Of Amps & Ohms (Vintage Traynor Content)

[pacemaker]

I recently picked up a Traynor Mono Block II solid state bass amp locally – man is it a lot of fun! I was looking for something offbeat that could get grindy midrange tones on and this critter definitely delivers. Questions follow after the obligatory photos:







I really dig the Death Star meets SST Records aesthetics. It was considerably grungier when I picked it up.

Anyway, I'm curious about the whole 2 Ohm thing. My understanding is that the head was paired with a 215 cabinet it was designed to run with, but would I be fine to run it through a 4 ohm cabinet? My internet searchery indicates yes, but I've always been a combo guy so I have little understanding of everything I'm reading.

BTW, a PDF of the manual for this beast is here for anyone who's interested.

[JSett]

Solid state amps are very forgiving with Ohms.

4ohm will be fine. With every step down in ohms you'll lose some wattage/output, that's all that will happen.

[pacemaker]

Thanks - that was my general understanding, but holy crow people like to get dramatic about the potentialities...