Splitting Output Signal Questions

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 29 Jul 2021 5:41 am

I run George L cables, pot pedal, Black Box, Sarno Classic preamp. I would like to try running 2 15â€, 4 ohm speakers, each speaker with a Ganz Straight Ahead power amp (no stereo). What is the best device to use to split the output from the preamp? Just a regular â€œYâ€? The ones I have are kinda cheap looking. Or maybe build a metal project box with 3 , 1/4â€ female jacks? Is there some kinda of proper device made that I could buy to do this?

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 29 Jul 2021 7:57 am

Thanks George. Thatâ€™s how I thought it was. I guess my concern is that the standard Y cable you get from the internet music stores or say Radio Shack, donâ€™t appear to be very high quality. I didnâ€™t know if I would be loosing something thru them & if there was a better quality one I could get. Or do you think itâ€™s just a case of either they work or they donâ€™t?

Andy Vance · Post by **Andy Vance** » 29 Jul 2021 1:25 pm

Danny,
I've never used it but ran across this recently when looking at how to split a single monitor mix to multiple powered monitors

https://www.zzounds.com/item--GXYJIBS?s ... mPEALw_wcB

Andy

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 29 Jul 2021 3:10 pm

Andy that looks interesting. How
did you you end up doing it?

George Biner · Post by **George Biner** » 30 Jul 2021 2:25 pm

A "Y" cable will work, but it might not stand up to abuse and then it will fail at the worst time. A box is more bulky but much more rugged -- you can make one yourself as you state.

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 30 Jul 2021 3:07 pm

Do you think just little wire like in a
Goodrich pot pedal would be ok to connect the jacks together?

Danny Letz · Post by **Danny Letz** » 7 Aug 2021 3:10 pm

I found that I already had a solid splitter from Radio Shack that had never been out of the bubble pack. Tried the system on a gig last night and except for the added setup, teardown, hauling work, it ready was pretty nice.

Ron Forrest · Post by **Ron Forrest** » 17 Aug 2021 4:07 pm

I'd recommend using a Radial Big Shot AB/Y pedal.I've used them for years on dual guitar amp setups and they have always been rock solid. It has a iso transformer on the B out out to help eliminate hum from transformer mismatches and is passive so no concerns about batteries or powering the unit.

Peter Harris · Post by **Peter Harris** » 18 Aug 2021 3:08 am

I was really 'lucky' when setting up a couple of Roland Cube 60 units for a similar end-use...I just ran a (normal mono guitar) cable from the 'Tuner Out' jack on the back of Cube #1 to the Input Jack of Cube #2....works perfectly !

Had to *&%$ around a bit to build some double-pole footswitches to control both Cubes simultaneously, but that worked well too...

Cheers,
Peter

Rick Bernauer · Post by **Rick Bernauer** » 18 Aug 2021 4:06 pm

Ron Forrest - I'd recommend using a Radial Big Shot AB/Y pedal.I've used them for years on dual guitar amp setups and they have always been rock solid. It has a iso transformer on the B out out to help eliminate hum from transformer mismatches and is passive so no concerns about batteries or powering the unit.

Another vote for the Radial BigShot AB/Y - I used one this past weekend for an outdoor gig driving 2 Fender amps. Worked great and didn't have any hum. Very solid construction.

Andy Vance · Post by **Andy Vance** » 18 Aug 2021 6:19 pm

Sorry, Danny. Didn't see you ask how I did it. I still haven't yet, so I don't have a working solution, yet.

Andy