Can you use an electric bass guitar with an electric guitar amp?

Written by Stewart in Sunday, May 03, 2009 under Car Audio
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Q: I have an electric guitar and i want to buy a bass guitar and i have a bass amp. So why not use my electric guitar amp.

A: You need a bass amp, because a guitar amp is not designed to play the low notes a bass guitar plays. You will wear out the speaker(s) in it pretty quick if you use it. Why use the guitar amp if you have a bass amp?

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Shawn Said in Sunday, May 03, 2009

Well, you can, although I wouldn't recommend it, it won't play the notes a well as they should and isn't always good for the amp itself.

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sage_ascendancy Said in Monday, May 04, 2009

umm if u plug a bass guitar to an electric guitar amp, the amp may get bad...
but not the other way around...when u plug an electric guitar to a bass amp....

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jcro8829 Said in Monday, May 04, 2009

don't do that, man... it will sound like garbage.

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fimpron2 Said in Monday, May 04, 2009

Absolutely not the low frequencies that a bass produces will simply fry a standard guitar amp circuits as well as blow the speakers you can play a guitar through a bass amp many players prefer it there just wont be the effects you get with most guitar amps but to answer your question no you cannot play bass through a guitar amp it will cause catastrophic damage

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Is there any way (tuning wise, i cant afford any pedals or anything) that i can tune my 6-string electric guitar to sound more like an electric bass guitar?

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what is the difference between a bass guitar and electric bass guitar?

Written by Kristy | Tuesday, November 04, 2008

want to learn how to play bass but i don't know if there is a difference between bass guitar and electric guitar, is there a big difference? is there different sound? do i have to worry about this if or when i get a bass guitar? and will it change the sound of the band if a got a electric bass?
cuz i just want bass but don't know which one is better... plz do tell...

thankz! <3 all my love, Kristy


A: Everyone is answering your question wrong. You don't want to know the difference between a bass and an electric guitar. You want to know the difference between a bass and an electric bass right?

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