Laney World Series 120 head - can it run a 16 ohm cab?

guitarfishbay

Does anyone know anything about this amp?  A guy has been messaging me on ebay wanting to know if it will work with the Laney cab I'm selling (which is 16 ohms mono at 240 watts).  He says his amp is 200 watts at 4 ohms, unless I'm sucking at google I can't find much about the amp.  I don't want to sell him something that won't work, but neither of us seem to know a definitive answer.

It looks like it might be an SS amp, does that just mean it will work (but be less efficient at 16 ohms) and I presume he needs to use normal speaker cable?

ICBM

Yes, it will work fine. Typically you will get about 30-35% of the 4-ohm rated power into 16 ohms depending on exactly how well-regulated the power supply is, so it will be a bit quieter - although still pretty loud, actually.

He could rewire your cab to 4 ohms if he needs the full power output though, it will still be safe with the amp - which if I remember rightly is 120W, not 200... that's possibly the peak power, I can't remember exactly. Laney were a bit cheeky with exaggerating the power of their solid state amps around that time.

guitarfishbay

Thanks!