https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:56:43 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/#post-358525 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:05:20 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Jmann https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/#post-358525 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/#post-358504 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:10:37 +0000
Assuming, of course, that the speakers are 8 Ohms.

Wire up just 2 speakers and you'll get 16 Ohms in series and 4 Ohms in parallel.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/#post-358504 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/#post-358503 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:15:36 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Jmann https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/#post-358503 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/#post-39840 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:18:43 +0000
My questions are:

1) am I risking damage to my gear by using a cab with 1 bad speaker? It's wired in correctly, and I AM getting some sound out of it (pulled it out and hooked it up to my stereo)

2) Since I *think* I'm getting some tone loss, I was considering pulling it entirely and changing the wiring accordingly. Is this dangerous? Should I pull 2 speakers (one bad one good) so I can get a 4 ohm cab (or is it 16 then?)

3) The distortion channel has a little bit of 'chop'. It's most noticeable when I play a triad and only happens for the first 1/4 second or so. I just got new power tubes so what's the problem? Could this be the bad speaker?

http://www.b-52stealthseries.com/LS412A_LS412B.html]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance hivemonkey https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/bad-speaker-in-4x12-still-safe-to-use/#post-39840