Looper Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 At the risk of great mockery I'm going to ask anyway! I have a Marshall MB30 and an old Carlsbro Bassline 300. What I'm wondering is can I use them together to get the pre-amp stage from the Marshall and the power-amp and speaker from the Carlsbro? The Marshall has a "line out" socket, (the manual suggests this for plugging into a multi-track recording machine). If I take a lead from there and plug it into the input on the carlsbro will it just blow up? Not rushing to try it but I am curious and do tend to try things if I'm not told not to! Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 I doubt it will blow up but there might be an impedance mismatch. Anyway, that would be Marshall preamp into Carlsboro preamp and then Carlsboro power amp. Why do you want to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 You would need some kind of line in or fx loop on the carlsbro which I presume it has not got? A lot of the line outs/ phones out on smaller amps are emulated rather than a proper signal, try listening with headphones I bet it sounds weird. If you put a bass through my Marshall guitar amp on the gain channel and wear phones it produces the exact Cliff Burton bass solo sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Is there an effects return socket on the Carlsbro ? That would be a better bet I'd have thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looper Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 There's an aux send and return. So maybe if I tried line out to aux return? Just want to try to get a different sound from the carlsbro is all. Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Take the "line out" of the Marshall & plug it into the "aux return" on the Carlsberg. Job done, bish bash boom. I used to have a Carlsberg Cobra 90 Bass head & it had a DI in on the front of it. It said "Direct Inject", so if your's has something similar, it'll work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 That line out might sound weird though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looper Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 If it's not likely to do any harm I might give it a go then. Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Sell both, buy a decent combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Going on a slight tangent here, I have a small kustom combo. I was wondering if I got another one, could I use them like studio monitors? I would have thought so, as they seem to power up the same way.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Do you mean daisy chaining them or using just like monitors in stereo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1346022540' post='1784306'] Sell both, buy a decent combo. [/quote] Good advice. Messing about setting up at gigs is more trouble than its worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1346061413' post='1784563'] Do you mean daisy chaining them or using just like monitors in stereo? [/quote] just using them like monitors in stereo ,) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1346078451' post='1784933'] just using them like monitors in stereo ,) [/quote] Then Yes. Just treat them like 2 active monitors (& if you want, you could plug your bass into a stereo pedal such as a chorus or a Bass Murf & fire one side to each). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1346060779' post='1784549'] Going on a slight tangent here, I have a small kustom combo. I was wondering if I got another one, could I use them like studio monitors? I would have thought so, as they seem to power up the same way.. [/quote] Would two sound twice as bad or just the same but more of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1346078937' post='1784940'] Would two sound twice as bad or just the same but more of it? [/quote] Yeah, twice as bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1346078697' post='1784939'] Then Yes. Just treat them like 2 active monitors (& if you want, you could plug your bass into a stereo pedal such as a chorus or a Bass Murf & fire one side to each). [/quote] cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looper Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Gave it a go, no harm done but no real difference either. At least I now know it's the carlsbro speaker thats a bit sh*t. Will just have bang away as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangotango Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I've done this just recently, playing with a jazz workshop band with loads of horn players. Fender bass into a Henriksen Jazzamp 110, line out into my Ashdown. Big warm sound, no problem with cutting through walls of saxophones, job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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