Help me wire up a cabinet

[IHateRap]

So, who's familiar with the way a 1960a is wired?

 

Basically, I'm replacing the four stock 16 ohm 75 watters with four 8 ohm Mesa MC90's. I was thinking about just putting in a new jack and wiring it series/parallel for a mono 8 ohm impedance....but, I got to thinking (dangerous, I know)...couldn't I just wire it up exactly the same as stock and have all the options on the back cut in half?

 

Example:

 

Stock:

Mono 4 ohm or 16 ohm

Stereo 8 ohm per side

 

Me:

Mono 2 ohm or 8 ohm

Stereo 4 ohm per side

 

It seems to make sense.

 

[JohnH]

heres a link to a description of 1960 wiring:
http://www.attentiontodesign.com/ax84/stevec/1960cab.html

But why would you want a system that would give a 2 Ohm mono option?

John

[IHateRap]

heres a link to a description of 1960 wiring: http://www.attentiontodesign.com/ax84/stevec/1960cab.html But why would you want a system that would give a 2 Ohm mono option? John

 

 

With the cabinet wired stock and the switch in the mono position, I can use one jack for a 4 ohm cabinet or the other jack for a 16 ohm cabinet. I was thinking that if all the wiring remained the same and I used 8 ohm speakers instead of 16 ohm speakers, my choices would be one jack for 2 ohms (which I would never use) or the other jack for 8 ohms. (what I want) Would this work?

 

Thanks

[JohnH]

OK yes that will be fine
J