quick question (not about combo amps)

djr

is there an amp i can buy that will serve an electric bass and an electric guitar? not looking to play both simultaneously, as i don't have 4 hands, but it would be handy to have an amp that could do both.

i know there may well be a problem with differing required frequency responses from the speakers, but how do the electronics fare?

it's not for live use, just playing for pleasure on my own.

ta,

d.

Darkstrike

Any bass amp will work for guitar, but guitar amps will generally NOT work for bass.

The rare time I play guitar, I always use my bass amp. I even know a guitarist who only uses bass amps.

Gaspode

+1 bass amps great for guitar.

fish-head

Fender Bassman?

Paolo_M

fish-head wrote: »

Fender Bassman?

Someone had to mention it!!:pac:
The early Marshall "guitar" amps as well as bass amps (and PAs for that matter) were "based" on the Fender Bassman circuit design.

Karl Hungus

The Orange Thunderverb 200 is for both guitar and bass.

Darkstrike

A keyboard amp would be a good option too, they cover both ranges well, by design.

Karl Hungus

Come to think of it, a digital modelling amp would be perfect. The Pod XT was upgradable with bass models, and the X3 comes with them standard.

Eoin Madsen

djr wrote: »

is there an amp i can buy that will serve an electric bass and an electric guitar? not looking to play both simultaneously, as i don't have 4 hands, but it would be handy to have an amp that could do both.

i know there may well be a problem with differing required frequency responses from the speakers, but how do the electronics fare?

Amps are fundamentally crude by design, so there's not nearly as much difference as people think. For the most part, just bear in mind that low frequencies require much more energy to attain an equivalent level of audibility. Bass guitars put out a lot more level than they seem to, and the amp just below clipping will sound lower than when a guitar is played just below clipping - but will consume more or less the same energy. By extension, it's much easier to accidentally clip the signal in the various stages of the amp while playing a bass. Coupling caps in a guitar amp will tend to be smaller values which will cut more frequencies in the bass range that aren't in the guitar range. This might make the bass fundamental frequencies a bit weaker, but also makes it less likely that you'll damage your amp by clipping something or overloading something.

djr

thanks for coming back to me.

i've spotted a line6 lowdown LD15 on thomann... it's kind of a low powered amp, but i really can't afford much at the moment.

just on a similar note, does anyone here play fretless bass?

i have a yamaha 4-string that i'm not playing much at the moment, and i'm wondering is it worth my while putting it up for sale? i think it's this one: http://www.daveonbass.com/images/yamaha_fretless1.jpg, but i can check the model number.

i can't remember what i payed for it, twas back in the pound days..., but i'm so out of practice that i'd be better off selling that one, and going back to a fretted for the moment so i don't drive my dogs crazy with off-pitch funkiness...

d.

spoonbadger

Something to bear in mind is that if you get something like a fender bassman or a marshall JTM45 that are designed to work for guitar and bass, you'll need seperate bass speakers. Even if the amp's designed to handle guitar and bass, playing a bass through guitar speakers will screw 'em up.

Alternatively, you could get something like a bassman or JTM and use bass speakers with it. It's what hendrix did .

djr

i was going to go more-so the combo route tbh, as i don't have much room for musical instruments in the house

spoonbadger

djr wrote: »

i was going to go more-so the combo route tbh, as i don't have much room for musical instruments in the house

http://www.ceriatone.com/productSubPages/BSJTM45BB/BSJTM45BBCabinet.htm

http://www.ceriatone.com/productSubPages/AC5F6ABassman/AC5F6AComplete.htm

There ya go! .

Two amps that work for guitar and bass,the first is a marshall clone,the second is a fender clone.Both good for small spaces!.The marshall clone comes in a combo cab,the fender comes as electronics only,but you can buy a cabinet from www.tube-town.net. I'm required on principle to mention ceriatone in every amp thread :pac:.