guitar through a bass amp?

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Corin from Sleater-Kinney plays through an Ampeg bass cabinet; I'm not sure about her head. Could be a Bassman head. But S-K famously lacks a bassist, which could be why.

I used to use a hundred-watt Fender bass combo as a practice-room "PA," and put amp-modeled guitar and vocals through it. As you might imagine, it could be muddy, but I doubt it damaged the cone given the levels involved.

The Mad Puffin (The Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 18:08 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...
Actually, I play my '76 Electra through a Hartke 90-watt bass amp, and it sounds really nice. It can go from that muddy sound you were warning about to a nice surf-like bark. Believe you me, it works.

Nedling, Monday, 4 September 2006 04:39 (seventeen years ago) link

if you play a guitar through a bass amp and dial the treble on the amp you can overdrive in this really ... horrible way. but it sounds kind of cool

millenarian (millenarian), Monday, 4 September 2006 06:01 (seventeen years ago) link

three years pass...

can I play bass guitar through... a keyboard amp? I think I can, because the frequency response is good all over the spectrum, or whatever, but I want to make sure.

Dan I., Tuesday, 13 October 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link

yep, should be fine - listen for distortion though, and if you hear any, turn down.

FCK R VWLS (jjjusten), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link

just crank everything up all the way and hit that e chord, like in the beginning of back to the future. blow that shit up, yo!

let the glory boy mr. henry have it on rye (jdchurchill), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link

four years pass...

re-amped 12 string acoustic through a bass amp. feels good

doctrine the house (electricsound), Sunday, 8 June 2014 00:36 (nine years ago) link


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