Using an attenuator with combos, how do I work around the speaker cabel?

[CakeEater]

Okay so I've been eyeing up cheap attenuators so I can sweet-spot my amp and still play at home. Connecting the amp to the attenuator is the easy part, and if I had a cab I'd just buy a second speaker cable and that would be easy too. But every combo I've owned has the speaker wired to a male TS plug with minimal slack, and it looks like I need a male-to-female speaker cable to complete the connection, but they don't seem to exist. What exactly am I supposed to do here?

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Okay so I've been eyeing up cheap attenuators so I can sweet-spot my amp and still play at home. Connecting the amp to the attenuator is the easy part, and if I had a cab I'd just buy a second speaker cable and that would be easy too. But every combo I've owned has the speaker wired to a male TS plug with minimal slack, and it looks like I need a male-to-female speaker cable to complete the connection, but they don't seem to exist. What exactly am I supposed to do here?

Cut the tips...solder to male ts tip... voila.

 

[CakeEater]

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Cut the tips...solder to male ts tip... voila.

Is this an actual speaker cable? Forgive my ignorance but I've never had to do this before, I can't see a single female tip speaker cable on thomann and I don't want to blow my amp or burn my house down.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Is this an actual speaker cable? Forgive my ignorance but I've never had to do this before, I can't see a single female tip speaker cable on thomann and I don't want to blow my amp or burn my house down.

Yes.....I used this to hard wire a speaker out for my katana.

This one is from my power amp to a 2 12 cab.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Is this an actual speaker cable? Forgive my ignorance but I've never had to do this before, I can't see a single female tip speaker cable on thomann and I don't want to blow my amp or burn my house down.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Pardon the tape....ran out of heat shrink.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Here

 

[CakeEater]

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Pardon the tape....ran out of heat shrink.

Ahh I see. Thanks!

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Ahh I see. Thanks!

Not a problem. Hopefully it helps.

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Also...the reason I did it with 2 female ends....was to use the speaker with another head....multi uses.

 

[Frodebro]

The easiest way is to just buy a three or five foot speaker cable, cut one end to length, and crimp/solder a couple spade connectors to it.

 

[CakeEater]

The easiest way is to just buy a three or five foot speaker cable, cut one end to length, and crimp/solder a couple spade connectors to it.

I get it, but on some combos those spade ends are behind the amp chassis and difficult to reach.