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You can but the size of you guitar amp and its speaker will affect the sound.
If you have a larger speaker in your guitar amp you'll probably be able to produce more of the frequencies of the Bass Guitar that a proper bass amp would.
Electric bass Guitars produce a louder sound than electric guitars so be careful not to blow your amp. Turn the volume output down on the bass guitar.
I don't know for sure but I imagine if you don't use care you could probably damage a valve guitar amp by playing a bass too loudly through it.
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∙ 13y agoMy answer is yes. adjust the eqs. your bass amp has crossovers also adjust and have the volume of your keyboard to zero,then bring the volume up slow until
you get the loudness you want without clipping or -10db .Best to use a mixer so you
can keep your volume in the green.
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∙ 14y agoYes. It's common and in the cases I've seen usually involves 100 watt bass amps from the 70's, the Ampeg V4B and the Fender Bassman being the most popular. These amps are renowned for taking pedals really well, which you'll wanna use if you want any significant distortion. As long as you're not pushing the wattage too much on what the speakers in your cab can handle, the skies the limit as far as guitar-through a bass amp-through a guitar cab is concerned. Don't play bass through a guitar cabinet though, that will blow your speakers. But that's a different subject altogether.
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Do dean basses work with guitar amps?
Never use any bass with any guitar amp. Guitar amps are not meant to handle the lower register of a bass, and the speakers on your guitar amp will blow out if you try to play a bass through them.
What happens if you play bass on a guitar amp?
Your speakers will blow out. A guitar amp is not meant to handle the low register of a bass. Even on a practice amp.
Can you play an electric bass through a guitar amp?
They can plug in and work, but most guitar amps aren't built to give a solid bass output, so sound will be fuzzy/ weak. Best bet is to just get a small bass amp. A 15w Fender Rumble amp is about $150 and sounds great for home practice.
Can an electric guitar be played on a bass guitar amp?
I can't think of any issues other than the regular guitar amp may not have the size of speakers to give the best bass sound. ------ Guitar amps are made to output guitar frequencies. Bass amps are made to output bass frequencies. If you interchange the two, you will not do damage but at some point the amp will cut out. I believe it was Tony Iommi who used to play guitar through a bass amp to get some really nice bass distortion on his guitar. ------ I believe that after too much use, the low frequencies of a bass may damage the guitar amp. I'd say it's alright to use it with a guitar amp, but try to keep it in moderation.
How do you make a bass amp sound like an electric guitar amp?
If you are using a guitar amp as a pre-amp to a bass amp (plugging your guitar into a guitar amp, and then patching the guitar amp to the bass amp), do not do this. Bass, acoustic guitar, and vocals (mics) are low impedence, where guitars are high impedence. You can very easily damage your equipment doing this sort of thing. If you are trying to get guitar sounds out of a bass amp, in my opinion, it's next to impossible. There is only one type of bass amp that I know of that you can accomplish this with...Ampeg has a series of bass amps with "switchable tweeters", meaning that they come equipped with tweeters, but you can turn them in order to use rig as a bass amp, and turn them on in order to play an acoustic guitar thru the bass amp. Since an acoustic guitar is low impedence, this works fairly well. You can also plug in an electric to this setup, even tho an electric guitar is high impedence...It's possible to plug in a high impedence instrument into a low impedence amp, but it's not advisable to plug in a low impedence instrument into a high impedence amp.
Will playing a bass guitar through a guitar amp for gigging and practice damage my guitar amp?
Possibly. In my experience the bass will not work through a guitar amp?
What sounds better a bass through a guitar or a bass amp?
The low frequencies of the bass destroy a guitar amp , so use a bass amp.
Do dean basses work with guitar amps?
Never use any bass with any guitar amp. Guitar amps are not meant to handle the lower register of a bass, and the speakers on your guitar amp will blow out if you try to play a bass through them.
What happens if you play bass on a guitar amp?
Your speakers will blow out. A guitar amp is not meant to handle the low register of a bass. Even on a practice amp.
Can you play an electric bass through a guitar amp?
They can plug in and work, but most guitar amps aren't built to give a solid bass output, so sound will be fuzzy/ weak. Best bet is to just get a small bass amp. A 15w Fender Rumble amp is about $150 and sounds great for home practice.
Can an electric guitar be played on a bass guitar amp?
I can't think of any issues other than the regular guitar amp may not have the size of speakers to give the best bass sound. ------ Guitar amps are made to output guitar frequencies. Bass amps are made to output bass frequencies. If you interchange the two, you will not do damage but at some point the amp will cut out. I believe it was Tony Iommi who used to play guitar through a bass amp to get some really nice bass distortion on his guitar. ------ I believe that after too much use, the low frequencies of a bass may damage the guitar amp. I'd say it's alright to use it with a guitar amp, but try to keep it in moderation.
Can any bass amp work with any bass guitar?
Yes, any bass amp works with any bass guitar
Can you play a bass guitar through a tube amplifier?
Years ago all we had was tube amplifiers. As long as its a bass amp (so you don't blow out the speakers) there is no problem.
How do you make a bass amp sound like an electric guitar amp?
If you are using a guitar amp as a pre-amp to a bass amp (plugging your guitar into a guitar amp, and then patching the guitar amp to the bass amp), do not do this. Bass, acoustic guitar, and vocals (mics) are low impedence, where guitars are high impedence. You can very easily damage your equipment doing this sort of thing. If you are trying to get guitar sounds out of a bass amp, in my opinion, it's next to impossible. There is only one type of bass amp that I know of that you can accomplish this with...Ampeg has a series of bass amps with "switchable tweeters", meaning that they come equipped with tweeters, but you can turn them in order to use rig as a bass amp, and turn them on in order to play an acoustic guitar thru the bass amp. Since an acoustic guitar is low impedence, this works fairly well. You can also plug in an electric to this setup, even tho an electric guitar is high impedence...It's possible to plug in a high impedence instrument into a low impedence amp, but it's not advisable to plug in a low impedence instrument into a high impedence amp.
Why cant your electric guitar not play though the pa but acoustic electric you can?
A PA system is intended for a certain frequency range, same with a guitar amp and bass amp. Bass amps for example are made to handle a lower frequncey range so plugging a bass into a guitar amp can damage the speaker because the guitar amp cannot handle to lows of the bass. The same is for a PA system. To properly play through a PA system it is better to mic a guitar amp and then run the mic through the PA. The mic will limit the frequencies of the guitar allowing the PA to handle it better. Most live venues will do this so bringing a Marshall full stack isn't neccesary. Even a small 50watt amp would work fine in a live setting as long as it is miced.
Can you play a bass guitar without an amp?
no because you wont hear anything. trust me.
Can bass guitar be played through a Fender twin reverb?
Yes, you are ABLE to do that. SHOULD you do that? Absolutely not! The speakers in a regular guitar amp are not made to handle the low frequencies that a bass guitar produces. Playing a bass through your twin reverb will result in blown speakers, which, given the amp model, WILL NOT BE CHEAP TO REPLACE.
