Members lecale Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 I have an AC30CC2. I was wondering how good of a bass amp it would make if I ran it into an external bass cabinet. I play guitar obviously, but I'm going to be buying my friend's bass, and I don't want to buy a dedicated bass amp yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i_wanna_les_paul Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 Originally posted by lecale I have an AC30CC2. I was wondering how good of a bass amp it would make if I ran it into an external bass cabinet. I play guitar obviously, but I'm going to be buying my friend's bass, and I don't want to buy a dedicated bass amp yet. As long as you're going to be playing through an external cab so the internal speaker is muted, it should sound OK...or maybe a bit blah. Even with bass cabs, guitar amps may not be the best for bass depending on their voicing. The AC-30 may be a bit rolled-off in the bass. Also, 30 watts on bass won't go too far, but if it's for practice, it'll work. Will you break anything doing it this way? No. Will it sound OK? Maybe, depending on what you're doing. Dustin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Timmylikesthing Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 Didn't Paul McCartney use an AC30 on bass? It'll work. But make sure you don't play through the stock speakers or you will fry them. With a bass cabinet there should be no problems. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Aardvark Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 When I first switched to bass I tried playing through my '76 Fender Twin Reverb into a separate cab. It worked, but it sounded awful. I immediately started looking for a bass amp. I also played through a '68 Fender Bassman which is usually considered a great guitar amp and a poor bass amp. It was a better bass amp than I expected and I used it for about four months before I got my GK 700RB, which is a great amp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deville Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 I prefer the bass tone through my Fender Hot Rod Deville guitar amp over anything else in my arsenal... and I play through a DEMETER rig!!! Guess it depends on the amp, but a Deville into an Avatar 2x10 is great bedroom bass tone to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fealach Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 Originally posted by Deville I prefer the bass tone through my Fender Hot Rod Deville guitar amp over anything else in my arsenal... and I play through a DEMETER rig!!! Guess it depends on the amp, but a Deville into an Avatar 2x10 is great bedroom bass tone to my ears. My 65 Champ is extremely sweet for recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lecale Posted February 22, 2006 Author Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 Yeah, I'm not exactly planning on gigging with this setup. Just need someting to hear the bass through in the mean time. Thanks, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slats Posted February 22, 2006 Members Share Posted February 22, 2006 When I first got a bass I asked the same question here. I was hoping to run it through the AC30 at low room type volume. Most everyone said it was a bad idea to play through the speakers so I never even tried. Time to just bite the bullit and get a bass amp!!!!! JMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Boomer Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 Originally posted by Timmylikesthing Didn't Paul McCartney use an AC30 on bass?It'll work. But make sure you don't play through the stock speakers or you will fry them. With a bass cabinet there should be no problems.Tim I'm pretty sure those were called the Vox Super Beatle or maybe AC-100's but never an AC-30 for bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members der oxenrig Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 It'll work, and it'll probably sound great while doing it! Just don't run through the stock speakers. But several of us here run through guitar amps into bass speakers, and it sounds great, especially when you get the power tubes cookin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Timmylikesthing Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 Originally posted by Boomer I'm pretty sure those were called the Vox Super Beatle or maybe AC-100's but never an AC-30 for bass. I could have sworn I just saw something about him using a vox ss amp but it sounded like turd so he got an AC30 when they got a deal. It could've been a super beatle though, I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SB Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 Paul's first Vox amp was the T-60, one of the first solid-state bass amps ever made. Paul was also one of the first to recieve the said amp. Up until then he used a Barber 'Quad' amp with a Barber 'Coffin' cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SB Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 Oh yeah, wait. I know what you're talking about now! The T-60 would regularly blow up and Mal Evans had to fix it, so when the lads recieved their new AC-30s in April '63, Paul also got an AC-30 bass head specially modified at the factory to amplify bass guitars. Only a handful of those were ever made and even fewer survived till today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Timmylikesthing Posted February 23, 2006 Members Share Posted February 23, 2006 Sweet! I'm only half wrong! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slats Posted March 2, 2006 Members Share Posted March 2, 2006 SB....whatever happened to the suitcase that was auctioned off and turned out to be one that belonged to Mal Evans and turned out it had some John and Paul rehearsal tapes of We Can Work It Out. I always thought he had them saved as his 'retirement' plan after they were found in his trunk when he was murdered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoundwaveLove Posted March 2, 2006 Members Share Posted March 2, 2006 guitar amps typically have some sort of highpass/bandpass in their circuit. Your not gonna get much low undertones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deville Posted March 2, 2006 Members Share Posted March 2, 2006 Originally posted by SoundwaveLove guitar amps typically have some sort of highpass/bandpass in their circuit. Your not gonna get much low undertones. Run a Hot Rod Deville through a good 2x10 and tell me there's a high pass filter on it.Killer tone... totally killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6AM Posted March 2, 2006 Members Share Posted March 2, 2006 I've got a AC50 head that works pretty well for bass. I prefer my Hiwatt DR201 and 70s Ampeg SVT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members der oxenrig Posted March 2, 2006 Members Share Posted March 2, 2006 Originally posted by SoundwaveLove guitar amps typically have some sort of highpass/bandpass in their circuit. Your not gonna get much low undertones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SB Posted March 3, 2006 Members Share Posted March 3, 2006 Originally posted by Slats SB....whatever happened to the suitcase that was auctioned off and turned out to be one that belonged to Mal Evans and turned out it had some John and Paul rehearsal tapes of We Can Work It Out. I always thought he had them saved as his 'retirement' plan after they were found in his trunk when he was murdered. It was bought by a dude at a flea market around 100 km from Melbourne!!!!!!!!!!! For 30 bucks!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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