Help for rookie: amp-cabinet match-up (Bugera V55)

[adamsvok]

Well I'm not on top when it comes to amp-cabinet match-ups. I've always used certain amps with their matched cabinets. Now I use a solid state Fender 100H with its 4 speaker cab.

However i have the chance to get a Bugera vintage 55W head but i cannot find a cabinet for it (live in Hungary). So my question is: Can i use the 55W head with the 100W fender cab? (my bet would be that any cab can be used which is equal or higher than 55W) The head has a resistance switch for 4-8-16 ohms the cab runs at 4 ohms, so i just switch to 4 ohms on the head and im ok?

Also how do these ohms work? What would happen if i played tru 8ohms and the cab would be only 4 ohms?

Thank you!

[Syrus]

Originally Posted by adamsvok

Well I'm not on top when it comes to amp-cabinet match-ups. I've always used certain amps with their matched cabinets. Now I use a solid state Fender 100H with its 4 speaker cab.

However i have the chance to get a Bugera vintage 55W head but i cannot find a cabinet for it (live in Hungary). So my question is: Can i use the 55W head with the 100W fender cab? (my bet would be that any cab can be used which is equal or higher than 55W) The head has a resistance switch for 4-8-16 ohms the cab runs at 4 ohms, so i just switch to 4 ohms on the head and im ok?

Also how do these ohms work? What would happen if i played tru 8ohms and the cab would be only 4 ohms?

Thank you!

You can run the amp with a matching ohms or higher ohms.

On a tube amp, some say you run it lower/higer.

This all comes down to the iron or just in in plain English the transformer.

Basically, just match the ohms.

If you can't, I always go to a higher resistance. Never a lower.

For solid state it's true, going from 4 ohm to 8 ohm will mean half power cut.
This doesn't equally mean half volume, but you should just read up on that subject.



JUST MATCH THE OHMS.

I've run a 4 ohm champ with a 16 ohm load for years and haven't destroyed anything.

Also

2x the amp power is what you want in the cab.
As in max. speaker RMS power.

[adamsvok]

Thanks for your input!