ianrendall Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) Now, before I go any further, I must explain that I have absolutely no intention of doing this whatsoever! What would happen if you took 2 bass amps. Plug bass into amp 1, take speaker output from amp 1 and plug it into instrument input of amp 2, connect amp 2 to bass cab? Just curious really. I would imagine smoke and fire would occur? Edited November 16, 2018 by ianrendall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I would guess that you'd fry amp 1's output transformer and probably break amp 2's preamp section. Never tried it - but I probably won't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Yep, probably. Power amp outputs are a much bigger current than instrument outputs - hence the need for a proper speaker cable rather than a spare guitar lead. At the very least, I expect you'd knacker preamp 2 pretty quickly. Prior to damage/smoke/fire/screaming & crying, I can't imagine it would sound particularly nice either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 1 minute ago, EliasMooseblaster said: At the very least, I expect you'd knacker preamp 2 pretty quickly. Prior to damage/smoke/fire/screaming & crying, I can't imagine it would sound particularly nice either. Death agony wailing & gnashing of teeths! 💀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 So - good for Metal then! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_c2 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I predict the 2nd amp would just buzz loudly, being only distantly related to the bass guitar input; and that the 1st amp would PROBABLY be okay if it were only for a short period of time (I've seen valve amps suffer a loose connection to the speaker, the connection be fixed and then still work okay afterwards). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I am the god of hell fire, and I bring you Fire, I'll take you to burn. Fire, I'll take you to learn. I'll see you burn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 1 minute ago, fleabag said: I am the god of hell fire, and I bring you Fire, I'll take you to burn. Fire, I'll take you to learn. I'll see you burn Nice! Saw him many years ago at the Witchwood in Ashton - the guy is crazy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 This. All of it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Jimmie Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Amp 2 would fry-out immediately and shut down... for good. At least this is what happened to two Acoustic amps back in the early 70's. And yes, I saw this happen on two separate occasions. Fortunately the Acoustic amps came with lifetime guarantees that did not exclude idiocy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Dragon Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Why not use the lineout instead? Could use both amps then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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