bigchiefbc wrote:Running a bass into a guitar head works just fine, as long as the amp's transformers are beefy enough. I sold my "bass" head and now run my bass exclusively through my Bugera 1960, which is technically a "guitar" head. It sounds awesome and has plenty of bottom end, as long as I use a bass cab.
But either way, it definitely will not blow anything in the amp. The only thing that could be wrecked by sending it too much bass is the speakers. That's why going with bass speakers is much more important if you're ever going to run bass through it.
man, i've been contemplating on getting one of those off ebay to use with guitar and bass. i imagine it would be pretty crunchy on bass though, and i like my bass a little cleaner for what i play these days.
Actually, I found that it was a little too clean for my needs at non-blistering volumes. I ended up buying a power soak so I can run it with the volume up around 5, which is where it really starts overdriving. But at around 3 or so, I can get nice loud cleans.
i tend to run a White bass head, which is a 1970's handbuilt matamp GT120 100w all valve bass head made in the 1970s in north east England that can kill people from 10 miles away and can kill my back whenever i try to lift it ! and a fender blues junior set up as a dual mono rig and it sounds brllian as the blues jnr breaks up long before the White so it blends beautifully
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bigchiefbc wrote:Running a bass into a guitar head works just fine, as long as the amp's transformers are beefy enough. I sold my "bass" head and now run my bass exclusively through my Bugera 1960, which is technically a "guitar" head. It sounds awesome and has plenty of bottom end, as long as I use a bass cab.
But either way, it definitely will not blow anything in the amp. The only thing that could be wrecked by sending it too much bass is the speakers. That's why going with bass speakers is much more important if you're ever going to run bass through it.
man, i've been contemplating on getting one of those off ebay to use with guitar and bass. i imagine it would be pretty crunchy on bass though, and i like my bass a little cleaner for what i play these days.
Actually, I found that it was a little too clean for my needs at non-blistering volumes. I ended up buying a power soak so I can run it with the volume up around 5, which is where it really starts overdriving. But at around 3 or so, I can get nice loud cleans.
welp, if this v4 i'm stalking on ebay gets too expensive, i may just say fuck it and buy one.
