Hypothetical Question about two-amps/cabinet hook-up....

[Gutch220]

I've never tried this before, but it had me wondering.
If you were to use a y-speaker cable to hook-up two amps to one cabinet, would the power from Amp-1 go into/damage Amp-2, and vice versa? You're basically hooking up the amp's output into another amp's output via the Y-cable. (or does the power "know which way to go"?)

 

[RLW59]

The power doesn't know which way to go. You'd almost certainly damage both amps if you connect them together like that -- even if only one amp is turned on, or even if you only play through one amp at a time via an a/b box in front of the amp inputs.

(There are stereo cabs with 2 or 4 speakers, that allow you to hook up one amp to half the speakers and the other amp to the other half of the speakers.)

 

[NumbSkull]

Solarburn posted an interesting vid the other day about how EVH used one amp into another amp to get harmonics X2 , seems to me a better way to experiment.

What you are suggesting seems pointlessly risky,
I get bungee jumping but why this ?

 

[Gutch220]

I get bungee jumping but why this ?

I don't want to do it, nor have I ever done it, I was just curious.
I think EVH slaved other amps via the inputs (or SEND if they had those back then) so he's only dealing with pre-amps

 

[giblesp]

With respect, pointless and potentially damaging.

 

[Gutch220]

With respect, pointless and potentially damaging.

oh yea, it definitely is.

 

[PelliX]

I think EVH slaved other amps via the inputs (or SEND if they had those back then) so he's only dealing with pre-amps

Yup. Just for the record/clarity, never connect the speaker out of any amp to an input (regular or FX return, power amp in, etc). Bad things happen.