RCA to 1/4" speaker jack?

[MikeNiteRail]

I'd like to plug my Vibro Champ into a 2x10 cab. Is there a converter that will allow me to go from my speaker cables 1/4" jack into the RCA input of the amp?

I suppose I could install a 1/4" jack for the RCA, but that'd mean tinkering with the amp, paying a tech to do it, and needing to buy a new speaker cable for the amp. Thanks!

[Blue Strat]

There are adapters which aren't particularly reliable, and cables with RCA plugs on one end and 1/4" jacks on the other. Radio Shack used to carry stuff like this.

I'd be surprised if a Google search didn't turn something up.

[WaltC]

I'd be more inclined to either make my own cable (RCA male on one end and 1/4" plug on the other) or convert the speaker out jack on the VibroChamp to a 1/4" and the speaker wire plug to a 1/4". The latter will let you use the VC with any suitable-ohm'd (?) cab with any good guitar speaker cable.

[MikeNiteRail]

Would this work? Is it a speaker cable? http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2123294

I do like Walt's idea too.

[rockon1]

Would this work? Is it a speaker cable? http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2123294

I do like Walt's idea too.


No thats a shielded cable not speaker cable. This gold plated adapter should do the job and might be more reliable than a non plated one but as Mike said its still not that reliable. Bob

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103724&cp=&sr=1&origkw=1%2F4+adapter+gold+plated&kw=1%2F4+adapter+gold+plated&parentPage=search

[mark norwine]

My suggestion:

Why not just change the RCA jack on the amp to a 1/4" jack (like all other fenders...)....

That's what I'd do.

[jay42]

HOSA makes reliable converter cables, if you don't want to roll your own.

[WaltC]

on such a small, low-powered amp like the VC, an "instrument-style" cable will probably work, but building your own adaper cable or changing the jack from an RCA to a 1/4" is easy and cheap enough that that's the better way to go.

[mrface2112]

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103724&cp=&sr=1&origkw=1%2F4+adapter+gold+plated&kw=1%2F4+adapter+gold+plated&parentPage=search This is the exact one i use on my vibrochamp and it works just fine. let me tell ya......a vibrochamp into a 2x12 or something like that absolutely screams.


cheers,
wade

[fullerplast]

Be careful with adaptor plugs for this application....simply because if anything falls apart or pulls out it puts the output tranny at risk. The speaker connection is vital for a tube amp and the RCA plug by itself is already a marginal connector for this task.

[mrface2112]

definitely. the adapter i've got is *extremely* tight. i have no concerns about it going anywhere.

i've also got a 2nd one i use for connecting a pedal to control the vibrato. it stays plugged in all the time and i've never had a problem with it, either.

that said, i don't use the speaker jack adapter much.......kinda defeats the purpose of the VC being a "grab and go".


cheers,
wade