Can you play guitar through a bass amp? | In the Shop Episode #43 | Thomann 

So many guitarists played through Fender Bassmans that Fender eventually just gave up on insisting it was a bass amp & listed it as a guitar amp

Just played on my fender rumble 25 and my guitar came out sounding awesome with my pedal through it as well

My first awesome amp head was it actually a Peavey mark IV Bass amp. I absolutely loved it! It was built like a tank and it weighed a ton, so at 400 w I absolutely loved jamming with it because most drummers would actually stop playing and ask me to turn down because they couldn't hear themselves. 😂

next: can you play Guitar through a Car-stereo set ? ;) could be nice in a traffic-jam

"sort of usable". oh please, that markbass sounded good enough to have been tracked on any famous recording.

Playing guitar thru a bass amp defines the sound of a whole genre. Just say Kyuss...

In 1969 the Rolling Stones ALL played through Ampeg SVT’s! Very loud!

Back in the days amps have been built as "Instrument amplifiers", not as dedicated guitar or bass amp. Remember the Stones on their 1969 USA tour buying the complete first production run of Ampeg SVT (12 of them) for bass, guitar and keyboard? The engineer that designed the amp came with them on tour to service the amps every time after a gig. Back in the days FOH was just for the singers and maybe for drums. Amps have not been as loud as today, speakers didn't have the same SPL as modern speakers today. Often the crowd was louder as the band, because venues became bigger. Because of this the Beatles stopped playing live. So everything was about volume in this days. So a 300 Watt Ampeg SVT just came right for the stadium Tour of the Stones. You see, it is nothing new playing guitar over a Bass amp.

I've been playing electric guitar through bass combos almost as long as I've been playing guitar (about 12 years now). I started on bass guitar, but my church group needed an electric guitarist, and I already had the amp so hey, I was halfway there. I found a deal on an early-model Highway-1 Strat, spent 5 minutes learning CCM's open chords (OK that's an exaggeration, 10 minutes), plugged it into the Peavey 2x10 combo I'd bought for the bass, and that was my guitar sound for a decade, sacred or secular. I *finally* invested in a Bassbreaker 30R as an honest-to-God guitar amp just this year, and thanks to COVID it still hasn't gigged. So yeah, you can go a long way, and have a *lot* of fun, running a guitar through a few pedals into a bass amp. If your tone comes from a pedalboard into the front of a clean vintage Fender, you might not even notice a difference; other than clean boosts (which are just volume knobs when you have this much headroom), bass amps do the pedal platform thing extremely well.

I use a mesa bass amp in a wet/dry/wet rig with a vox/marshall. Sounds great. More players should try bass amps

0:12 "Set the scene, Kris Barocsi" Kris: *mustering the strength to bring it back into the mood* awesome vid, guys ~ keep on playin'

Distortion through a bass amp is soo smooth, and also just agree with the eq pedal thing.

Just connected my guitar through my rumble 30 (old bass amp btw) along with a distortion pedal. It sounds so awesome and it feels like a cab

absolutely!..I use my fender rumble 100w on gigs it’s light and sounds very good!🤘

I would have loved to hear the guitar also through an Ampeg and a Darkglass Amp

I play my Ric 4004 cii bass and my Jackson RR 24 guitar through a Marshall jcm 2000 tripple lead 100 watt all tube guitar head, through a Marshall 4 x 10 bass cab. When I use my Ric bass, on one channel on the head I cut all the bass and Highs and up all the mids and set the presence to 8. My Ric sounds killer. Been playing both my guitar and bass with this set up for over four years and haven't had any issues with the head or cabinet.

HILARIOUS; the Little Mark III is *exactly* the amp I have that I’m using for guitar. LOVE IT. Lots of headroom. ***FOR ME*** (and my setup), I have it set as: Gain: 9:00 Lo: ~9:00 Mid Lo: 12:00 Mid Hi: ~1:30 Hi: ~1:00 VLE: 0 (“Off”) VPF: 0 (“Off”) Master: As needed; this is my main volume knob. Speaker cab is a homemade 2x12 that I REALLY like playing through. To offer context, I have a Gibson Flying V (2 humbuckers) and a Fender Highway One Strat (that I play through a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster to “match” the Flying V. Because it’s a bass amp and has tons of headroom, I intentionally use it for a clean platform. Any drive/distortion/etc, I get from pedals. I used the FX Loop for a little while for modulation/time-based effects, but given the headroom and the fact that I’m not even trying to push the preamp section, I go straight into the front of the amp. Of note: If you go right into the FX Return (and completely bypass the preamp), the EQ knobs still work. No idea how/why that’s the case; that’d be a question for MarkBass. P.S.: I’m *primarily* a bassist, but dabble with, and have tons of fun with, guitar. I ‘do’ have 2 Mesa/Boogie 50 Cal plus amps that I LOVE, but the MarkBass is light and easy to work with. ;p Cheers, all! : )

I’m playing bass through old 1977 2x12 Marshall Master Lead!And it’s sounds absolutely incredible!

