Marshall Bluesbreaker

[MrV the grin]

Anyone ever used a Marshall Bluesbreaker as a gigging bass amp? Somebody borrowed my TC rig and for want of a practice amp I plugged into my Bluesbreaker. It sounded awesome!! Such a warm and natural sound. They are loud amps, which I know from playing guitar, but I don't know how they would fare at gig volume with a low B on the five string rattling through it.

[3below]

Have used my Fender Super 60 1x12 valve guitar combo for recording bass. Obviously no earth shaking volume but a really good warm tone.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Play it at war volume and your Bluesbreaker will be a Bluesbroken. It won't bother the amp but the speakers won't take it.

[MrV the grin]

Hmmm, that's what I was thinking. Shame though, sounds so good.

 

[3below]

27 minutes ago, MrV the grin said:

Hmmm, that's what I was thinking. Shame though, sounds so good.

 

Mic it up and feed into pa or a power amp and humongous bass cab

[MrV the grin]

You know what, you might be on to something there 3below. I may have a go at unplugging the speakers and running it through a couple of different bass cabs.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

You could use it in a dual amp setup, along with a regular bass amp and speakers. Turn the bass EQ on the Marshall all the way down, and the mid and high EQ on the bass amp all the way down.

[MrV the grin]

Bass EQ on the Marshall all the way down??????? Where's the fun in that? That might be an ok scenario if I were playing stadium gigs and the tech was setting up and lugging my stuff about, but I am trying to keep the set up a little bit more minimal. Your suggestion is, however, noted sir.