Is it unsafe to have 2 amps plugged into a cabinet at the same time...

[Disco Cat]

if one of the amps are off? One amp going from the 16 ohm output into the 16 ohm input of a 1960 cab, and another amp from the 4 ohm output into the 4 ohm input of the cab. With only one amp ever turned on at a time, is there an issue in doing this?

 

I ask because the sound is different if both are hooked up simultaneously, even though only a single amp is turned on. I don't have them both hooked up for this reason, but am curious to know the answer.

[metalhobo]

Very unsafe.

[ChuckNorris1982]

Put the cab in stereo mode and use the 8 ohm outputs on each head. That way each head safely uses just 2 speakers at 8 ohms per pair.

[charveldan]

Make a video so we can watch you smoke your amp.

[ke2]

Put the cab in stereo mode and use the 8 ohm outputs on each head. That way each head safely uses just 2 speakers at 8 ohms per pair.

 

 

Word.

Then you can also use both amps at once, or run them through a Radial Headbone, to switch sounds.

[GCDEF]

Word. Then you can also use both amps at once, or run them through a Radial Headbone, to switch sounds.

 

 

No need for a Radial with two heads into a stereo cabinet. A simple A/B between the guitar and the amp inputs would work.

[ke2]

No need for a Radial with two heads into a stereo cabinet. A simple A/B between the guitar and the amp inputs would work.

You`re absolutely right!
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