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Guitar Amp for Bass?

2005-03-21, 13:07

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Guitar Amp for Bass?

Does plugging in a Bass guitar into a guitar amp a good idea?

Will the bass damage the amp in any way?
Does the amp make a difference if it's tube, solid state, combo?
Speaker size? Does volume affect anything?

I got a buddy coming to town and he
can only fit his bass guitar for the trip. I'd like to plug in and jam with him
but I don't own any bass amps.

I do have an analog recorder. I could plug the bass directly into the
recorder and play it through my ghetto speakers but I'm sure it'll sound
terrible.

Any suggestions?

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2005-03-21, 13:15

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just don't crank it

2005-03-21, 14:24

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Originally Posted by Necro_Butcher

just don't crank it

I don't own a torque wrench

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2005-03-21, 20:50

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It won't sound good, and could dammage your amp.

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2005-03-21, 22:18

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just don't turn it up to loud...

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2005-03-24, 19:09

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Didn't the guy in Napalm Death play his bass through a Marshal guitar amp with distortion on?

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2005-03-24, 21:02

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I'm pretty sure that was a 70's-80's JCM 800 Super Bass head. Lemmy from motorhead uses these too.

2005-03-25, 07:02

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Playing bass works fine on a Peavey SS 65w amp

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2005-03-25, 17:33

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it shouldnt make a difference, but dont crank it - speaker will go bye byes. also the eq will be pretty useless as your using a whole new set of hz

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2005-03-27, 15:00

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Playing bass works fine on a Peavey SS 65w amp

is that wink to say 'this will work' or 'ha! now hes gonna die!'???

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