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What is the difference between a regular guitar amp and a bass amp?

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:57:13 +0000

I play guitar and am switching over to bass. Can a bass play on my guitar amp? I heard the phrase ‘bass amp’ many times, so I’m not sure.

Buddy Do Not play your Bass in your Guitar amp.. The bass is too low and it WILL blow your amp out…. happened to me before but you CAN use a guitar on a bass amp as long as u dont blast some crazy shreddin’.
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What guitar amp should I get?

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:43:44 +0000

I have been playing guitar for about six months and I think it is time to upgrade from my little 10 watt amp that came with the guitar. I don’t know if I should go with the Peavey Vyper 30, Vox vt30, or the Orange Crush Pix 35. I play everything from classic rock to metal. What would be best?
If another amp is better then the ones I put, feel free to tell me.

The amps you’ve chosen are nice but they’re still in the "practice amp" category. They almost certainly have more features and effects than your 10 watt amp and are excellent amps to have around the house. The thing I would consider is that soon, you’ll probably want to play with other folks, and 30 watts just isn’t going to compete with bass and drums. If you can afford to keep buying amps as you grow into them, get any one of these.

If it was my choice, I’d spend a little more now and get an amp that I wouldn’t outgrow as fast. The Roland Cube 80x or the Vox VT50 would be near the top of my list. While they aren’t Marshall stacks, they’re big enough to cut through the mix….I have friends who use them for small gigs.

Tesla Guitar

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:58:50 +0000

I use my Tesla coil as a guitar amp. 250,000 volts of distortion!
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What headphones work best with a guitar amp?

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:21:00 +0000

i am trying to buy headphones that serve a main purpose to be plugged into an amp. i tried a 1/4 adapter with regular headphones (like those on mp3s) and the sound is horrible and low. does anyone have any recommendations? nothing over 40 or 50$ at the most

also, ive heard of the Vox amPlug guitar amp and i was wondering if (unlike with amps) any headphones work fine with it, or would i still need headphones with better quality than regular mp3-like ones?

Even with high-quality headphones, it’s always going to sound a little weird when you plug them into an amp.

A good pair of headphones comes in handy though. On a $50 budget I’d recommend the AKG K77’s. They’ll serve you well for recording, monitoring, practicing, etc.

can you use a guitar amp to connect a preamp to a passive speaker?

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:47:12 +0000

I have a Behringer XENTX 802 mixer with two microphone preamp’s and a First Act guitar amp. Can I connect the mixer to the amp and then to some passive speakers?

The guitar amp has a speaker built in – why do you need to add more speakers? Otherwise your plan will work.

Is it OK to play a bass guitar through a guitar amp?

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:00:36 +0000

I’ve got a VOX 50 watt combo guitar amp , one of the newer modelling ones not a valuable old classic one. Would it damage the electrics if I played a bass guitar through it at low, bedroom-type volume? I know I’ll have to watch the speaker but at low volumes will it do any damage to the input section?
I’ve had a keyboard going through it before and it seemed OK.

Yeah it should be fine. The only thing that could blow the amp is if you cranked the volume. But the same thing would happen with a guitar plugged in. Just don’t crank the volume because it might blow easier if a bass was going through it.

How to tell if a guitar amp speaker has blown?

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:44:43 +0000

I have a Marshall guitar amp. When the volume is on low the sound is perfect. When I turn the volume up it makes a "crackling" sound. Almost as if the sound is being turned up and down constantly. Is this blown or is there another problem.

Try the same scenario with a different electric guitar and guitar chord. If the amp still. Does it then you will know its the amp. The crackling sound you speak of could be a bad chord, or something loose in the electronics path from the pick up to the guitar.

How can I best equalize my guitar amp for my keyboard?

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:28:51 +0000

It’s a Vox Valvetronix with gain, volume, bass, mid, treble, and master volume controls. 30 watt.
I know that there’s no way to get as clean a sound with a guitar amp as there is with a keyboard amp, but any suggestions for making it sound as good as possible? Thanks.

Keyboard amplifiers usually have a more wide frequency response so they have have horns/tweeters too, whereas guitar amps have not. So a guitar amplifier can not be forced too much to play higher frequencies. If you put an equalizer before the amp you could use more gain on the higher eq bands to make up for the rounded off guitar amp sound. About 3db at 4kHz, and 2-3db at 8 kHz but no gain above. Try some different settings if you can.

How do I make my guitar amp sound more electricky?

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:07:44 +0000

These are the different knobs on my electric guitar’s amp. Gain, Bass, Middle, Treble, Volume, and Reverb. When I play it sounds like a really clean regular guitar how do I give it that electric guitar sound?

First off, you will probably want to crank your gain first, THEN adjust the volume to where you want it. That distortion you are going for comes from the gain knob being up. So come in behind it with volume.

Your other knobs, such as bass, middle, and treble, will set your tone. I have heard you can Scoop the middle, which means turn it higher than the others like at 8 or 9, to boost your gain.

Set your bass high enough to beef it up a little. Treble can be wherever you want it.

HOWEVER, based on your particular amp model, you may not be able to acquire much of that electric guitar sound (distortion) and may need a distortion pedal such as the DS-1 by Boss…

Can I plug my acoustic electric guitar into my electric guitar amp without damaging anything?

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:21:33 +0000

I’m talking about my electric guitar amp made for electric guitars, not acoustic-electric.
It’s a fender.

There is no problem with plugging your acoustic-electric guitar into your electric guitar amp, because an acoustic-electric guitar is basically an electric guitar when it comes to electronics. Plug in, and enjoy, my friend. And I’m jealous you have an acoustic-electric…I really need one of those…oh, and if anything gets damaged, tell me and I’ll pay for it, because I’m pretty sure you’ll be fine.