X-pattern speaker wiring

[petejt]

I have often seen guitar cab speakers arranged in an X-pattern, such as V30s and G12T75s.

But has anyone actually wired up speakers in an X-pattern?
Usually they are all connected in series-parallel, or just left side & right side for stereo.


I tried it last night with my 4x12 cab, when re-wiring it for stereo. Sitting in the dark on a mat near midnight in the light of a reading lamp and millipedes crawling everywhere...(it's almost a cellar). I've got a Black Shadow C90 & an EV 12S 200 watt speaker as a diagonal pair, and a Celestion V30 and EV 12S 200 watter as the other diagonal pair.

I plugged two different amps in the inputs (MarkIV through the C90 pair, JCM 800 through the V30 pair), split the signal up front with a stereo chorus and- GOLD! It worked great!

I hope to get some clips up soon. Need to get my other pedal fixed, and some new powerpoints installed.

 

[jet66]

I don't know if it makes a difference, but I'm too picky/anal/OCD to wire unlike speakers in series, so I do X my wiring as well as the speakers: Like speakers in series with themselves, then the unlike pairs in parallel at the jack.

 

[petejt]

You can wire them in parallel or series, whichever you want. I just wanted to increase the impedance, and generally like it that way.


The main thing is how the different sounds mix in stereo, as it isn't just a straight left-right separation.

 

[steve_k]

I always make my parallel across like speakers on the diagonal. Otherwise, you will making the parallel to speaker of different wattage. While there is no danger in that, it could possibly make it sound like shit. But, that is on a mono connection. You are talking STEREO X. If it sounds good, run with it. The only reason for stereo is to have some acoustic separation from left side to right side. While what you did will sound well in the bedroom or allow you to have two inputs for stereo FX, in the long run it wouldn't make any difference on a stage.

Steve