What you are doing with this method is using the preamp of the master to drive the power amps and speakers of both amps. This technique allows you the ability to use two different-sounding amplifiers to create a fuller guitar tone. Your cabinet does not. Amp (-) to Amp (-) These connections is what Physically ‘bridges’ the amps together! The splitter will take the line in from your guitar, but provide two line outs, one to each amp. The trick to it is that you need to put a stereo signal splitter in the chain, just before the amps. Bought a 30 watt 112 tube amp a few months ago that sounds killer. You need two cabinets. The ribbon catches the rooms vibe from the figure 8 pattern. Run the cable from this to the EFFECTS RETURN on the slave amp. Kurt began playing guitar at the age of nine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Buy a Y-cable with ¼-inch male end and two ¼-inch female ends. Note that the information presented in this article is for reference purposes only. Passive crossovers built into speakers' cabinets are used in compact music systems. Step 3. This is the part EVERYONE gets wrong. Hooking amps together by jumpering the second input on a dual input amp to the input of a second amp is safe, but you can get a lot of noise from ground loops, and you can get phase issues if the two amps aren't phased the same. It is completely safe to do this. 2 - because of differences in the grounding paths for each amp, you'll probably get a ground loop hum For this reason the very best way to drive multiple amps is with a purpose designed box that will usually be active (powered) to boost the signal and have at least one transformer for complete isolation between the two or more amps. Your cabinet has two 1/4" inputs wired together in parallel so you can daisy-chain additional cabinets. In professional audio applications, two amplifiers are … Active crossovers are separate components, and are connected between the sound source (a mixer or preamp), and the amplifier. There are some cabinets that support bi-amping, which is using two amps with one cabinet. In a push-pull amp the guitar audio signals on the two phase inverter plates are 180 degrees out of phase with one another so mixing the two signals together nullifies the signal, kind of like mixing matter and antimatter. The snubber also aids amplifier stability. Connect 12-Gauge Speaker Wire from the Negative (-) Speaker Output on the Master amp to the Negative (-) Speaker Output on the Slave Amplifier. He is a guitar DIY'er and tube amplifier designer who enjoys helping other musicians along in the endless pursuit of tone. Alternatively, I believe some multi effects, (such as boss GT series) have stereo out, so put the left out to one amp, and right out to the other. Quick question for ya. Please Re-Read Step 2 . 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