Adam Jones of Tool uses a Marshall super bass 100 with both channels wired together. Beastly setup.

I love playing 6-string through my bass amp

Since I've seen this video for a first time, I decided to try out a bass amp for guitar... You know what? I LOVE IT. I started as bass guitar student, so I used my DIY 1x15" cab with TC BH250 head. Great for pedals, for playing clear and driven. How it sounds distorted... It lacks a hi end a bit, but warmth and depth compensates everything. Love that setup. Thanks guys.

You should try to fully crank a 300w Ampeg 8x10 stack. That's freaking awesome, but insanely LOUD!!! It even has great overdrive. No stompbox needed.

As far as I know Doyle from the Misfits is playing through a bass rig. Someone correct me If I’m wrong. Nice video. :)

I used a Peavey 200w Mark VI stereo Bass rig for my guitar for 15 years. It was amazing, well able to handle anything i threw at it

I play an Acoustic 450 bass head through an SWR 1x18 cab and it sounds HEAVY! For the clean tones I play on an old Sears bass amp that sounds really great with an eq. Really as long as you have an eq pedal you can get a great tone on a bass amp. A thing to look out for is bass cabs that don't have a horn

I think 7 8 and 9 strings should most definitely be tried on bass amps.

I work at a pawnshop and hooked up a electric Keith urban guitar to a crate bass amp and it sounded badass

I've got an early 1960's Ampeg B12X, same amps as a B15N, but with 12" speaker, reverb and vibrato. I use it for practicing bass, and it sounds like James Jamerson - it gets THAT sound. That said, I'm either going to get a more powerful speaker than the C12N Jensen in it for playing bass, or an external cabinet.

Use a rumble 25 for my guitars - great clean tone, agrees well with pedals. Just great sounds 👌

I have 8 different guitar heads, and a few bass heads and cabs. My peavey firebass and my guitar sounds so ridiculously good that I prefer to play that over any combination I have

I used to use a Selmer Treble and bass, not a problem with that. As a bass player I'd happily DI if need be, while mocking the suffering guitarist.

I use to play my guitar through a peavey tk65 (?) bass amp. Add a Boss distortion pedal and you get great punch and nice bottom end. Plus if you really crank it up and play The Zoo by the Scorpions you even get a visit from the police. 😀

Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein Uses an Ampeg Bass Amp for his guitar. I think he always has. Check his new albums, Abominator and As We Die. few years old by now.. Thanks Guys.

You certainly can, I had an ashdown tourer bass amp which was valve driven, it sounded beautiful to my ears. I was careful not to drive it too hard though.

I run my les Paul through a traynor block amp with some distortion and overdrive and it sounds incredible

Always wondered if that works out, so thanks for answering that question for me!

My new favorite sound is my Les Paul and Carvin BX1200 I run threw a Peavey 1600w 4x10 cab. The adjustability that amp has is crazy. I also run a Swiss Army knife collection of pedals.

played guitar through a Big Muff fuzz on a bass amp, the sound is sooooo massive

I tried a 5150 via a bass cab. Like the heaviest amp in the universe vibe.

During my first year in high school our band had 4 guitar players (one of them later switched to bass, and other one also played ukulele) and only one of them had amp, and school only had bass amp. At first it wasn't a problem because other guitarists played acoustic and classical guitars, but when one of them switched to electric, she played it through bass amp (which had two inputs) and it sounded ok, maybe little to bassy, but better EQ probalby would help. However when she and the bassist played simultaneously guitar couldn't be heard very much. BTW Me (then keyboard player for the band) and the bassist also owned amps at this point, but we weren't bringin' them, we didn't need to bother because it was unnecesary for rehersals, bassist once brought his, but it ended up not getting used. Also one year earlier, when I was about to get an amp I actually wanted bass amp, not guitar amp, because I knew you can played guitar through bass amp, but not bass through guitar amp. I didn't owned a bass and didn't wanted to be a bassist, but I knew it could be helpfull, but I didn't know bassist can just play without an amp. I ended up buying Orange Crush 35W with is a guitar amp, but it has a lot of low end, and you kinda can play bass through it too.

