Connecting amp head in control room to cab in live room

[drew_drummer]

What's the best way to do this? We've got a bantam patchbay connected to patchbay box in the live room. 24 XLR's and 8 XLR combi jack's for headphone mixes and other signals.

Can I go from my amp head into the bantam, through to one of the combi jacks, and then into my cab? Will the amp be loaded properly if I do this?

 

[drew_drummer]

Okay, found my answer... nope... poweramp outputs are not a good idea to put through a bantam!

 

[Trevoire520]

I just run a long speaker cable, though it depends on you having a hole in the wall to put it through!

 

[sprack]

Definitely long cable. The added resistance is negligible to that much power. That or look for an Ampeg System Selector.

 

[FrankTheSmith]

I read on here a while ago that someone just cut the ends off a long electrical extension cable and put some guitar tips on the end of them. Something about the wires inside being badass or something. I don't know, 2 scared 2 try that.

 

[drew_drummer]

I do have a long ass cable, and we do have somewhat of a hole in the wall, so I can do that.

 

[JeffTD]

I read on here a while ago that someone just cut the ends off a long electrical extension cable and put some guitar tips on the end of them. Something about the wires inside being badass or something. I don't know, 2 scared 2 try that.

That was me, it works perfectly and cables that are rated to safely carry household power are way more robust than necessary for guitar amps.