guitars through bass amps

Dave Herrera (144)

Bass Equipment Forum
11/12/2003 4:34 PM

since i just got into guitar playing a few months ago and am too cheap to spend on a designated guitar amp, i've been playing my squier strat mostly through my fender bassman 100 and it sounds ok, if a little tinny. but, planning ahead (ie college) i can't really lug that around and i'd rather not have to deal with a small bass amp AND guitar amp, so my question to you is: how well do guitar effects (ie distortion) go through bass amps even if used by a guitar? or should i just suck it up and buy a guitar practice amp?

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Re: guitars through bass amps

11/13/2003 3:09 AM

Neil Tunstall (1312) wrote:

Don't forget that those early Fender Bassman amps were hijacked by the blues rock guitarists of the '60s and '70s to give a deep and mellow tone that became a stple at that time.
Cheers
Neil

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Re: guitars through bass amps

11/13/2003 9:54 AM

Daniel Gilbert (847) wrote:

if using a seperate head and cab, could i use a guitar head and run that through a bass cabinet when playing electric guitar?

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Re: guitars through bass amps

11/13/2003 10:40 AM

Stephen Smith (32237) wrote:

Yep. It sounds good.

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Re: guitars through bass amps

11/13/2003 10:46 AM

Daniel Gilbert (847) wrote:

splendid, thanks

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Re: guitars through bass amps

11/13/2003 11:09 AM

Stephen Smith (32237) wrote:

Just be careful to check your impedance. Some guitar amps expect to see relatively large impedances (32ohm) so a 4-8ohm bass cab could be disastrous.

:-)