good idea/bad idea??

orksnork · 17th August 2006

here we have a snake...with returns...

it wouldn't be very practical for me to run a speaker cable from the control room to the live room....would it be a bad idea to run the output of a guitar head into the snake, then from the snake into the cabinet??

or should i just run the guitar into the snake, then from the snake into the head, in the live room...

i'd rather have it be near me...for adjusting, obviously

tINY · 17th August 2006

Both ways have problems.

Is there a way to use a pre-amp and put the amp in the room?

The output of a guitar is very sesnsitive to cable capacitance, inductance, and resistance - a long run could significantly change the sound. The speaker output is sensitive to resistance - and snakes typically don't have low resistance.

-tINY

orksnork · 17th August 2006

are you referring to a preamp/power amp set up???

with my rig sure...with others...obviously not...

XSergeantD · 17th August 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by tINY

The speaker output is sensitive to resistance - and snakes typically don't have low resistance.

And you don't want to run spkr level thru shielded cable, let alone small guage wire

octatonic · 17th August 2006

Why not just push a long speaker cable through the same conduit?

This is what I did- so I can have the heads in my control room and the cabs in the live room.

nathanvacha · 18th August 2006

Man, when I saw that, it made me think of this old cartoon spot that was on 'animaniacs'. if you guys never saw that, you missed out on something. really really funny.

Jules · 18th August 2006

You want HEAVY duty cable for the head to cab connection.. this isnt usually provided in XLR snakes...

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orksnork Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: long island, ny Posts: 778 Thread Starter	good idea/bad idea?? here we have a snake...with returns... it wouldn't be very practical for me to run a speaker cable from the control room to the live room....would it be a bad idea to run the output of a guitar head into the snake, then from the snake into the cabinet?? or should i just run the guitar into the snake, then from the snake into the head, in the live room... i'd rather have it be near me...for adjusting, obviously

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tINY Gear Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 10,206	Both ways have problems. Is there a way to use a pre-amp and put the amp in the room? The output of a guitar is very sesnsitive to cable capacitance, inductance, and resistance - a long run could significantly change the sound. The speaker output is sensitive to resistance - and snakes typically don't have low resistance. -tINY

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