Run 2 amps 1 Cab problem

[joesackic]

Hi, I have a Mesa Roadster 2x12 combo amp, and I recently bought a Mesa Stiletto head. I don't have access to cab right now for my Stiletto to play through. I want to run my Stiletto amp into the speakers in my Roadster combo. Problem is the cord is too short and doesn't reach the Stiletto. The only way I can get it to fit is if i face the amps back to back with the Stiletto sitting on a chair facing the wall and I can barely plug in the cab cord to it. This way sucks!

So what Im wondering is their a way to hook up the Stiletto into the roadster and have it act as a pass through so I can use the amp with the roadster speakers. To be clear I don't want to run one through the other with both amps powered or both at the same time. I just want to sit the head on top of the combo with the combo off/standby and play some rock through the Stiletto, when Im done switch off the Stiletto and use the Roadster again like normal.

I know I can cut the 1/4 and add length to it and swap back and fourth, but I would prefer not to hack up my prized amp though. If that's the only option I will save up for a cab, though it looks like it could work using one amp like a slave to the other but I dont understand how I would go about it. Any help would be awesome.

Thanks, Sean.

 

[domct203]

If you want to slave one amp into the other BOTH AMPS will still need a speaker load, so that will not work for you.

Do you own a soldering iron? You could buy an inexpensive speaker cable and replace one end with a female 1/4" jack to make a speaker extension cable.

Dom

 

[joesackic]

Yeah I see what you mean now. I went down to my local music shop to talk to them to see if there was any other options I was missing. If not I was just going to buy a longer speaker cord and solder it on like you said. Luckily though the guy I talked too at the music shop knew his **** and works on amps at the store.

He told me you can just buy a coupling (female to female). The add a short speaker cable to make up however much your short. So 30 bucks later for the 2 parts and I was up and running! Im posting this because Im sure Im not the only one to run into this issue before and I wont be the last.

This way I didnt have to do any mods to my amp its just plug and play and when I want to use the roadster again I can just unplug the extension cable and coupling.

The new Stiletto absolutely smokes with the 2x12 V30s in it from the roadster combo, Great under rated amp! Closest thing I will ever buy to a Marshall, This ones on steroids though! lol

 

[knotts]

Somebody suggested this in another thread. I need to pick one of these up myself.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/George-Ls-2-Premium-SPEAKER-CABLE-1-4-Male-to-Female-Spade-For-Combo-Amps-/290646360343?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item43abdf8117

 

[Addictedtokaos]

That will work as long as the terminals are not soldered to the speaker wire. If they are soldered, I know my rectoverb combo were soldered, you are better of to go with the F/F coupling or adapter. The other would be to make or buy a cable like dom suggested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/15ft-6-3mm-...=US_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item2c6e67a53d