Guitar Amps vs Bass Amps... What's The Actual Difference?

Can you put a mic through a bass amp and use it for vocals?

I have a 12 inch bass speaker in my cab

what if i EQ the bass so that the lowest frequencies arent so strong? would it be safe on a guitar amp

I play bass through keyboard amps. You can get the amplifier of an hammond organ or a vox continental for less than vintage guitar and bass amps, and they sound killer. I went that route when I was trying to get replicate the organ bass sounds from old Doors records, and I never quite got it, but I certainly don't regret it.

So, what if you play guitar through the bass amp??

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The bass Amp. Can play Guitar well, but the Guitar Amp. Can not play bass well...

7" speakers from Phil Jones Bass offer much lower frequencies and punch than any of their competitors...
Granted the more speakers the more air they move, but it's not really the size of any 1 bass amp speaker

Seems simple enough to me. A person who spent decades building sound systems an playing instruments. 😂. My crate blue voodoo (celestial vintage as you mention) an most guitar speakers go to 12" an are super tight to make higher pitched frequencies. An on the other hand Plenty of music practically needs a 15 to sound out at all. Once you get down to 8 inch you won't even hear very low end sounds. But you'll blow those speakers making them try. You should try playing a bass check cd thru the guitar amp an watch it blow 👍. It would get the point across.

Pretty simple if you study home or car audio. We don't fill our cars with 12s-18s (preferred 15s for the true elite) for looks or to show how much cash we got.

The difference a proper bass amp made back to back with a wrong amp was huge. It just shows how good amp designers are at what they do. It also makes me want a bass and a bass amp.

My Dad accidently bought me a Bass amp instead of a guitar amp and I was scared that it will like destroy my amp if I plug it in guitar however this video just informed me that it's okay to plug a guitar to a bass amp. tysm!! very imformative

That's for a great podcast.
Id like to ...for home use in the bedroom (hence at the very lowest volumes).. and with an accoustic bass -- which is best ?
A 15 watt amp which has 2smaller speakers
Or a 15watt amp with 1 slightly bigger speaker?

I’ve got a question I can’t seem to find a real answer to: can I play my guitar amp through a bass extension cab, say a 410 setup, as long as the power and resistance ratings are appropriate?
I’ve seen one questionable page in familiar that says it will damage your amp?

With a bass pluged in a guitar amp take care to the speakers, spécialy with big power amps. I use a 120W Laney guitar head and a 4x12 400w guitar Hiwatt for my bass, but never at full power.The opposite works very well: how many Fender Bassman are used whith guitars? Bass amps needs around 4x the power used for guitars at same sound level.

what if I'm a bedroom guitarist who wants to buy a bass but doesn't want to spend the money or find the space for a bass amp aswell, also using headphones 90% of the time and even without headphones not turning it up very loud

So I have 2x12 vintage 30s in my guitar cab, are they still too small to run a bass through it. Btw I’m not tryna gig with a bass I just want one to loop with to make solo tracks.

It'd be hard to really damage an amp with a Bass guitar since as you said, it's a matter of wattage and speaker. While excessive low frequencies could definitely damage an amp, you'd really have to be cranking the bass and at full power, working on the edge of what was intended. Also, guitarists do divebombs and use octavers all the time.

Thanks for the info 👍👍 been debating on buying a Orange bass amp for my guitar. I have a Rhoads with an alexi pickup and the ABQ boost inside it, i use some heavy ass steings 12 - 56? Im down tuned to a C, and for a while i was wondering how it would sound with a bass amp

as a guitarist for a long time, ive gone through many guitar amps and ive always felt kind of caged and weak. I recently got a bass amp a fender rumble and it opens up my guitar tone a lot more. I like playing guitar through bass amps now

I still rock a BXR 100. Shakes the room with bass

I just love the fact it’s another reason the guitarists needs the bassists.

Good lesson but god your tall!

