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guitar through a bass amp

walterfwalterf Posts: 46
edited October 2009 in Musicians and Gearheads
hello, i wanted to know if any of you play a guitar through a bass amp? i have a hartke 1415 bass amp and just started to play my guitar through it, i use a grunge box for distortion. it has a pretty good sound. also am i goin to ruin the amp by playin my guitar through it?

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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    walterf wrote:
    hello, i wanted to know if any of you play a guitar through a bass amp? i have a hartke 1415 bass amp and just started to play my guitar through it, i use a grunge box for distortion. it has a pretty good sound. also am i goin to ruin the amp by playin my guitar through it?

    thanks
    i know plenty of people that play guitar through marshall bass heads. they give you more low end and are not so treble-ey. i have never tried it because i like a nice midrange-ey tone so it is not something i have any interest in. as far as i know the only way you can damage the amp is if you are using a bass head plugged into a guitar cab and the ohms on the head and cab do not match up. i am in no way an authority on this by the way, that is just what i have heard.
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  • cannotstaylongcannotstaylong Posts: 668
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    walterf wrote:
    hello, i wanted to know if any of you play a guitar through a bass amp? i have a hartke 1415 bass amp and just started to play my guitar through it, i use a grunge box for distortion. it has a pretty good sound. also am i goin to ruin the amp by playin my guitar through it?

    thanks
    i know plenty of people that play guitar through marshall bass heads. they give you more low end and are not so treble-ey. i have never tried it because i like a nice midrange-ey tone so it is not something i have any interest in. as far as i know the only way you can damage the amp is if you are using a bass head plugged into a guitar cab and the ohms on the head and cab do not match up. i am in no way an authority on this by the way, that is just what i have heard.

    Yeah, you would have to really try hard to damage a bass amp with a guitar signal itself. Bass amps can handle insane signal levels, so you shouldn't have any problem... especially if it's a combo amp and not a head/cab setup. Fewer options for making a mistake with the signal flow.
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  • jamesmonzo1jamesmonzo1 Posts: 40
    Oh hell yeah my Gib. Sg w/p90s sound killer through my buddy's ampeg cabinet!
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    I use a Peavey TNT 130 Bass amp as a cabinet for my Fender Roc Pro. Really brings out the lower strings and makes for some powerful sounds.
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  • Piper At The GatesPiper At The Gates Posts: 460
    The old Fender Bassman amps of the 50's and 60's were some of the best guitar amps ever made. The original Marshall amp was modeled on a 50's Fender Bassman circuit.
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Piper At The Gates wrote:
    The old Fender Bassman amps of the 50's and 60's were some of the best guitar amps ever made. The original Marshall amp was modeled on a 50's Fender Bassman circuit.
    +1
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