Mesa Boogie 4x12 Cabinet Wiring

Many people have asked how to wire up a 4 speaker cabinet that can have an extension speaker cabinet usually another 2 or 4 speaker cabinet plugged into it when desired.

Mesa boogie 4x12 cabinet wiring.

To wire a 4x12 cabinet in series parallel where four 8 ohm speakers are wired in series parallel equaling a total. Regardless of slant or straight if you are playing a recto 4x12 your tone has authority clarity and detail that only mesa traditional or standard 4x12. The standard rectifier 4x12 is the oversized 4x12 by which other quad box cabinets are judged. The parallel output jack on our cabinets offers the same connection functionality as two 4 ohm jacks on the back of the amp.

The most common request i get is for 4 speakers that are 12 inch in diameter 4 x 12 however this solution pertains to 4 10 s 4 15 s or any mix of sizes. Our legendary oversized rectifier standard and traditional cabinets. Nearly all mesa cabs are wired from the factory to 8 ohms with the exception of custom wired cabs by request or. Some larger format mesa bass cabs.

4x12 recto standard os slant cabinet. Mesa boogie is a leading innovator of guitar amplification technology whose product line includes the mark v dual and triple rectifier lone star transatlantic mini rectifier and most recently the new mark five. Never run below 4 ohms in a tube amplifier unless you are absolutely certain that the system can handle it properly. 25 cabclone king snake recto verb 25 bass prodigy four 88 bass strategy eight 88 and full line of overdrive and now equalizer pedals.

So this week i received an email from scott a wgs aficionado who was inquiring as to how he should wire his marshall style 4 12 cabinet. Mesa boogie amplifiers can handle 4 and 8 ohms effectively. To wire a 4x12 cabinet in series parallel where four 8 ohm speakers are wired in. Heres the deal it has 4x12 speakers all 8 ohms the jack plate image a has 4 inputs one for the 8 ohm input 2 for the 4 ohms input and one as output.

But as this is my first mesa cab and my first cab that im gonna rewire i have some doubts about it. Other players prefer slant style recto 4x12 cabinets which offers a monitor effect due to the top speakers sloping up toward your ears. So i decided to buy it and reconnect al the wires by myself. In essence there are two ways to wire up a 4 speaker cabinet.

Never run below 4 ohms in a tube amplifier unless you are absolutely certain that the system can handle it properly. This can cause damage to the output transformer. Mesa boogie amplifiers can handle 4 and 8 ohms effectively. This can cause damage to the output transformer.

How to properly wire a 4x12 speaker cabinet. When it comes to 4x12 cabinets we offer a choice of two distinct and different sounding sized quad boxes.