5 watt amp into extension cab

prsnut 23 January 2010

Hello again,

I have a Fender Champion 600 5 watt tube amp. I like the low volume clean tones that this amp provides, however the 6" speaker sounds terrible when the volume is turned up and starts to overdrive the tubes. I think the best way to describe the sound is flabby and farty. I'm a big fan of crunchy.

A conclusion I've reached to solve this problem is getting a 1 x 12 extension cab to plug the amp into. I'm curious how many of you out there have done this, and what kind of results you have achieved? Is a 5 watt amp powerful enough to drive a 12" speaker and actually cause the crunchy break up that I want to achieve?

Thank you in advance for your insight.

Jeremy

Comments

I have had very good results using a 10" Weber Blue Pup speaker.

Sundhy Sun, 01/24/2010 - 17:59

I have had very good results using a 10" Weber Blue Pup speaker. Makes the amp sound much bigger and has a nice breakup.

Sundhy

+1 on that, of course I have one of Sundy's amps, the minimee, w

jg49 Sun, 01/24/2010 - 19:34

+1 on that, of course I have one of Sundy's amps, the minimee, which has that speaker and it sounds great even with 13 watts full bore but also sounds real good at lower levels as well.

I would personally buy an Avatar Contemporary 1x12 cab with a Ce

Guitarfreak Sun, 01/24/2010 - 23:03

I would personally buy an Avatar Contemporary 1x12 cab with a Celestion Greenback or G12H30 speaker. That's going to run you $250 plus shipping. It's not cheap, but then again neither is great tone :D The Greenback's actually break up quite early, so while your amp most likely will not overdrive them, it might coax out their signature sound. That's not such a bad thing though, overdriving speakers is overrated anyway ;)

http://www.avatarspeakers.com