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Topic: Peavey Session 400 |
Eddie Harper
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Fairfield, Ohio
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Posted 29 Sep 2023 6:42 pm |
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| I have a Nashville 1000 that quit working and planning on using it as a cab speaker. My Session 400 has 2 External speaker jacks. Can I use the #2 Speaker jack to power the 1000? Does the input volume of the 400 control how loud the cab is? Do I need to invest in a small inexpensive Power amp? Thanks Eddie |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 29 Sep 2023 6:55 pm Re: Peavey Session 400
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| Eddie Harper wrote: |
| I have a Nashville 1000 that quit working and planning on using it as a cab speaker. My Session 400 has 2 External speaker jacks. Can I use the #2 Speaker jack to power the 1000? Does the input volume of the 400 control how loud the cab is? Do I need to invest in a small inexpensive Power amp? Thanks Eddie |
You can only hook a speaker up to the speaker jack of the N400. So you’ll have to unhook the N1000 amp from its speaker, attach a cable to that speaker, and then plug that into the ext speaker jack of the N400. |
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Eddie Harper
From:
Fairfield, Ohio
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Posted 29 Sep 2023 7:31 pm Session 400
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| Hi Donnie, Thanks for the Info. At the moment there is nothing in the N1000 but the speaker leads going to a 1/4 inch Jack. All the other circuitry has been removed. Can I use the external speaker jack #2 on the Session 400 to power the speaker in the 1000 cab. Thanks Eddie |
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David Higginbotham
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2023 5:16 am
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| The session 400 is likely loaded with a 4 ohm speaker as is the NV1000. You can only have a 4 ohm total load so you can’t run both of those speakers. Only if you have 8 ohm speakers in both amps. Running both 4 ohm speakers will result in damaging your session 400. 🙂 |
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Eddie Harper
From:
Fairfield, Ohio
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Posted 30 Sep 2023 5:29 am Peavey
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| Hi David, Thanks for clearing that up for me. I certainly don't want to mess my session 400 up. Can you recommend an inexpensive power amp that would work? Thanks Eddie |
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David Higginbotham
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2023 6:16 am
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| I’m sure some others can chime in…but I’m a fan of Stewart PA series power amps. You can still find them on eBay and reverb. Compact, lightweight, clean tone, and inexpensive! I’m still using them with my equipment. 🙂 |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 30 Sep 2023 8:37 am
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Another thing you can do if you really like and want to use those 2 speakers and if you're handy with a soldering iron is build a series patch box which will allow you to use those 2 speakers together for a resulting 8 ohms, or whatever other combinations you might want to match.
Takes a plastic project box and a few insulated jacks about $15 worth of parts. This changes your connections from parallel to series.
Here's a discussion on one that Len Amaral built and one I built using the information found here. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=368679&highlight=series+patch+box
It's a handy little tool to put in your bag of tricks even for future use. |
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