Tone King Mini II, SV20H and 1936 Lead Cab

[ericg23]

New to heads and cabs, mainly only used/owned combo tube amps in my day. However, couldn't resist the plexi sound at the price point of the SV20H. I have a lightly used 1936 Lead 2x12 cab that I'd like to run the SV20H through, but I will need to attenuate it. Was able to purchase a Tone King Iron Man Mini II attenuator, but the Tone King only runs at 8 ohms.

This is where the confusion sets in. What output on the SV20H should I run to the Tone King, and which input on the 1936 Lead should I connect to the Tone King's output. Definitely don't want to blow the SV20H. I just find the outputs on the back of the SV20H confusing; it's unclear which of two jacks (2 or 3?) is the 1x8 and which is the 2x16 (I've attached the manual picture for reference).

Any help here is definitely appreciated!

 

[FleshOnGear]

You can run a speaker cable from either the 2nd or 3rd output to your Tone King. Then run a speaker cable from the Tone King to the mono 8-ohm input on the cabinet.

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[Mitchell Pearrow]

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What @FleshOnGear said

 

[RLW59]

2 and 3 are both connected in parallel to the output transformer's 8 ohm tap.

The output transformer's 8 ohm tap wants to see a total 8 ohm load. It doesn't care how many cabs it's connected to, or how many speakers are in the cabs -- it just wants everything using jacks 2 and/or 3 to total 8 ohms.

One 8 ohm cab, use either jack 2 or 3.

Two 16 ohm cabs in parallel is 8 ohms total, so plug one 16 ohm cab into jack 2 and the other 16 ohm cab into jack 3.

(If you want to use two 8 ohm cabs, you plug them into the jacks labeled "1x4ohm/2x8ohm".)

 

[JohnH]

1936's are wired for 8 Ohm aren't they? If so, easiest is one of the 1x8 outputs on the amp to the 8 Ohm attenuator. Then the attenuator to the 8 Ohm cab