Is this true?

[Jocelyn]

Re: Is this true?

I use a bass amp..and have no issues.

 

[aaron]

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Bass into guitar rig: not ok! Will damage the circuitry and people will complain about the second-hand smoke.

Actually, a bass doesn't pose any threat to a guitar amp's circuitry. Signal is signal, and the voltage put out by guitars and basses is relatively similar. Maybe you could blow the speakers, since they're not designed to handle the high travel required to produce bass frequencies, but you'd have to try at a decent volume.

 

[baritone]

Re: Is this true?

Actually, a bass doesn't pose any threat to a guitar amp's circuitry. Signal is signal, and the voltage put out by guitars and basses is relatively similar. Maybe you could blow the speakers, since they're not designed to handle the high travel required to produce bass frequencies, but you'd have to try at a decent volume.

This is true. Guitar amp heads and bass amp heads can be used interchangeably; the circuitry will be safe. However, guitar speakers are at high risk for damage by bass guitars.

 

[bungalowbill]

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I played through a silverface bassman and the 2/15 cab for a few gigs and it sounded great!

I don't know how you would fare through a solid state bass amp though.

 

[Empty Pockets]

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68 Bassman head into the 4x12's, channels jumped to the 300w solidstate Peavey 1x15 combo for super duper lowend.

Plugged in the basses, the baritone, the guitars in all their plethora of tunings...hasn't broken anything but tubes...and those didn't need to be changed for almost 2 years.

 

[Sporky McGuffin]

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Bass amps typically produce too much treble too, so distortion sounds a bit fizzy.

 

[ImmortalSix]

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I ran a bass amp (Effects send from my amp to the input of the bass amp) in my rig for, oh, 5 or 6 years?

No problems except it was hard to keep people from dancing when I played that funky monster

 

[astrozombie]

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The guitarist for the early man (sole guitarist, no bassist) split his signal between a 5150, and an Ampeg ( i believe it was an ampeg ).

 

[Sanford]

Re: Is this true?

Actually, a bass doesn't pose any threat to a guitar amp's circuitry. Signal is signal, and the voltage put out by guitars and basses is relatively similar. Maybe you could blow the speakers, since they're not designed to handle the high travel required to produce bass frequencies, but you'd have to try at a decent volume.

Ah! That makes sense then. During my high school years the bass player in the jazz band smoked a little Fender guitar amp one day...I thought it was the circuitry frying, but the speaker was probably the victim.

 

[wickenspoet]

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Not to hijack this thread, but does this mean I could damage my Roland JC-120's speakers with the octave down knob on my micro pog?

 

[astrozombie]

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Not to hijack this thread, but does this mean I could damage my Roland JC-120's speakers with the octave down knob on my micro pog?

I dont know, but does that pog give it those frecuencies, or is it more of a "note" only thing?

does the sound get fatter? more bass frecuencies?

 

[baritone]

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I use my octave through either my guitar amps or my bass amps, but, either way, I just watch the volume. There is still a difference between a bass guitar and a guitar with an octaver. At least with the Boss octaver.

 

[donnievaz]

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Don't some guitarist's play through a Fender Bassman?
ROFL.

I'd be willing to bet that more guitar players use them than bass players.