Best practice amp for both bass and guitar?

[therealting]

Was looking at possibly the Boss Katana, but any other suggestions for a nice little amp that will happily amplify bass to living room levels and also give nice guitar tones?

[pete.young]

Yamaha THR10 works pretty well with bass as well a guitar - worth a try to see if it suits you.

[pineweasel]

The Roland Cube bass combos are pretty good for bass and clean guitar sounds too, thanks to a bunch of built in effects. 

[naxos10]

You could try the Vox Pathfinder 10w which due to the 5" speakers has a more of a top end frequency response.

[therealting]

3 hours ago, pete.young said:

Yamaha THR10 works pretty well with bass as well a guitar - worth a try to see if it suits you.

I have the THR10 and it is indeed not bad, thought I’d get something slightly more substantial basswise. Good suggestion though!

[fretmeister]

On 19/02/2019 at 08:47, pineweasel said:

The Roland Cube bass combos are pretty good for bass and clean guitar sounds too, thanks to a bunch of built in effects. 

The model of the Fender Bassman is great for guitar as you might expect in those amps.

 

Takes pedals well too.

[converse320]

I had an Ampeg Portaflex 20T for bass practice that I thought was OKish for bass, though didn't make it sing.  When I finally managed to get my hands on the bass amp I'd been looking for since I started playing, I let my daughter have the ampeg for her guitar practice.  It makes a MUCH better guitar amp than a bass amp, IMHO.   Very varied tones, and finally the missing overdrive appears.   I think it likes to see quite a high output pickup, other than that, I'd recommend trying one as bass or guitar amp.  All valve, 4Ohm or 8 Ohm and you don't need a cab connected.  There should be some cheap ones around as Kenny's were selling them at £275 until quite recently.

[MacDaddy]

Peavey Vypyr VIP 3. 

Guitar and bass modelling combo.

The power sponge brings it down to 1w so great for home practice. But it's also loud enough to gig guitar and bass, which is what I have done. 

 

[Open E]

Vox headphone amp about £39.

Plug into your bass and pop on your headphones. It’s got a small phono input for an MP3 player

It can mix the level of bass v mp3 and can also play a few basic drum beats.

Use one all the time.

[ordep]

FRFR (alto, etc) plus modelers? (Zoom, Line6, etc)

[Frank Blank]

31 minutes ago, ordep said:

FRFR (alto, etc) plus modelers? (Zoom, Line6, etc)

Exactly this ^ I play guitar and bass, both acoustic and electric through mine. Never going back to amps.

[xgsjx]

FRFR (or a PA top) was my first thought too.

[fretmeister]

Helix