ODS (124) Speaker jacks

[gary sanders]

I am putting an extension speaker jack on my 124.I dont plan on running an extension without the main speaker.Whats up with the shunt jack used on the main out?Is there a reason for this or is it ok to use two normal jacks?

[ToneMerc]

2 reg jacks are fine.

TM

[gary sanders]

Thought could have been some odd Howardology....

[ToneMerc]

The premise is that with nothing plugged in, the main jack will shunt the OT secondary to ground. It's better to be shunted to ground than left open without a load. After I had an issue with a SC shunting jack I went to using just 2 reg jacks.

TM

[heisthl]

What do guitar players do when no sound comes out of their amp? They max the volume(s) and thrash - the shorting jack keeps the amp from arcing the tube sockets (and damaging tubes, transformers etc etc) for the 5 minutes it take for the user to realize he didn't have a speaker connected. Unfortunately it doesn't work in a combo style amp when the disconnect is one of the terminals on the speaker