will this work?

Finis Spier · Post by **Finis Spier** » 29 May 2006 5:18 pm

i have a peavey transfex 212 head its intended to drive two peavey 12 inch speakers will this amp drive two 15 inch black widow 1501s?

Curt Langston · Post by **Curt Langston** » 29 May 2006 5:34 pm

According to the specs., it will work. Looks like a 4 ohm minimum per side.
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The 1501-4 speaker will work great. That would set the load at 4 ohms per side. (the amp has a 4 ohm min. per side)

Should sound great![This message was edited by Curt Langston on 29 May 2006 at 07:10 PM.]

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 29 May 2006 5:37 pm

Generally speaking, the Dia. of a speaker is not a necessary consideration. Specifications for the speaker are the important factor!

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David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 29 May 2006 6:25 pm

Yeah if it's the same ohm load it will work.

I have the same amp.
I have seriously thought about putting
the brain in one cab and the
speakers in 2 boxes.

Heavy sucker for sure.

Curt Langston · Post by **Curt Langston** » 29 May 2006 8:46 pm

Finis, make sure you like the sound of the amp with steel guitar, if that is what you are wanting to do. A lot of six string electric guitar amps, are not preamp voiced for steel, and thus sound bad with a steel. Have you played steel through it? If you can't get the string separation or the mids set right for steel, it is going to be a big project, that turns into a so-so sounding amp. Even the 1501's will not help if you cannot dial in your tone. Are you thinking about making it a three piece steel rig? If so, I would be sure that I could get a good sound for steel from it, just as it is, with the 12 inch scorpions, before you cut it up. Some guitar amps just happen to sound alright with steel, but most do not. BUT, a steel amp will sound good almost all the time with a six stringer. Just play steel through it. If it sounds good to you, then exchanging the 12 scorpions for the 1501's will only make it better. If it does not sound good with steel, and you cannot dial in your tone, then the 1501's will NOT help, and it would most likely be a big waste.

Just my 2 cents. I have done this sort of thing before, and hate to see someone going down the same wrong road I did.

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 29 May 2006 9:38 pm

"Some guitar amps just happen to sound alright with steel, but most do not. BUT, a steel amp will sound good almost all the time with a six stringer."

It's possible that the first part of that might be true with solid-state amps, but IMO solid-state steel amps sound horrible with six-string. Most tube guitar amps, on the other hand, sound fine with steel except for ones intended for very early breakup. But you could take just about any tube Fender amp w/reverb - Deluxe, Vibrolux, Pro, Twin - and they were the standards in the studio for years for steel and guitar.

As far as the poster's question - if the impedance match is the same it will work fine. Will it have good tone? I don't know - does it have goood steel tone now? If so, with 15's it will probably still be good and the mids will be a little fatter.