Yes they should own an EQ Pedal and I do. MRX 10 Band. Mini amp 44 Magnum?

I Played thru a SWR workingman's 12 for a few years. I shut off the tweeter and had a ton of rack gear to Eq the living heck out of it. I cut a ton of bass out of my dirty sounds to stop the flub. We got by till I could get a nice 412 cab...then the band broke up that's life for ya. Always have a back up for unknown back line :)

It's happened to me the other way round---i.e. I've had to play my bass through a guitar amp when my bass amp went phut. Not ideal but it got me through the gig.

I like the sound of guitar through bass amp. It has a nice low rich tone

I just got a Fender Rumble 115 cabinet, which I'm either pairing with a Marshall DSL1HR or an Egnater Tweaker 15. I play guitar (6 and 7-string, the latter I may drop to A) and bass (got a Fender Jazz, always wanted a 5-string Ibanez SoundGear). And I might wanna plug some synthesizers in just for fun... I used a Fender FrontMan 15 or 25 bass combo for a while for all of these (got lots of pedals, studio effects, Eurorack stuff, so I can "sculpt" my sound... once I get all my gear set back up again!), but gave it to my son with his first guitar (bitchin' Ibanez RG, I'm actually jealous, it's nicer than mine, except for my Duncan JB and Jazz pickups!).

I use a GK bass amp for all my instruments: guitars, uke and bass. Works great, the 4 band active EQ is awesome, and enhace the pedals so well. Is my main amp

you guys blush at eachother like a middle school couple

Our guitar player uses just a DI straight to the FOH. Sounds actually amazing, even with dirt. Me on the other hand, love to play with a Bass amp, but because of laziness i also switched to a Sansamp. With that being said, no fight about the bass amp in our Band! ;) If you wanna check us out, look for „Zweierpasch“ here on RU-vid. Especially the live videos. :)

Queens of the stone age did this too right? thats why Josh Homme cranked the midrange up 20-30db

Think DICK DALE!! Bass amps makes your sound or tone not in terms of being more loud, but by being more sonic with the right preferable choice amount of midrange, bass and treble especially with a wide graphic eq to shape your sound and also your speaker cab configuration is crucial also..

Ive been using my bass rumble 100 for guitar AND electro acoustic guitar and it sounds fantastic..

My thing is multiple amps through lots of Lehle splitters. If their Rig blows up I'm ready to unhook a couple of those for the bassist.

2:10 - about to start "Slow dancing in a burning room" by John Mayer

Played a guitar through a amped bass amp with two 15 inch speakers and sounded great

I guess the best way to use a bass amp for guitar would be to run your board with a EQ or PREAMP and go in the amp through the "FX RETURN" to bypass the preamp section and only use the power amp section. As a bass player I don't mind playing through the PA , it happened .. but I m always wondering if high gain high pitch distortion will damage the bass cab or will it take it .

Yes, EQ pedal needs to be owned. 6:41 you hit the classic rock tone. EVH first album agrees with EQ pedal, MXR Phase 90, MXR Flanger, .....

You could run a guitar and a bass through a PA system with an appropriate pedal board and get great results.

for years i just plugged my distortion pedal into my harley benton 20w bass combo. at multiple times i thought i needed a practice guitar amp. i tried a fender mustang combo, a marshall practice amp and a small orange cube. it all sounded worse, especially at high gain. only the fender could make a point when using bluesy tones. i have to admit none of them were tube driven, but i guess i just liked the roll of in the high frquencies combined with a nice distortion pedal (digitech hardwire) better than the fizzly shit that came out of the others... 😂 ALSO: i find it so funny, that most guitar players seem to insist so hard on having a real amp at all situations and beeing miced up, even if it really makes everything very complicated. sometimes i think a cure could be to make them play through a naked DI sound to their headphones to play more to their liking without twisting knobs and buying tons of gear! just my 2cts ;-)

Dammit, I have not watched the video yet but thumbs up because the comments answered my questions.

Playing a guitar through a bass amp was how a lot of sounds were created back on the 60’s

It's not unusual for basses to produce bell like mids and highs if a bassist so chooses. You'll be just fine chugging away through the same rigs or even down to modest combos. Been there done that like all the other bass/guitar players commenting.

