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Post subject: FENDER BLUES JUNIOR EXTENSION SPEAKER
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:02 am
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I've recently purchased a Laquered Tween Blues Junior, and am very happy with it.
I would like however to occasionally add my Fender GE-112 Extension Speaker Cabinet to the amps Jensen speaker.
There is only one jack at the rear of the BJ for the internal speaker, so if I wanted I could run the Ge-112 instead of the Jensen, but I would like to run both. Both speakers are 8 Ohm.
Can this be done? and if so, what would I need?
I don't want to damage the amp.


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Post subject: Re: FENDER BLUES JUNIOR EXTENSION SPEAKER
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:12 am
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Since the Jr is a low power amp, you can hook two speakers in parallel.
It will run at 4 ohms, but it won't damage the amp. It might be a little hard on power tubes at max volume.
Use a 1/4" phone Y connector to plug both speakers in. These aren't suitable for higher power, but OK at 12 watts.


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Post subject: Re: FENDER BLUES JUNIOR EXTENSION SPEAKER
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:03 pm
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Amp power has no bearing on running a mismatched impedance, it can be safely done with any tube amp. Just look at nearly every fender amp with an external speaker jack and no impedance selector switch. :wink:

Impedance matching is about getting the most power from the amp, nothing more. For a tube amp, an impedance mismatch within a 2 to 1 ratio (high or low) is perfectly fine.

So, an 8 ohm tube amp can safely handle a speaker impedance of anywhere from 4 to 16 ohms with zero problems.

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