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30/10/2004 4:16 am
i was thinking of hooking up a bass amp i have lying around to my guitar amp. will i get a different tone out of the bass amp? would you suggest doing this? i'm in a two piece band but need more fullness i guess you can say. what do you think. has anyone done this.
30/10/2004 7:06 pm
I'll say Hi and Welcome
I don't see any problem if there's a line out, instrument out, or slave out on the guitar amp or bass amp. You could use a floor pedal that has stereo out and connect both amps to the pedal. Don't hook a speaker out to the amp input, this will cause problems. You could use an attenuator with a line out or bring down the db's enough to match ins and outs.
Joe
31/10/2004 3:10 pm
Yeah,
Joe knows his stuff. It can be done.
The Fender Bassman amp was designed for bass guitar, but guitarists found it to be great for electric. It turned out to be one of the best guitar amps of all time. Still making them today.
If your bass cabinet has large speakers like 15 or 18" then you'll get deeper tone. These speakers are designed to bring out the lows.
Make sure not to use a "Speaker Out" from one amp to another. That is an amplified signal and will damage the other amp. Use "Line Out".
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
31/10/2004 3:21 pm
Yup. Definitely possible. Can sound awesome (go ask SRV!), or very bad. I myself don;t think 18 speakers will work well, but 10"speakers (example: 4x10"bassman) would work very well.
31/10/2004 6:41 pm
The bass amp will accentuate the lows while the guitar amp will do this mids (and highs maybe). It would work great with a 15" or 18". Even a 12". Have fun.
aka Izabella