Members stiman Posted July 22, 2005 Members Share Posted July 22, 2005 Yeah, so I was thinking, is using a guitar head with a bass cab alright? Will it hurt any of the electronics? How about a guitar preamp with a bass power amp, is that ok? Im thinking of getting rid of my bass combo (peavey TNT 115) and getting a stand alone power amp with a bass cab, and using my guitar head's preamp, is that any good you think? Thank you,Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted July 22, 2005 Members Share Posted July 22, 2005 It won't hurt anything but rarely sounds good other than for fun.People like Lemmy have been doing it for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stiman Posted July 22, 2005 Author Members Share Posted July 22, 2005 how about a power amp with a guitar pre amp and a bass cab, that should be fine then right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members der oxenrig Posted July 22, 2005 Members Share Posted July 22, 2005 I use a tube guitar head for bass all the time and it sounds kickass. For my sound, it beats almost all the dedicated bass heads out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darkstorm Posted July 22, 2005 Members Share Posted July 22, 2005 It can work excellent. If the guitar head can handle bass without bad clipping. If the guitar head is made to work well with 7 string & baritone guitars. However, you'll ussually get better resultswith a floorpedal or porcessor that does the guitar heads overdrive ch well. For example, I find marshal overdrive pedals work better then marhsall preamps & heads. That said youd be better off useing bass amp & cabs(ussually 10" bass speakers work best) for both bass & guitar. With whatever processor for distortion etc that you want for guitar and bass. Whatever tube guitar head Ox is useing would be an exception. So try before buying. I use bass amps & cabs for guitar, bass, & synths. With guitar processors and bass processors of choice. For the desired od and effects for each. Instruments go to processors then mixer then amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deville Posted July 23, 2005 Members Share Posted July 23, 2005 Originally posted by stiman Im thinking of ...getting a stand alone power amp with a bass cab, and using my guitar head's preamp, is that any good you think?Thank you,Fred If your guitar amp is solid state, no problem. If it's a tube amp, read this. If you're not using the power amp in your guitar amp, you may think it's OK to just disconnect the speaker output and go about your business. Dangerous stuff if you're using a tube amp. If your tube amp's output signal is not connected to a speaker, you could... no, you WILL blow your output transformer. Only reasonable way to get around this is to plug a dummy connector into your "power amp in" or "FX return" jack. This fools the amp into sending a dead signal to the power stage, removing the bass signal from the power amp. This is preferable to disconnecting the speaker because the power amp has a speaker to dump a dummy signal to, instead of cranking out your bass' signal into no speakers. (smell the smoke?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldivor Posted July 23, 2005 Members Share Posted July 23, 2005 I use an Ampeg V-4B which is a V-4 without the reverb basicly. So many bassist were using V-4s they started making a bass version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike fitzwell Posted July 23, 2005 Members Share Posted July 23, 2005 Originally posted by mxpxfan I use an Ampeg V-4B which is a V-4 without the reverb basicly. So many bassist were using V-4s they started making a bass version. +1. My V-4 sounds great through my 8x10 or my 2-2x15s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Detox Posted July 23, 2005 Members Share Posted July 23, 2005 Been there, done that. Didn't sound too bad, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stiman Posted July 23, 2005 Author Members Share Posted July 23, 2005 All this is very interesting... it is a SS head too so I should be fine then... it would only be a temporary thing until I get a bass preamp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nishich Posted July 23, 2005 Members Share Posted July 23, 2005 I have tried my guitarists Orange 100w all tube head (2 preamp tubes, 4 poweramp tubes), with EQ from my marshalls solid-state 200w and all of that through 1x15 ported cab,Sound was much warmer, without any unpleasent distortion.Maybe a littlebit softer tone, but it was fun to play.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JC Bass Posted July 23, 2005 Members Share Posted July 23, 2005 My first amp was a Sunn Colisseum Lead SS guitar head (300 watts!) into a custom built, sealed 2x15 cabinet. It was LOUD! Wish I still had it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cortfan Posted July 24, 2005 Members Share Posted July 24, 2005 If we are playing outside, I sometimes use my Peavey 400 watt solid state Renown head to drive both of my 2x15" speaker cabs. It has enough power and e.q. to make my bass sound good, and loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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