jantheman Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Guys, I have asked a similar question in the Effects section and thanks to everyone that has replied. I wonder how many here use a guitar amp with a bass speaker.....Why bother..well my bass amp is crap....an old Ashdown 65W combo....... Being one of THOSE types that also plays guitar, I have a rather lovely Cornell Romany Valve Guitar amp that makes a realy lovely tone. Just for fun I connected an Ashdown 15 cab and I have to say, I'm quite impressed. The amp seems to be able to handle it very well. It will only ever be used for bedroom practice so vols will be quite low....no gigs or anything like that. So............am I likely to damage the amp or should I be OK. TIA for al replies EDIT...I have answerd part of my question in the post below but would still be interested in anyone who uses this configuration. Edited May 20, 2011 by jantheman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jantheman Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Well, I finally got through to Denis...the guy who builds these amps. His verdict...go for it. No risk of damage to the amp itself and as I would have a bass specific speaker plugged in theres no reason to be concerned. Edited May 20, 2011 by jantheman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I haven't tried this config- I don't have a guitar amp... However, I don't think there's any reason NOT to give it a shot. My main concern would be the EQ voicing wouldn't be that good for the bottom end of things. I'm also assuming that th pre-amp isn't inherently "voiced" for guitar (!) Guitar through a bass amp & cabs? Awesome. A bit sucked-out in the mid range, but HEAVY!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I've done guitar amp through 15" bass cab before... wasn't that impressed to be honest, but it's useable and certainly won't harm anything. I found the high frequencies rather over-pronounced for my tastes, and the EQ on my Marshall TSL60 couldn't fully dial them down. That said, as the volume came right down it gave that kind of "bedroom tone" (you know, like a POD on its uber-extreme-metal setting) which was good fun on the neck pickup for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 You won't hurt a guitar amp by putting bass through it. You might have to work harder with the EQ but that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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