Using a Fender Bass amp as a guitar amp

joecool85

joecool85

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Well, thats what I'm going to do...my 15w Dean Markley K20X just isn't cutting it anymore and my brother has a 40w Fender Bass amp he's willing to give me. Should be interesting. After I get my Fuzz pedal built it should rock though.
 
I've used a 200w guitar cab with a bass head for bass and it worked just fine.. my friend used to use a 65w Ibanez bass amp with a guitar, so I think you'll be just fine.
 
Awesome. That's what I figured. It will be so much better when I get my pedal done though. Otherwise I'm stuck with clean.
 
hendrix did that quite successfully

but generally, it's not a good idea to use a bass through a guitar amp for a long time
 
The Fender Bassman has a long and glorious history as a guitar amp head.

If that Fender you're planning to use is a combo amp though, you might find the highs lacking a bit, unless you try it through some smaller speakers.
 
It is a combo unit, but I figure that the speaker is old and beat (probably) so if I have to replace it with a guitar one, no big deal. Besides, you can't beat free :) I'll post pics of it after thanksgiving when I go get it. It's a pretty cool amp.
 
CanadaRAM said:
The Fender Bassman has a long and glorious history as a guitar amp head.

If that Fender you're planning to use is a combo amp though, you might find the highs lacking a bit, unless you try it through some smaller speakers.
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Weren't the first Marshall amps based on Fender Bassman circuitry?
 
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