Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

Will a six string guitar sound ok through a 4x10 bass cab?


Dandelion
 Share

Recommended Posts

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1508845794' post='3394784']
Providing a guitar head is used.
Is the fact that it is tuned differently going to make it sound crap?
[/quote]There's far more to it than tuning. Guitar drivers extend much higher in their frequency response and have short xmax, which causes them to distort at low power levels.
[quote]Fender Bassman 410 combo's have been used by guitarists for many years.[/quote]That would be a reference to the '59 Bassman, and reissues of it. It's a great guitar amp because it used guitar drivers in an open back cab. By the same token what made it a great guitar amp also made it a horrible bass amp. The original was only produced for three years.
[quote]Acoustic guitars sound esp good through a bass amp [/quote]If it has a tweeter true, as a guitar amp without tweeters loses a full octave or more of the harmonics of the acoustic guitar. But tweeters sound horrid with a heavily distorted electric guitar tone, explaining why guitar amps don't have tweeters.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Depends - perhaps on how much overdrive is used.

A lot of the "classic" rock guitar sound comes from the fact that guitar amp speakers tend to be highly coloured in the their frequency response - e.g. rolling off most frequencies above 5k, and have a very coloured mid-range - often with that characteristic bite (say 3k). If bass amp speakers (/cab) are voiced to be neutral, the whole thing might sound a bit off.

I would also guess that resonance frequency of bass cabs will be lower than guitar cabs, so subs may appear to be boosted, and familiar guitar cab girth (say around 80-100hz) may not be quite there... whether that's a good thing will also... depend.

My experience is that the bass cab may well end sounding simultaneously fizzy, deep and undefined.... if we are talking a rock sound.

As others pointed out, it may actually sound nice for acoustic / cleaner jazz tones.

Edited by roman_sub
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...