meiklejohn Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 I don't know if this is a stupid question or not...I recently got rid of a hotrod deluxe combo and swapped it for a marshall jcm900 head and cab...I did this purely based on aesthetics and fear, I love the look of a marshall stack behind me, I also love the fact that if the head fucks up I have a crate power block I can plug in and I'll have no problems!I've been thinking and when it comes down to it, your playing is the most important, aesthetically a marshall stack looks good but to my ears, that fender was sweet as a nut. Lugging a big 100watt marshall head and 4x12 to play a small pub is... Let's face it... Ridiculous. Oh and it turns out that having a marshall stack doesn't make me sound and play like slash or bonamassa? Total mind blower! So what I'm thinking now is I'm going to get a hotrod or a blues deluxe again... However I still have that fear of if it gets damaged on the way to the gig or malfunctions during a show, would I be able to plug the power block into the amp? I'm assuming they all have speaker cable inputs so I'd just unplug the the speaker from the combo and plug the head into it? Then my combo is just a 1x12 cab? Is that correct or am I speaking out my arse?Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSJ81 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 You are correct, provided the speaker is not hard wired to the amp in the combo and if the speaker matches the recommended impedance of the amp then I cant see any problems with using a head through it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiklejohn Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Awesome, so I'll check my head and check the fender blues deluxe that I fancy and if they match I'm good to go! Cheers man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb303 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 not always check before you buy ..some combos don't allow you to bypass the amp ..if you have an amp / tech guy they can do you a bypass pretty cheaply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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