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Post subject: Re: Champion 20 speaker upgrade
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 1:28 pm
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Hey there. I have been playing with these small practice amps for a while and have made a few into heads. First I did a marshall G15R which lead me to trading a 100w Spider2 for my champ 20.

This is a practice rig that I also have started to gig with as my Marshall jcm2000 is a bit big for most venues and I have been playing blues, and worship sets which is different than "the rock" sound I get from my Marshalls and a voxAD100VTH.

The sound I can get from my champ is amazing for that blackface and tweed sounds that I pedal, with this champ.

I just took the wires to the speaker and wired them to a jack for about 3$ (the cost of the Jack). This allows me to connect to a 2x12 with vintage 30s or my 4x12 with G12-412MGs. to be honest I havnt played longer than just an hour (for practice) with the 4x12 cab, but i routinely play for 5 hrs plus with the 2x12 connect to the champ without any overheating which i read would be characteristic of pushing your amp or (head) too much.

One issue I did run into with doing this to another Marshall 15 watt was in the wiring on my first i wanted a clean look so I wired the jack to the back plate which is connected to the circuit and it heated the board and wouldnt play, but that was my early mistake. you would need to insulate it is doing so or just run it away from the metal on of the board.

Hope this helps. I do make sure whatever I connect it to I am in the 4-16 Ohms range, and side with 8 as a target for security. And I wouldn't try this with a tube practice amp, but I am still experimenting myself.

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