Members goFish Posted November 4, 2006 Members Share Posted November 4, 2006 I would have searched the forum about this, but it seems the search function has been disabled. So, pardon me if this has been asked before. It seems like a stupid question, but it's always the stuff that I DON'T know that worries me, so I'll ask at the risk of great scorn and ridicule! I play acoustic guitar and keyboards, and took up bass recently. I have both a keyboard amp (crappy, but serviceable for practice) and a bass amp (a great sounding practice and stage amp, I think). I just got a great deal on an electric guitar and will pick it up in the next few days(wasn't expecting to buy, but couldn't pass up the deal). Until I can get a suitable amp, will a bass amp suffice? Or, should I use the keyboard amp? At this time, I'll only be using it for practice. I can't imagine that there would be a problem with either choice, but again, it's what I don't know that I'm afraid of. So... your advice? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taco2004 Posted November 4, 2006 Members Share Posted November 4, 2006 I dont think it would be a problem. Dont expect it to sound awesome. You should get some fairly good clean tones out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Majai Posted November 4, 2006 Members Share Posted November 4, 2006 Either choice is safe. Try both see which sounds best. There are amps that were intended to be used as bass amps that are well liked as guitar amps (Fender Bassman and Supro Thunderbird come to mind). I don't know if that is true about keyboard amps, but since I think keyboard amps are portable PAs they would probably make a really good practice amp with a PodXT or a Vox Tonlab SE in front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cougar Hunter Posted November 4, 2006 Members Share Posted November 4, 2006 both will be fine, but niether (neither) will provide any distortion or saturation. you need: either 1. an elec. gtr preamp to plug into the fx return of either amp ex. ada mp-1, rocktron chameleon, johnson j station, line 6 pod, behringer v-amp. or 2. a distortion/overdrive pedal to plug into the front end of the bass or key amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuitarHitman Posted November 4, 2006 Members Share Posted November 4, 2006 I've used bass and keyboard amps for guitar in the past. The keyboard amp worked very well and had some nice cleans. Bass amps sound too muddy for guitar. There's no harm in using either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyhuck_finn Posted November 4, 2006 Members Share Posted November 4, 2006 maybe you could stick a treble bosster in front of the bass amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goFish Posted November 4, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 4, 2006 Thanks everyone - very helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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