Members pickinatit Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 First of all, is your handle "pick in a tit"? jk... Secondly, I'm a little leary of The Real MC's statement myself. Confirmation Kindness? Others? No, but I'll answer to that too now that I think about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ender_rpm Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 If you drive a guitar amp to the sound levels you want with a bass, it's more likely to get overdriven, since bass frequencies require more power than guitarto project. "over drive" ing and amp means pushing it past it's rated power output for a "clean" sound. If you follow that train of thought, it is relatively easier to push an amplifier past it's intended performance envelope putting a bass through it vice a guitar. Try chugging out 16th notes on a guitar head of 50 watts vs a bass head of 300 watts, and you see the guitar amp gets "tired" faster, as it is pumping out more opwer relative to its rating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 82Daion Posted June 4, 2009 Members Share Posted June 4, 2009 ...you can damage the power tubes and the transformer. They are not designed to deliver the power required to push bass frequencies. This is incorrect. You won't do any damage to a low-powered tube amp by playing a bass through it. Tubes are tubes, transformers are transformers, and aside from the amp breaking up a lot sooner (assuming that you're playing through a bass cab), nothing will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Kindness Posted June 4, 2009 Moderators Share Posted June 4, 2009 Secondly, I'm a little leary of The Real MC's statement myself.Confirmation Kindness? Others? Confirmed that you should ignore that portion of The Real MC's post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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