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Ok, is it true, as I've often heard, that tube wattage
is actually greater, or that the output is actually
greater, then solid state wattage? And how exactly
does the whole ohm thing work? If something is 200
watts @ 8 ohms does that mean it's 100 watts @ 4 ohms?
I recently purchased a Mesa Boogie Buster Bass 200, a
200 watt all tube Bassman clone (or so I'm told).
When I plugged it into my SWR bass 2x10 rated at 200
watts @ 8 ohms I got some nasty electrical pops
(scared me) when playing. I've been told that I
either a)have a bad cable (not likely, new Monster
cable) b)that I'm overpowering the cab because 200
watts tube is actually up to five times greater than
200 watts solid state (sounds off to me) or c)the
single pair of 10 inch speakers is unable to handle
the low end.
I have two SWR Workingman cabs rated at 200 watts, a
2x10 and a 1x15. If I run both, can I split the
output between the two cabs? There is also two pairs
of output jacks for the head; one pair of 8 ohm
outputs and one pair of 4 ohm outputs. If I plug in
TWO cabs using TWO seperate cables, should I plug them
into the 8 ohm jacks or the 4 ohm jacks?
I really don't want to blow up my new cabinets.
Richard
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