Connecting two small amps

[lenosgood]

Hi guys. Having just started back playing, I picked up a P bass and a little practice amp cheap on CL. The bass is fine for what I need right now (although I have GAS already...) but the amp, to be blunt, is a piece of crap. First off, it's a little Squier practice amp, and it's a guitar amp. I have another little guitar practice amp that I've had for years and my question is this: Can I connect one to the other via the auxiliary speaker plug? The Squier amp works okay as long as I don't turn it up past halfway, but after that it's fart city, and needless to say, it doesn't sound right at any volume. I'm planning on getting either a decent combo amp or a small cab after the first of the year, but I'm stuck with what I have for right now.

Also, what would be a good choice for a first effect pedal? I play mainly classic rock, country, and am exploring reggae, although eventually I'd like to add some funk as well, but that's waaaay down the road. I'm thinking maybe a compressor or chorus or maybe a basic combo pedal...I dunno---I'm a newbie at this stuff still...

[danomite64]

You can't run a second amp out of the speaker jack of the first amp. But since you're looking for a pedal, find one that has stereo outputs, and then you can run your 2 amps out of the stereo outputs of the pedal.

[Nic.]

Does either amp have a tuner out, or effect loop send? Use that and connect to the "input" of the other amp.

[lenosgood]

The only thing close is on the older amp--it has a footswitch input jack. The squier amp only has two input jacks, a headphone jack, and an aux jack. No biggie, really. I can suffer with it for another month or so...I was just wondering if it would work.

[lbwdog]

If the Squier amp has two inputs, you can plug the bass into one, then plug a patch cord from input two into the second amp's input.

IMHO, a compressor is the last thing you need at this stage. I'd recommend an inexpensive multi-effects pedal. that would have a lot of neat synth tones, chorus, envelope follower, etc.

[RickenBoogie]

For best results, get yourself a decently sized BASS combo amp. HUGE difference.