Running to bass rigs - advice please.

[andrewrx7]

Hi there,

Just experimenting a bit and am looking for some advice before I knacker something!

I want to try and run 2 heads with dedicated cabs - a 1x15 from one head and a 4x10 from another. Looking through the manuals of both heads, I would like to ask for some clarification on how to connect them together.

Head 1 = TE AH300, Head 2 = Peavey Tour450.

Current plans are either:

[b]Set up 1:[/b]

Bass into TE head. Take a lead from Effects Send to effects pedal. Take the Out from the pedal to the Tour 450.

[b]Set Up 2:[/b]

Bass into TE head. Take a lead from the Line Out to effects pedal. Take the Out from the pedal to the Tour 450.

[b]Set Up 3:[/b]

Bass into the Tour 450. Take an lead from the Effects Send OR the Tuner Send to the effects pedal. Take the Out from the pedal to the TE head.

[b]Set Up 4:[/b]

Bass into the Tour 450. Take an lead from the Effects Send OR the Tuner Send to the effects pedal. Take the Out from the pedal to the Line Out (which apparently also acts like an INPUT).


Also, what is a "buffered signal"? The Tour450 Tuner Send says this is a buffered signal.


Any thoughts on the above as to which is the best way to run the 2 amps together?

Thanks,
Andrew

[Happy Jack]

Why not split the signal (splitter box, some FX pedals do it too) and take a signal to each head?

Even better, use a bass with a stereo output (Rickenbacker and many copies thereof, some Ovations, some Gibsons, various others I'm sure). Then you just need a Y-cable to split the signals.

The other attraction of this route is that you can load up one signal with FX while keeping the other one clean.

Edited February 7, 2009 by Happy Jack

[Happy Jack]

Talking of stereo basses, here's one owned by Phil The Bassist of this very parish ...

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That's actually a rather superior copy.

[andrewrx7]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='402904' date='Feb 7 2009, 04:38 PM']Why not split the signal (splitter box, some FX pedals do it too) and take a signal to each head?

Even better, use a bass with a stereo output (Rickenbacker and many copies thereof, some Ovations, some Gibsons, various others I'm sure). Then you just need a Y-cable to split the signals.

The other attraction of this route is that you can load up one signal with FX while keeping the other one clean.[/quote]

A splitter box was something else to consider. Never considered these, so not sure what is good or what is not?

[Mr. Foxen]

The two outputs of a TU2 tuner will do it, but you lose your mute. Its also fairly easy to mod any bass with two volumes to be dual output, but you might lose tone control on one. My method is using the clean out on my Sansamp to a drive pedal into my other amp.

[The Funk]

[quote name='andrewrx7' post='402894' date='Feb 7 2009, 04:23 PM']Any thoughts on the above as to which is the best way to run the 2 amps together?[/quote]

Set-up 3.

Sending from the Effects Send and not putting a signal back into the Effects Return might just act as a preamp out on that amp, resulting in no sound from Amp 1.

Sending from the Line Out might be higher output than your bass guitar, which your pedal/Amp 2 would not be designed for, although it's not likely to sound bad as a result or anything, especially if you can cut the input gain on the pedal/Amp 2.