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Hi. I just purchased a Crate Blue Voodoo 50 watt amp and I'm now looking for a 4x12 cabinet to go along with it. I don't quite understand how to choose between different ohms and mono/stereo specs. Does anyone know the exact specs that I should be looking for when I purchase a cab? I want the option to play in stereo. Thanks. Matthew.
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Originally Posted by berean532000 Hi. I just purchased a Crate Blue Voodoo 50 watt amp and I'm now looking for a 4x12 cabinet to go along with it. I don't quite understand how to choose between different ohms and mono/stereo specs. Does anyone know the exact specs that I should be looking for when I purchase a cab? I want the option to play in stereo. Thanks. Matthew. hopefully on the back of your head on the speaker outs there will be something saying the power rating and the impedance rating that is optimum for your head. Ideally you want to match the impedance exactly (so a 4ohm head needs a 4ohm cab) but you can error upwards (4ohm head-->8ohm cabinet). Error in the opposite direction (4ohm head-->2ohm cabinet) is bad news for your head. I don't know about the BV50, but the BV120 has an impedance selector switch on the back of the amp. When you get your amp in, if you could post a picture of the back panel, it would probably help us help you alot. I've been looking at pictures on eBay and none of them are close up enough.
You could also email Crate, although the BV50 is discontinued, they should still be able to help.
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Steve answered your resistance/ohm question, but I'm kinda curious as to why you'd want to play "in stereo" and how you'd go about setting up your rig to play in stereo. From reading your post, it sounds more like you're thinking of playing "in mono" but with more than one bank of loudspeakers for output.
Nate
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Originally Posted by nate95366 Steve answered your resistance/ohm question, but I'm kinda curious as to why you'd want to play "in stereo" and how you'd go about setting up your rig to play in stereo. From reading your post, it sounds more like you're thinking of playing "in mono" but with more than one bank of loudspeakers for output.
Nate i believe that the BV50 has stereo outs...i know there are four speaker outs on the back of it, but i couldn't make out how they were labeled.
though Nate raises a good point...unless you're planning on putting your cabs on opposite sides of the stage, stereo isn't that useful in live situations, futhermore, even then only the first few feet of people will hear the stereo effect...
it could also be quite useful for recording.
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Originally Posted by thesteve i believe that the BV50 has stereo outs...i know there are four speaker outs on the back of it, but i couldn't make out how they were labeled.
though Nate raises a good point...unless you're planning on putting your cabs on opposite sides of the stage, stereo isn't that useful in live situations, futhermore, even then only the first few feet of people will hear the stereo effect...
it could also be quite useful for recording.
Most guitars nowadays are recorded in mono. Heavy distorted guitars are usually double-tracked, and panned hard left or right. Though it might be something that could be used in the studio, a stereo amp really has few other uses.
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Originally Posted by Rainer. Most guitars nowadays are recorded in mono. Heavy distorted guitars are usually double-tracked, and panned hard left or right. Though it might be something that could be used in the studio, a stereo amp really has few other uses. gotcha...I was mostly thinking of if you were using an effect (like a chorus, delay or flange) that would be more pronounced if recorded in stereo.
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^Yeah, they probably would be more effective run through the board, rather than mic'd on a stereo amp, though.