I play a fender rumble 800 head into a 412 cab with celestion v30s , one of the best gutar rigs ive played

I would've loved them to try getting an 8 or 9 string metalcore guitar tone out of a bass amp.

Very nice, maybe I don't need a new guitar amp. Use a preamp I think. Might be TK080. Still has that character doesn't it. MIKE VIDEOS, YES MORE, ALWAYS!!!! But I miss my crate that was made in St Louis. Still have it if I friend hadn't dropped it full stop it was so beautiful

I think you just discovered the secret to playing modern country and western guitar.

Fender Rumble 15 or 25 with a better spare speaker for all' your guitars, It takes a few minutes to change the poor original One. At home absolutely avoid big combos.

I used my dad’s bass amp to get a monterous guitar sound. A peavey tnt 100 from the 70’s

My Gallien Krueger MB500 is pretty toppy and through a 1x12 with a tweeter and a multi effect box, my guitar sounds pretty good.

I play both bass, guitar, and now learning some basic keys. I have a multfx with IR, what should I get if I want a multi-purpose amp for performances?

I agree about the EQ Pedal.....I just bought the new mxr 10 band eq. Awesome !!!

Eq is the most important pedal one can own

I have a Peavy Raptor Guitar,it's not a bass. I found a great deal on a Peavy USA made solid state Basic 40. It's a bass amp but the price is right at $50. Just thinking it may not work for a begineer amp. I have a small Crat that works fine just wanted a better and badder. LOL The price was right too. Just don't want to throw money away. Thanks for your input.

I do this with my Peavy TNT 115 Bass amp. Sounds awesome

*Someday, I hope to have a German soul patch and goatee. A white afro would be icing on the cake.*

get some eminence 10" blue cone bass speakers to put in your open back combo amp. gives that mega low end

They talk about getting an EQ pedal to shape their guitar into a bass amp. But they miss that Massive and Powerful Ampeg SVT Pro with with the graphic equalizer behind Andy. Sincerely Mike B. B. From Philly, PA, U.S.A.

Fender Bassman anyone? Many sludge/Doom guitarrists pllay through bass amps. Tool's Adam Jones plays through one.

I have a guitar and a bass amp. I mostly use my ampeg ba 108. Much more warmth to the sound

Doyle from the Misfits plays guitar through Ampeg bass amps.

I will have to likely go to pawn shop for my electric... yeah! I agreed with the peddles for sure!!! Good player...you.

@7:31 The answer is yet!🤯🔥🤯🤓

If I can get a decent sound from a monitor; sure, take my amp. I'll go DI.

What about an amp-in-a-box into the front of a bass amp? I do something a bit more complicated because I hate the fact that tube amps designed after 1968 (aside from maybe a couple of dumbles) have NOT been voiced right for es335s or hollowbody archtops.

That is the only way I will ever play the guitar, through a 1968 Fender Bassman. Just grab a few pedals, one being delay, reverb, big muff and you're good to go!

Crate bass amp, pod go, 4 cable method = amazing sounds

I have an Acoustic B10 and i always play my guitar in it, but whit distortion sounds so bad ;(

A bass combo may sound better with acoustic, semiacoustic and Electric Guitar than with a bass guitar. I have a Warwick cab 30, average results with bass and a beast with the other guitars.

Doyle from the misfits uses 2 svts and 3 pedals, that's it. And sometimes they don't even need mic him

I'm playing on bass AMP using electric guitar, i have the very very best sound

👍👍 ☺️ pretty cool

Guitar through a bass amp will sound just fine, but the converse, a bass through a guitar amp, doesn't always work that well....

GREAT ENDING!!! KLASSE..!! 😆😆😆

If the guitar player needs the bass amp, they can have it! I probably wasn't planning on using it anyway.

EVERY STRINGED INSTRUMENT PLAYER SHOULD HAVE AN EQ!!!!!!

Can you play a guitar through a bass multi effects pedal

One question. Do you know if guitars plus bass guitars in the same instrument function? If they're good, I'd definitely use a bass amplifier... Right?

or in my case you're a guitarist who also plays bass but the guitar combo has stopped working. Yet they happen to have a bass combo in a cupboard.. As which happened to me.. Now with that in mind.. I wonder now if a BOSS MT2 plugged into a bass amp might actually sound ok.. I'll give it a go.

What small bass combo would work great on guitar with a bunch of pedals?

People have been playing into Marshall's for decades. Duane Allman used a bass head. Other do also.

It may help if you have the option to turn off the tweeter in the bass cab.