does anybody have any knowledge regarding guitar amplifiers

Factual Questions
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i appologise if this is in the wrong section but here goes.

im thinking of buying a marshall guitar head, which is going cheap locally, but i have no cab to play it through and ideally i dont want to splash out on one just yet, im on a budget! :smiley:
i do however have a marshall mg100 combo amp, and noticed that at the back of this, there is a plug which connects the amp to the speaker. the question is, would i be able to plug my head into this speaker. i appologise if this is really dumb but im not sure, and i really NEED this head. hehe.
will the speaker be able to handle this head, it is a 50 watter all valve marshall.
thanks, i would appreciate any help regarding this issue.

John

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If the head it one of the standars 100 watt types, then you’ll blow the speaker in your combo. IIRC, most cabs house four 50 watt speakers, so I would wait.

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The OP said it was a 50W head, and the combo he has is 100W, so power wouldn’t be much of an issue. I would make sure the impedences are correct, i.e. the combo may have an 8ohm output into an 8ohm speaker, where as the head might only have a 16ohm output. A lot of amps (especially heads) usually have an impedence selector to let you match it with the speaker load. It is generally not advisable to mis-match impedences.