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I've been wanting to upgrade the speaker on my practice amp (Marshall AVT50 1x12) and I am having a hard time finding anything rated 4ohms... most places only carry 8 or 16ohms... I am not even sure if there are a lot of guitar speakers being made with a 4ohm version?

A lot of guitar speakers are available in 4 ohm just not most Celestions. Lots of Eminences are. Here:

http://www.usspeaker.com/us%20speaker%2 ... 20SPEAKERS

Avatar has Hot 100s in 4 ohm

benjamin801 wrote:A lot of guitar speakers are available in 4 ohm just not most Celestions. Lots of Eminences are. Here:

Yeah, I haven't had much luck with Emis though, they always sound a bit dull to my ears.


http://www.usspeaker.com/us%20speaker%2 ... 20SPEAKERS

theAntihero wrote:Avatar has Hot 100s in 4 ohm

hmm.... I used T100's in the past and liked them quite a bit. I actually still have a 16ohm T100, I think I will try it in my amp and if I like the tone I will get the 4ohm version from Avatar.

Another thought is this: SS power sections are not terribly sensitive to speaker impedance mismatches. You could just go with an 8 ohm speaker.

It won't hurt it - but you won't get the rated power out of the amp.

benjamin801 wrote:Another thought is this: SS power sections are not terribly sensitive to speaker impedance mismatches. You could just go with an 8 ohm speaker.

It won't damage the amp but you're cutting the power in nearly half every time you double the impedance in a SS amp.

So the 50w @ 4ohm would be about 25w @ 8ohm and 12w @ 16ohm.

guitarbilly74 wrote:

benjamin801 wrote:A lot of guitar speakers are available in 4 ohm just not most Celestions. Lots of Eminences are. Here:

Yeah, I haven't had much luck with Emis though, they always sound a bit dull to my ears.


http://www.usspeaker.com/us%20speaker%2 ... 20SPEAKERS

theAntihero wrote:Avatar has Hot 100s in 4 ohm

hmm.... I used T100's in the past and liked them quite a bit. I actually still have a 16ohm T100, I think I will try it in my amp and if I like the tone I will get the 4ohm version from Avatar.

We should really do a Speaker Swap thread like the pickup swap thread.

theAntihero wrote:We should really do a Speaker Swap thread like the pickup swap thread.

Fucking IN. I have some sitting around.

I would love it if the thread were "swap speakers straight across for ones of roughly equal value, with each guy handling his own shipping," but I would post my stuff no matter what. Start the thread.

Speaker swap you say? I'm in!

I have a Blue Marvel I will trade straight up for a Vet30 or Greenback. I won't even ask for money on your end.