Ska Man Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Hi Guys, Just wondering if anyone can help me out here. Ive got a Hartke HA4000 head and a Peavey Max valve preamp and Im just wondering if there is a right way and a wrong way to connect the two. I have been told not to connect anything other than a bass guitar to the Hartke front input. I would really like to get the valve qualities to come through from the preamp though. Is this even possible or do I need to run it into a power amp? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think you'd take the output of the preamp into the effects return of the Hartke which would bypass the Hartke preamp making it effectively a power amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 [quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1344841585' post='1769823'] I think you'd take the output of the preamp into the effects return of the Hartke which would bypass the Hartke preamp making it effectively a power amp. [/quote] What he said. It could be that the Hartke is marked for pre-amp out/power amp in but likely as not it'll be an effects loop which you'd simply get an instrument cable/patch lead (not a short speaker cable) and go from the output of the Peavey into the effects return of the Hartke; obviously then plugging your bass into the Peavey (sorry if the last bit is unnecessary but best put that in just in case you are a novice). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Man Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 thanks guys, Ill give that a try, listen for the explosion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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