thebigyin Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Hi Folks, I've a 100w Marshall Guitar Combo.......just wondered if I replaced the Speaker to a Bass Speaker if it could be then used as a Bass Combo? Just played on the clean channel.....would it be possible any thoughts.....money's real tight lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Probably no good using the cabinet, the amp might be useful if you can hook it up to a proper bass cabinet. Assuming its a transistor amp, not a valve amp it should be OK(ish) for practice. Sticking a bass speaker in a guitar cabinet is not a good idea for a number of reasons, but without wishing to open up a can of worms, it's safest to say your best bet would be to sell/swap the combo for a bass combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Unless you are already in possession of a suitable (12"..?) bass speaker, a s/h bass combo (or, as suggested above, bass cab...) would be a better bet, I'd say. An open-back guitar combo is not an optimum basis for a bass cab. Nothing to stop you using the combo 'as-is', of course, for low-level practice, but it would be quite difficult to convert it for 'live' use, and probably not cost-effective. Either sell it on (or trade...) or acquire a bass cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks for that......not a major issue at the moment, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Bit green on all this......having troubles with our present Bassist and I was going to drop onto Bass was looking for cheap option.....as the Guitar Combo is very tatty and probably not worth selling or trading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Stop gap measure at very low volume as the combo is biased to gtr. Practice -at home- amp at best, but not with any sort of band context, IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I use a Hiwatt guitar head for bass (with bass cabs) they are ok but the tone controls tend to be biased towards guitar frequencies so you may find, like me. that you have to turn the bass and mids up full to get a decent sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigyin Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thanks everyone who've replied appreciate the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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