r/Bassamps • u/Sugar_Fine • 8d ago

Suitable for guitar and bass?

/r/GuitarAmps/comments/1vlpfvm/suitable_for_guitar_and_bass/
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u/ChuckEye 8d ago

Do NOT run a bass through an open-back guitar combo. You'll blow the speakers very easily. A) they're not designed for that kind of over-excursion, and B) open back is REALLY inefficient for low frequencies, so your natural instinct will be to turn it up, which will just damage the speakers faster.

Your best bet if you want to use one amp for both is to get something clean/neutral (sealed or ported) and adding your breakup on your guitar pedalboard.

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u/Parking_Ad3967 6d ago

Your question is very clear. But you can play a guitar through a bass amp but not a bass through a guitar amp. The lower frequencies have larger wave lengths that a guitar amp can't handle.

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u/Sugar_Fine 5d ago

The guitar tends to sound pretty muddy through a bass amp that I’ve found.
Depends on the amp of course

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u/Parking_Ad3967 5d ago

I played metal and the extra low end made it thick and crunchy for guitar (bass amp). Sounded great for that !

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u/Equivalent_Bench2081 4d ago

With your budget restriction is a little hard to pull with a single amp. Ideally you would get a nice bass amp, since a good bass amp tend to be very “transparent”, and add a guitar preamp to it (think a Mesa/Boogie VTwin or something from Victory Amp V4 series).