Delberthot Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 An idea I've had for some time now but am unsure how effective it would be. Would it be possible to plug your bass into a small 5 or so watt all valve guitar combo to get a 'proper' overdriven valve sound before taking a line out to your bass amp? Or am I completely barking up the wrong tree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkThrust Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I suspect that even the small 5 watt output would be enough to fry the input of a standard amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Why not get a valve overdrive pedal instead? Just seems a tad random Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 5 watt valve amp > 50watt 8ohm resistor on a big heatsink > power amp. is what i'm doing except i've wired a 600ohm balanced output into the output transformer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Ashdown Little Bastard has the DI tapped from the output transformer, so it has that option, still need a cab for it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 (edited) * 5w valve combo > line level out > bass amp in or effects loop return * No line out? 5w valve combo > spkr out > hughes and kettner red box (or similar) > line out to bass amp in or effects loop return (send H&K RB spkr out to speaker) But probably easier to buy a dedicated valve pre-amp / distortion. Or something like a Tech 21 Leeds / SVT Edited October 13, 2010 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Massive valve bass amp. Also, some more massive valve bass amps. Doom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickIronWitch Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='986491' date='Oct 13 2010, 01:02 AM']Massive valve bass amp. Also, some more massive valve bass amps. Doom[/quote] I like your logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dincz Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Delberthot' post='986300' date='Oct 12 2010, 10:53 PM']An idea I've had for some time now but am unsure how effective it would be. Would it be possible to plug your bass into a small 5 or so watt all valve guitar combo to get a 'proper' overdriven valve sound before taking a line out to your bass amp? Or am I completely barking up the wrong tree?[/quote] This will drop the voltage to a level suitable for an instrument input: [attachment=61253:1001.jpg] Edit: You won't need a 50W resistor. 10W should cover the worst case. Edited October 13, 2010 by dincz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipperydick Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 If theres a headphone socket, you might try using that, with a 1w 100 Ohm resistor across it as a load. Might also be worth trying it fed into a slave amp, or the FX return as this is probaly nearer to a match in terme of signal level. Suck it and see ! as my granny used to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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