| 2X12 CTS cab [message #17022] |
Sun, 29 April 2012 21:36  |
kustomhead
Messages: 121
Registered: April 2012
Location: Redding, Ca
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What's the word on the 2X12 CTS T&R Kustom cabs for guitar with a K150-2 Head? Are they 8 ohms? Will my Frank bass head sound good through it? I use the Frank with a Peavey 8 ohm cab sometimes and it sounds good and pretty loud. I run it mainly through 4 ohms though. I'm kinda spoiled with the Frank guitar sound and measure other Kustoms against it and the Frank always wins.
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| Re: 2X12 CTS cab [message #17026 is a reply to message #17022] |
Mon, 30 April 2012 07:01  |
stevem
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Registered: June 2004
Location: NY
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The 2-12" cts cab should be wired for the needed 8 ohm load that the K150 wants to see if the speakers are orignal and still wired in parallel.
A resistance check wth a ohm meter will show a reading above 5 ohms, but below 8 ohms right at the jack.
The Frank head will work fine with the 8 ohm cts cabinet, but its 90 watts of rms power at 4 ohms will be only some 60 watts into the 8 ohm load.
If you have never tryed it, jumping/bridging with a short cable the two channels on the metel face K150 and 250s can give alot more tonal variations to your sound.
You might end up liking it better than the Frank head.
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| Re: 2X12 CTS cab [message #17041 is a reply to message #17039] |
Wed, 02 May 2012 21:24 |
cassent5150
Messages: 341
Registered: August 2009
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I have the K150-2, actually I have three heads and 2 cabinets. One has two 8 ohm early 60's CTS alnico type and the other has a single 8 ohm Altec 421A. I get fantastic volume and tone from the CTS's running the K150-2 at 4 ohms. The single 15 Altec does great but it doesn't have near the bottom or fullness the two twelve has, but then again it has less paper moving air at more resistance and that can be the big difference between them. Getting the Frank sound out of a metal face Kustom would only be posible with a good digital EQ to condition the signal before input. That conditioned signal fed into the Frank would again take you to a whole other guitar heaven. The Franks in my opinion have the warmest of all Kustom heads made. I have like six of them and they all have that same warm, rich, robust sound I look for in an amp. Steve C
Steve C
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