bass cabs w/ rectifier

[rainsong86]

so I was running my dual rectifier at 8 ohms into a Fender Bassman 410 bass cab (500 watts peak handling at 8 ohms) and I'm wondering if I should be weary of cranking it.. I know it's unsafe to play a bass guitar through a guitar enclosure, but is it also unsafe to play a guitar amp at loud volumes through a 4 by 10 bass cab?

what I was more worried about though was whether the horn for bass highs would blow.. btw it sounded great; the tone was mean, heavy and very tight bass response, but not an applicable tone in a band setting

 

[Tom M]

Re: bass cabs w/ rectifier

You won't hurt the cab, the Recto doesn't put out enough power.

Turn the horn off though, horns hate distortion.

 

[Erlend_G]

Re: bass cabs w/ rectifier

Turn the horn off though, horns hate distortion.

Yup... they tend to blow VERY fast if you use them with a distorted signal

 

[mrid]

Re: bass cabs w/ rectifier

Yup... they tend to blow VERY fast if you use them with a distorted signal

I learned this the hard way.

 

[rainsong86]

Re: bass cabs w/ rectifier

Yup... they tend to blow VERY fast if you use them with a distorted signal

does this include a distorted BASS signal?.. because my bassist uses a boss distortion pedal for a fuzz tone every now and then.. I don't want him to blow his horn