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  • oyster jelly
    oyster jelly Posts: 107
    Can you play a bass through a guitar amp? I saw a vid on you tube of some woman who does it. Or is it a bad idea?
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Pearler wrote:
    traditionally, the bass has only 4 strings.... how hard can it be.

    sheesh.

    It doesn't matter how hard it is, or how fast you can play, or how complicated of things you can play. If it has no heart and soul, it's not real.

    I only play four string basses. I seen no need for five string basses, but more power to the people that make five string basses work.
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  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    oyster jelly wrote:
    Can you play a bass through a guitar amp? I saw a vid on you tube of some woman who does it. Or is it a bad idea?
    That's not a good idea. I should know the specifics but I don't. I think the frequency is different for bass and could blow out you guitar amp. If you have to use it, keep everything (bass, volume, tone, distortion) at a minimal level. I'll look it up and edit this if I'm using the wrong terminology.
  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    danny72688 wrote:
    That's not a good idea. I should know the specifics but I don't. I think the frequency is different for bass and could blow out you guitar amp. If you have to use it, keep everything (bass, volume, tone, distortion) at a minimal level. I'll look it up and edit this if I'm using the wrong terminology.
    Yeah, I don't know the ins and outs myself, but I've heard the after effects. Putting a bass through a guitar amp will basically wreck the amps sound over a period of time. It's disgusting what comes out then.
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  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Yeah, I don't know the ins and outs myself, but I've heard the after effects. Putting a bass through a guitar amp will basically wreck the amps sound over a period of time. It's disgusting what comes out then.
    Yeah that sounds about right.
    However I think the reverse is okay (guitar through a bass amp). But don't quote me on that.
  • Switch
    Switch Posts: 119
    Guitar through a bass amp works, but is pretty crap.

    Bass through a guitar amp sounds ok, if you're just trying to listen to how stuff sounds, but doesn't have the sweet sweet rumble of a proper amp. Just careful how much and how loud you play; you will blow your amp, particularly if it's a small job.
  • oyster jelly
    oyster jelly Posts: 107
    I'll show you my new bass if I can figure out how.....
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  • oyster jelly
    oyster jelly Posts: 107
    O.K I don't know how...I'm a dweeb....
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