Ceriatone Forum

I ordered the pre-built chassis from the Nik and I ordered a gab kit combo. i have never built an amp, so all I need to do wire the speaker to the amp. What kind of wire do I need to use from the speaker in to the speaker plug? Can I use a male end of a guitar chord? Also, what do I need to set the knobs in the back of my amp for a single 1x12 speaker in the combo?? Thanks!

You need speaker cable not guitar cable. 2x 1.5mm sq conductors will be fine. In fact I have used 2 core mains lead before  I knew any better!.

You will solder the cable to the same male jack socket as a guitar lead and you should solder  the wires at the speaker for security. Make the cable a decent length, about 18" longer than it needs to be for the amp in the combo. This will help when you want to use this speaker for another amp or head or if you ever want to put an attenuator in the line.

You will plug this cable into the main speaker outlet and set the impedance equal to the impedance of your 12" speaker.

Cool thanks.  I just went to the hardware store and got some regular electrical cord, like for a lamp cord, this will work correct?? Also, which end of the male 1/8th jack is the positive??  and one more, when I get ready to turn my amp on, I will be running it in a combo 1x12 combo with an 8emp speaker, so I will set y knob to 8, but what about the power switch? Do I do 1 or 2 on it? Im guessing this is half power and full power??

Are you ordering the speaker from Gabkits? If you are, Gabkits will wire it for you. You just pay (I think) $15 for the speaker cord which comes with the 1/4" male plug for the back of the amp.

Nope, i have the speaker here at my house.