Reggae amp / Robbie Shakespeare

Hi wessman, welcome to the forum mate

The tubepath is great for reggae, I own one and I play reggae lines from time to time
For cabinet, I'd chose 411 pro instead of 411 ND. Actually the 611 would be the best choice for reggae sound IMHO

Cheers, Flo

 

ND cabs have a specific sound, midrangy. I'd chose a ND cab for fusion stuff, where you play a lot of notes and you wanna hear them well.
ND cabs are very articulate, and have more decibels than PRo cabs.
PRO cabs have a more conventional sound, with more low end than ND cabs.
I own both ND and PRO cabs, and I play mostly on PRO cabs in live. I say you cand hear ND cabs better, but you can FEEL PRO cabs better. I use ND cabs in studio, for better midrange.
From PRO series, I'd chose 611 PRO for reggae stuff.

It doesn't mean that you cannot play reggae on ND cabs!!!! If you are looking for lightweight cabinets, then use them

I am not very familiar with EDEN stuff, but I can say to you that TUBEPATH 10.1 is a very high quality amp, that delivers a fat warm tubey sound, and you can dial some great reggae sounds out of it

 

Hi wessman,

Any configuration you've descriebed would sound good for reggae.

The 115 is a good complement for 211 pro, but the 411 have enough low end . IMHO
So 2 x 411 are more than enough for your reggae sound. You can adjust the HF horn on both cabs, even shut it down completely.

If you use 2 x 411 you'll have to link them in parallel - it means, using a speakon, amp- cab1- cab 2. You need 8 ohms cab.

If you use 2x 411 + 115 ( might be an interesting configuration), you have to link them this way:
you need 4 ohms 411, and 8 ohms 115. You need to link the 411 in series ( 4+4 = 8 ohms), then, to link this group with 115 (8 ohms) in parallel , resulting 4 ohms impedance for the 4 ohms amp

So it means- amp ------------115 - and from "+" pole of 115 you go to + pole of first 411. Then from "-" pole of the first 411 you link to "+" pole of the 2nd 411, then from "-" pole of the 2nd 411 you go back to the "-" pole of the 115. That's it

The TUBEPATH, XTREME, and JH series are made in Germany, and all our cabinets are made in China ( I just couldn't believe that when I found out , they are very good quality cabs)

Take care my friend