Piccolo

[Titan]

I'm new to the forum so I'm probably asking some of these questions in the wrong place...Anyways I've been thinking of turning my bass into a piccolo (buying new strings) and was wondering if the tension would be bad for my neck and would I be able to plug into a guitar amp?

I've been looking for a new bass amp for quite some time but I like the sound of being plugged into a guitar amp (and I would save a lot of money) but I don't want to set up an amp underneath it to handle the low because of the distortion.

Any information is appreciated.

[Gene Leone]

Should post this thread into the bass section.

Anyway I turned a bass into a piccalo without any neck problems. just remember you have to adjust everything.

You can use a guitar amp, but it sounds better with a bass amp........naturally.

[Eric Cioe]

I would have to disagree about the guitar amp/bass amp thing. I think a guitar amp might be the thing to make it stick out a bit on a recorded track. Try any nice guitar amp, and remember, they don't need to be 600 watts with 4x10s to be heard. A 50 watt tube combo would do you wonders, probably.