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I have been reacquainting myself with the Garnet Session Man amp. I have been having ideas and want to find out if anyone has the knowledge that I am seeking.
The amp is a combo. It has a speaker output for the speakers for the combo, and an output for speaker extension. This amp also has the ability to change the impedance, by means of using a screw driver and locking the wire under the screw, for the appropriate ohm setting required.
I am considering replacing the screw and wire impedance method with a toggle switch.
I had assumed that the extension speaker output was parallel; but it must be something entirely different. If you pull the combo speaker input, and relocate it to the extension speaker output, the amp volume start cutting out almost immediately. I then need to reconnect the combo speaker input back to the required input. So the first question is: How are the speaker inputs wired, and at what ohms (each, separately, together)?
I have been running the amp with a variety of speakers, in search of ones that offer something unique and different than the other amps in my horde. So far, I am liking the 8 ohm Eminence Reignmaker, run singly, rather than a 212. It makes the amp something I want to play again, and it offers a wide variety useful tones. This also means that I will be robbing the Reigmaker from my YGM3 and putting the Celestion G12H30 Anniversary back in the Traynor, (it was always very sweet with that speaker and I don't play that amp for driven tone that much anyway. I have other amps for that).
So here is what I am going to try. I bought an 8 ohm Eminence Maverick from Next Gen (Good shopping experience). I intend to wire up the Maverick with its own input plug, and do the same for the Reignmaker. This way I can run each speaker independently or together. I am thinking that I can just plug one speaker into the available speaker outputs ( combo and extension), and set the proper impedance for what I am doing with the switch. Or should I make a Y speaker harness that allows me to run the speakers as originally wired by Garnet?
I want to do thing right and keep the old amp in safe working form. Any ideas or suggestions? I also want all the versatility I can get out of the Garnet.
The amp is a combo. It has a speaker output for the speakers for the combo, and an output for speaker extension. This amp also has the ability to change the impedance, by means of using a screw driver and locking the wire under the screw, for the appropriate ohm setting required.
I am considering replacing the screw and wire impedance method with a toggle switch.
I had assumed that the extension speaker output was parallel; but it must be something entirely different. If you pull the combo speaker input, and relocate it to the extension speaker output, the amp volume start cutting out almost immediately. I then need to reconnect the combo speaker input back to the required input. So the first question is: How are the speaker inputs wired, and at what ohms (each, separately, together)?
I have been running the amp with a variety of speakers, in search of ones that offer something unique and different than the other amps in my horde. So far, I am liking the 8 ohm Eminence Reignmaker, run singly, rather than a 212. It makes the amp something I want to play again, and it offers a wide variety useful tones. This also means that I will be robbing the Reigmaker from my YGM3 and putting the Celestion G12H30 Anniversary back in the Traynor, (it was always very sweet with that speaker and I don't play that amp for driven tone that much anyway. I have other amps for that).
So here is what I am going to try. I bought an 8 ohm Eminence Maverick from Next Gen (Good shopping experience). I intend to wire up the Maverick with its own input plug, and do the same for the Reignmaker. This way I can run each speaker independently or together. I am thinking that I can just plug one speaker into the available speaker outputs ( combo and extension), and set the proper impedance for what I am doing with the switch. Or should I make a Y speaker harness that allows me to run the speakers as originally wired by Garnet?
I want to do thing right and keep the old amp in safe working form. Any ideas or suggestions? I also want all the versatility I can get out of the Garnet.