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Title: Bass Amp Head to an Electric Guitar Amp Cab
Post by: guitaricci on August 09, 2017, 08:56:08 PM
Other than a Fender Bassman na Head and Cab set-up

Meron na ba nakasubok? Any thoughts? Set-up would be...

Guitar -> Pedals -> Bass Amp Head -> Electric Guitar Amp Cab (1, 2 or 4x12s). All the crunch will be coming from pedals.

I can simulate this sa Positive Grid Bias Amp pero shempre iba sa totoong buhay. hehe

Title: Re: Bass Amp Head to an Electric Guitar Amp Cab
Post by: r_chino18 on August 09, 2017, 09:01:51 PM
Watch out for the wattage. Pansin ko sa mga bass amp head, ang tataas ng wattage (150 and up.. may umaabot pa ng 300 watts and up).

I have a bass amp here kaso hindi po na nasubukan i-hook up sa cab for that reason, it's a 300-watt amp. My 2x12 cabs are only running at 120 watts with Vintage 30s.

I did have a 50-watt Blackface Fender Bassman before which I loved thru a 2x12 cab.  :-)
Title: Re: Bass Amp Head to an Electric Guitar Amp Cab
Post by: guitaricci on August 09, 2017, 10:32:45 PM
Watch out for the wattage. Pansin ko sa mga bass amp head, ang tataas ng wattage (150 and up.. may umaabot pa ng 300 watts and up).

I have a bass amp here kaso hindi po na nasubukan i-hook up sa cab for that reason, it's a 300-watt amp. My 2x12 cabs are only running at 120 watts with Vintage 30s.

I did have a 50-watt Blackface Fender Bassman before which I loved thru a 2x12 cab.  :-)

Nag rere-search rin ako sa ibang forums and paiba-iba rin sagot nila. Although the common theme is...like you said...watch out for the wattage. haha

Title: Re: Bass Amp Head to an Electric Guitar Amp Cab
Post by: firemodel55 on August 15, 2017, 10:33:35 PM
I think for bass it works the other way around.  Spend the most dough on the bass speaker cabinet.  Work backwards and buy a great sounding tube or mosfet head.  Then buy a bass guitar.

I strongly believe in terms of breakdown, the bass speaker cabinet should control 50% of the budget.  The Bass amp head 35% of the budget with the bass guitar at only 15% of the budget.

Sa Pinas baliktad.  Kasi siguro mas bingi and pinoy at ang nakikita nilang magandang itsura na bass guitar translates psychosomatically to a better sounding bass.
Title: Re: Bass Amp Head to an Electric Guitar Amp Cab
Post by: Riffonaut on August 16, 2017, 01:03:54 AM
It should be ok, I saw Red Fang last year and they were all running bass amps the 2 guitarist and all. The Sunn Beta bass they all had were on orange 412s for the guitars.