Members diabolusnmusica Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I've been putzing with using my Working Man pro bass combo as a guitar amp for jazz stuff, and am finding I quite like the sound. Anyone else ever tried this? Did you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armchair Bronco Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I have an Ampeg BA-112 bass amp. I use it all the time as my clean guitar amp. (I've been practicing with it all morning as I've been watching football.) It's a freaking amazing clean amp...and also a kickass 50 watt bass amp, too! Kinda like a solid state version of a Bassman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I myself didnt but the guitarist from Quicksilver Messenger did. And if I am correct Josh Homme used bass Ampeg amps for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 83rdDream Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 thats what agent orange did for one of their albums. i think it was because their guitar amps got jacked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I do on occasion. I shoot for a bassy, bouncy clean anyway, and bass amps can do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tom B. Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hmm. Fender Bassman? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dattebayo1 Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I origionally played bass and for a good year after switching to guitar i was still using my bass amp. Superb clean tones, it's a very honest sound and colourless- in the good way i mean; you're guitar isn't being covered up like so many amplifiers/ speakers do. however achieving decent overdrive sounds was a problem for me, bass speakers (especially paired with a decent horn) are too high fidelity, and you hear the distortion for it truly is- DISTORTION of the signal path- at times it can indiscernable from white noise!! Clean tones- they work beutifully Overdrive- requires a modeller to shape the sound coming from the speakers and even at that, will in all likely hood lack much presence in a band mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dattebayo1 Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hmm. Fender Bassman? It was the combination of the inefficiancies/lack of fidelity of old loudspeakers that provided the more pleasant tones we hear from these things- modern bass amps and speakers or often too high a fidelity for the overdrie to sound as pleasant. I've found anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 This is a rig I play with (at home) from time to time. Vox ToneLab on top - out in stereo to a Roland JC120 and an Ampeg B100R bass amp. The bass amp warms up the tone and of course pumps up the bass and thump. By itself it sounds a bit too muffled to be a good electric guitar amp. I recall trying it once and quickly retreating. But I do enjoy running them both in stereo. P.S. That's just a photo I happened to already have canned, so it doesn't show the set up all that well since I took it for the guitar. The piece on top is a JamMan. The ToneLab is out of view to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members citizens_X Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I play my guitar through my 100 watt ss Bassman all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sonowilson Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 I play guitar through a beringer thunderbird practice bass amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mid Life Crisis Posted October 12, 2008 Members Share Posted October 12, 2008 When I use my Pod I run it through the return input in my bass amp, and it sounds great. The Pod sounds much better than if I put it through my guitar amp, I guess because the increased headroom allows you to hear the Pod's modelled amp tones without any colouration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xxtinyterrified Posted October 13, 2008 Members Share Posted October 13, 2008 NO! bad guitarist, go lay down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members musicmaker '55 Posted October 13, 2008 Members Share Posted October 13, 2008 A band mate from the early 80's used a Marshall bass 100 watt head. Really not much different than their guitar heads... just heavier bottom. He always had the bass control turned way down. I use a 1974 Fender Musicmaster Bass amp as my main guitar amp. A tube amp with 12 watts and a 12" speaker, it was really supposed to be a "student" bass amp. But, it puts out great clean AND overdrive tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Mow Posted October 13, 2008 Members Share Posted October 13, 2008 I have an Ampeg BA-112 bass amp. I use it all the time as my clean guitar amp. (I've been practicing with it all morning as I've been watching football.)It's a freaking amazing clean amp...and also a kickass 50 watt bass amp, too! Kinda like a solid state version of a Bassman. I have the BA115, do the same thing, play around with the tone controls and it can sound really nice. Sounded better with the tweeter, but had to disconnect it, was really hissy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elvisart Posted October 13, 2008 Members Share Posted October 13, 2008 I started way back in the 80's with a 60's Ampeg Portaflex B15 amp made in to a head, then had a silverface Bassman, then had a Sunn Sorado bass head all for guitar. They all sounded great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diabolusnmusica Posted October 13, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 13, 2008 NO! bad guitarist, go lay down. I'm more a bassist, though. I still putz with guitar, but it isn't my main instrument anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Strat87 Posted October 13, 2008 Members Share Posted October 13, 2008 I play a '72 Bassman 50 (teh secks), and the other guitarist in my band uses some '60s Ampeg bass amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnnyR Posted October 13, 2008 Members Share Posted October 13, 2008 A band mate from the early 80's used a Marshall bass 100 watt head. My 73 JMP 100w SB seems to work just fine for guitar...I guess I'll keep it:rolleyes: J.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted October 13, 2008 Members Share Posted October 13, 2008 I use a '60's Sunn 200S 60W bass head witha a variety of guitar cabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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