I love Dagans looks of confusion on this video! Hilarious 🤣

A bass anp and speakers are essentially the same thing as a PA system. Bass cabs are voiced to be full range in much the same way as studio monitors and PA systems. Large driver/woofer with a horn/tweeter for the high end. And that of course made bass rigs the first FRFR setups for guitar modellers even though most people didn't/don't realise you can use them like that.  

Guitar speakers are voiced specifically for mids which is why they sound odd and a bit muffled when you play bass through them.

My Little cheap Monoprice/Harley Benton EL84 amp handles my bass just fine untill I can get a bass amp. Guitar amps will do fine as long as you use them sensibly!

As bass player I played a couple of gigs plugged in an Engl Thunder 50 guitar head (and random bass cab) it was AWESOME ! But of course both preamp and poweramp were overdriven 😏

I've noticed with bass amp combos or even heads, the speaker is usually 4 Ohm impedance until one gets to the 12 & 15 inch drivers. The amp power sections are 2 & 4 Ohm for that impedance match. That's the only way these 300W solid state bass amps are delivering 300W. At 8 & 16 Ohm, the wattage is 1/2 of the lower impedance.

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My guitar amps are bass amps one of them I modified with reverb but remember I said I play guitar with bass amps cuz I like the tone better than a regular guitar amp

Years ago I used Marshall JCM 800 for my bass.

I blew my marshal stacks speakers (2 of 4) playing bass on my guitar rig.

Dammit, the Boss KII sounds so damned good....
I’m a tube snob experiencing severe cognitive dissonance.
THX, Devin! 😬🤘

You need to differentiate excursion/amplitude versus frequency.

YOu should wear your watch on your left hand, the magnet of the pickup will ruins your rolex. i bet your rolex already faster than normal....

I don't have bass amp. So, I plug my bass into guitar amp+torpedo captor+bass cab IR.

Dude you got ants in your pants or you tweek hard ....

Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age used bass amps for his guitar amps

and the only way to play a bass through a guitar amp is to throw a pitch shifter in to go up one octave to royal blood it, otherwise no don't play a bass through a guitar amp cos the speaker will become knackered

Dagan, there is a local guy here (Utah, USA) that is telling me that a Bass Amp is a great amp for my electric acoustic guitar (Taylor 814CE, Circa 1999). His suggestion is the Fender Rumble 350 (which they don't make any more, but I have found them on Reverb for local pickup only). I don't think I have ever seen you with an acoustic guitar, but I thought I would ask any way. Now, I am guessing that because the Bass Amps are full frequency range amps and Guitar Amps are midrange frequency amps, that his statement is true. What can you tell me?

Hi, you speak too fast. Then, you are not in an English pub but you speak to the world. Got it ? My question is: do you speak to children's or idiots ? Cheers.

I've had a Rumble 100 for years, the old one with the flashing red lights in the bottom, I love that thing, it's a great amp but weighs about 500kg 😄

But, doesn't the Boss Katana have bass amps that can be programmed into user presets? 🤔...also, (and I realize that some of the purpose of this video is so newer players dont misuse new equipment and be out 2 or 3 hundred), but if you were just so inclined, you could install a bass speaker into your guitar amp (which would probably void a warranty) That would allow you to play bass guitar through your guitar amp without worrying

thought he was about to play eruption for a second

Ampeg I/O Preamp Box is incredible tone for 7 string or Baritone Guitarists. Paired with my hollow body Gretsch (w/ a low G string) I am in heaven.
IMO Ampeg Bass Amps have superior tone.

Great explanation dagan learned from the video good job ole chapp

It's cool he rocks the Katana. It's a GREAT cheap SS guitar amp that sounds great and probably one of the most underappreciated amp on the market. When I say cheap, I'm talking Relative to Tube amps and brand name SS amps, it's a steal!

Are tubes less prevalent in bass amps than guitar amps (sorry if that’s a dumb question)?

My first amp was a bass amp from my gramps, awesome and powerful amp 👌🏼

I'd argue that amps with an aux input would have more wide range speakers and should be ok for bass since you will be pushing bass anyway from the aux in music.