Dandelion Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Providing a guitar head is used. Is the fact that it is tuned differently going to make it sound crap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Fender Bassman 410 combo's have been used by guitarists for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Acoustic guitars sound esp good through a bass amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I used to play my electroacoustic through my Markbass 2x10 combo. Sounded good too. I've not tried it through my crrent 4x10 rig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Try it and see....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 [quote name='casapete' timestamp='1508859429' post='3394924'] Try it and see....? [/quote] One of the best sounds I got for Jazz and rhythm guitar was through a Peavey mk3 bass combo with the 15" speaker.... stranger things have happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Guitarist in my band had a cab failure once. With a quick swap around he had my Ashdown 4x8 and I used the 15 on its' own. Sounded very good actually and made his Strat sound much fatter. The Gibson Les Paul through it was a huge sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Guitar would sound much better with NO amplification IMO... ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_sub Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) 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 October 27, 2017 by roman_sub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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