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Tagged with amplifiers electric-bass-guitar
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Can I use a guitar amp with an electric bass? [duplicate]
I have a passive bass and a Fender Frontman 15g guitar amp. Is it safe to use the amp with my bass?
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Distortion of AMP [closed]
I have a question that is a little bit of "engineering nature". Why can't I plug an audio signal(music from computer) and bass/guitar in the same speaker if I somehow wire outputs together ...
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Will hooking the output on a monitoring loudspeaker to a bass amp instead of a subwoofer damage anything?
I bought a Thump15a and plan to use a focusrite scarlett solo with it. My brother plays bass and has a bass amp, and so I was wondering if I could take the output of the thump15a and plug into the ...
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Connecting Laney MINI amp with iPhones (Without headphone jack)
I recently purchased Laney MINI ST Amp which has a interesting feature called LSI interface which allows user to connect their laney guitar amplifer to an IOS app called tonebridge which can allow ...
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Headphones impedance for bass guitar combo/DI box
I used to practice my bass through my pair of old - trusty - worn Grado SR80 headphones which sound amazing, but they are 8 years old already and seem to have a blown dynamic (buzzing on low ...
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Connecting bass to a laptop
I'm learning the bass by myself and have been at it for 2 weeks now. I've been using the VOX AP2BS bass amp that goes directly into my headphones.
However, I think it'll be more convenient if I can ...
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Incorporate guitar amp in my bass rig?
I have a Hartke 30w bass amplifier with preamp-out and speaker-in jacks. It has a decent tone and plenty of bottom and head-room for the space (small theatre). But I also have a new Vox vt20x (20w) ...
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Hum from amp when strings left open
I've started playing bass using an old one my father owned. It has not been serviced for ages as far as I know. I've plugged it in to a new Vox Pathfinder practice amp with a new cable.
I notice that ...
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What to use for Electric Upright Bass Amplification? [closed]
Lately, I've been fascinated by electric upright basses. It started with seeing one in a store, and now I've been looking at EUB's of all price ranges online.
I realized, though, that I'm entirely ...
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What to look for in a bass amp for extended range bass guitars?
I was doing some research on extended range bass guitars and it seems like there's not really any amp/cab than can handle the F#0 of a 7-string bass guitar particularly well.
Be that as it may, it ...
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How do you identify a good amplifier?
I know that the most important thing is to plug in and test drive it, just like you do when shopping for guitars. But what should I look for when I’m plugged in? And what kind of features do I look ...
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Do I need an effects loop in a bass amp?
I understand how an amplifier effects loop works and why it’s useful. It’s a good place for modulation and timing effects. But is it essential?
I primarily play electric bass in rock and blues styles....
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Does an FX loop send have the same output volume as the input?
I play an active bass (Peavey Cirrus) and have recently rediscovered my envelope filter (DigiTech Bass Synth Wah X-series). I've been wanting to incorporate it in my sound again but I remember from ...
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Speaker clipping when bass guitar controls turned up, but not when amplifier controls turned up to same volume
I've noticed if I have my bass guitar's volume and bass EQ knobs turned all the way up, it sounds like the speaker is clipping. If I then turn the volume and bass down on the guitar while turning the ...
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Using an electric bass guitar with a guitar amp / hi-fi system?
I understand that you should use an amp that was meant to be used with your instrument, but sometimes maybe you just don't have the money, or your amp is not around when you need it, or for whatever ...
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Difference between "hi" and "low" on amps?
What is the difference between "hi" and "low" input jacks on guitar / bass amps? Usually bigger amps have both of them (didn't see them on smaller ones really)..
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