I have a recollection that this head was more forgiving than others over the ohm thing, but I'm not sure about that?
I'm wondering if there is a physically very small cab that I could use with the H&K? it doesn't have to sound particularly good, it's just for occasional low volume noodling in lunch hours. No room at work for a big box!
Any thoughts?
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If that is the 4x EL84 head you really want a speaker rated at 50W for absolute safety. However, if you can be sure you will not be belting the beans out of it a 10" 20-40W speaker should serve. Is a ten small enough? There are few 10" guitar speakers that sound good and even fewer eights and smaller than that, bugger all?
8 or 16 Ohms according to the pictures I have seen. "Small" is of course in the eye of the whatsit! A ten could go in a 12X 15X 8 inch box but where you would get one from, no idea! How are your carpentry skills? I have a couple of gash 10s kicking around.
Dave.
I would probably avoid anything rated at under about 5W just in case you accidentally turn it up, but you’d really have to want to make a lot of noise to even reach that level deliberately - home practice volume is no more than a watt at the outside.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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I'd say a Watt is a bit of an overestimate, people may play louder than me at home but I never have my Katana over 50% volume on the 1/2 watt setting.
ICBM makes good points. Find a charity shop (our Scope is great!) pick out a gash "mid fi" speaker and then diss the tweeter and fit a jack. ...Probably be best "half backed"?
Dave.
https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_g112_vintage.htm
My Ampmaker SE5-A kit is built into the carcass of a little Behringer 1x10” combo which cost me about a fiver and included a perfectly serviceable Jensen speaker rated for 30 watts...
The V30 doesn't sound any good at Low Volumes, it needs to be pushed a bit.
I doubt OP would think 12 inches is "small" anyway?
I agree about finding a grotbox amp at a second hand/charity shop. Always a few 8" sste Marshalls at our Cash Gennys. Be a 4R speaker but as IC says, no matter if you just want to tickle it.
Dave.
Vox BC108 Compact 1x8 Cab
Dimensions (W x D x H): 260 x 280 x 200 mmCollision rock band
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein