So...should/could I add 2x WCA 115 for a quad-stack?

Charmand G

Charmand G

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Hello, felLow frequency brothers!


Seeing as Thomann is selling out WCA 115 PRO at a ridicoulous price (at least compared to norwegian prices), I`m considering fullfilling a mad dream of mine:

Having a four-stack of 2x 411 and 2 x 115

Now, this is mostly because 1) I think it looks f***ing cool and 2) the re-sell price will be quite good in my country.
There is also of course, the ability to have a versatile setup for any stage.

I don`t know if it`ll do anything more for my sound, and if my amp will provide enough power, so I ask you guys if you have any opinions and excperience on this. My current setup is:

Warwick Vampyre SN 5-string
Ashdown MAG 600 (575 Watts)
2 x Warwick WCA 411 Pro (8 ohm)

Digitech X Overdrive
Ibanez Weeping Demons Bass Wah

So, waddaya think? 8:
 
Assuming all of the cabs are 8ohm you'd fry your Ashdown amp if you daisy chained them all together as it would be a 2ohm load (no matter how you linked them)!

The only way around it is to start doing all sorts of series/parallel linking of drivers and cabs and it seriously wouldn't be worth the hassle... though it would look immense! LOL
 
WarwickHunt is right, it would be dangerous to connect them all in parallel, but if you connect two in parallel and two in series, you're good to go.

Two in parallel will be 4 ohms of course, then you add two pairs together in series. As series conenctions are additive, it will bring the load back up to 8 ohms.

It's safe, it's very easy to do, it would look incredible, be a whole lot of fun and probably sound cool.

:d

... If you can be bothered carrying them all, I say go for it!

;)
 
Thanks for the input, guys.

2 in parallel, 2 in series....wouldn`t that require three outputs?

And the Ashdown has two outputs, 4 ohm, btw.
 
Eberbachl said:
... it's very easy to do
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Unfortunately what sounds like a simple plan 'some series/some parallel' isn't that easy... All of the cabs and the amp outputs will be parallel, without rewiring some of the cabs or constructing special leads (which you'd better hope you never confuse with your normal leads :eek: :lol:) there is no simple plug and play way of getting it back to 8ohms (which as you rightly say is feasible IF you could do some series parallel connecting). After you have either rewired your cabs or made some special leads you will then be getting approx 400 watts from your amp (less than you were with your regular two cabs) but it would be spread over a greater area so would likely appear to be louder... so long as you didn't get comb filtering because of the position of the multiple drivers.

As we've said it would look totally monster BUT the biggest headache (backache) is the transporting of the cabs! :lol:
 
Hehe, what are bandmates for, ey?

Yeah, it would look totally killer, but ...ah well... Maybe I should just go for that Rockbass $$ instead. Or buy the two, so when I get a 1000w head....
 
Sure, when I say easy it does involve rewiring some cabs or having special leads...

Not a big job, but would require some care and attention.

;)

I think you should make it a four cab vertical stack!

Yeah!

:d
 
Get a Tubepath 10.1 with the 2x115 pro's & run the Ashdown into 1x411 & 115 & the Tubepath into 1x411 & 1x115.
Then get an active cross over so all your lows & lower mids go to Tubey & the upper mids & highs go to the Ashy.
Then go knock over small buildings.
 
Good ideas, everyone. I have a BOSS ME-8B with stereo-output. I can just get another Ashdown + 2 x 115, and run a stack on each side of the drummer.

Who needs PA anyway? (except the obvius)
 
Meh at 4 cabs....

You need 6...



However have been told that there more than likely for show as a posed to playing through :(

how would you play through something like that though? like how does it all connect up?
 
I wonder how big a set up I could achieve with an x-treme 10.1 which does 4 ohms and a peavey VB-2 which does 2 ohms. That could be monstrous.
 
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