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Post subject: Bass guitar plugged into a guitar amp...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:17 am
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If we have a bass player who plugs his bass into a guitar amp... will that damage the guitar amp in any way?

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Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:04 am
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That is certainly a very real possibility, almost a certainty.

The first thing to blow would almost certainly be the speaker, guitar amp speakers are NOT made for the low frequencies and "rumble" that accompany those frequencies....they are much smaller and not built for bass by any stretch.

This not a good idea at all and I would discourage you from doing this with your equipment.


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WI KISSfan wrote:
That is certainly a very real possibility, almost a certainty.

The first thing to blow would almost certainly be the speaker, guitar amp speakers are NOT made for the low frequencies and "rumble" that accompany those frequencies....they are much smaller and not built for bass by any stretch.

This not a good idea at all and I would discourage you from doing this with your equipment.


......... i disagree. if you are just going to practice, no need for loud volume, there is no way you could damage the speaker. just do not turn it up!!!!!!! that's when big problems happen - and yes, the speaker will crack/pop/bust!!!!:wink:


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tialeetull wrote:
WI KISSfan wrote:
That is certainly a very real possibility, almost a certainty.

The first thing to blow would almost certainly be the speaker, guitar amp speakers are NOT made for the low frequencies and "rumble" that accompany those frequencies....they are much smaller and not built for bass by any stretch.

This not a good idea at all and I would discourage you from doing this with your equipment.


......... i disagree. if you are just going to practice, no need for loud volume, there is no way you could damage the speaker. just do not turn it up!!!!!!! that's when big problems happen - and yes, the speaker will crack/pop/bust!!!!:wink:



Let me clarify, the question was posed as "we" have a bass player. I assumed that meant a group/band with drums. In that case I can't imagine the bass could be turned up loud enough without damage.

If they're practing alone or just a guitar or two than it would probably be ok, I wasn't thinking along those lines.


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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:25 am
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I have a Yamaha guitar amp that I used for a bass amp once because I really liked the way it sounded.
It was for a concert in church with no drums and I also use to use this amp in my studio and it worked for years with out a problem.

I am not really recommending this but the amp did sound good with my precision bass.
Some newer guitar speakers are stronger than what was traditionally put in guitar amps and they can handle a bass that is played finger style.
No SLAPPING! That style of playing will blow many bass speakers let alone guitar speakers.

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I'm currently using a Jaguar bass in a Sunn Concert Lead, haven't gigged with it. I guess I'll find out!


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I occasionally play through a roland cube guitar amp at lessons, no problems that i know about, but thats at fairly low volumes.

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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:50 am
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OK, I have a Mustang bass with a Sunn Concert Lead head, plus a 4-12 guitar speaker cabinet. Good for lower volume, keep the bass volume down. Definitely not recommended for performance, you'll definitely shred the speakers from the lower hz. I'm going out to pick up a bass cab this weekend. That Sunn head is killer, very powerful!


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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:35 pm
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You can use a guitar amp for a bass at a gig, if you don't play harshly. If it's for more classic rock kinda stuff than it'll be alright if you use a guitar stack. Back-in-the-day the bass guys used Marshall guitar stacks for gigs because you get a "fuzzy" sound from it. If you want to buy something like that then it's all good as long as you don't get too crazy with it. But if you using a little guitar amp, like eveyone else has said, it's not a good idea for a gig.


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