bass who plays guitar

[3bc]

When I quit playing guitar in bands and knew that I would not go back, I sold my amp. I still play occasionally, mostly as a writing tool. I plug directly into my interface and have really great Marshall and fender tones right in my Apollo UAD mixer. For bedroom jamming, and even some little guy recording/songwriting work, this would be a great solution that could compare favorably in price with a small tube combo, and obviously offer a lot more versatility in lots of other ways. Just not with a future gig if that will be on the menu at some point the future

 

[Renegade bass]

PRS Zach Myres
Blackstar Ht5r combo
Various pedal ranging from Chinese clones to a Rat, Crybaby and a Berri GDI21 amp emulator DI box.

 

[ajkula66]

ES-5 Switchmaster

1964 Gibson Falcon GA-19 RVT.

Colour me envious, both of you...

While I consider myself primarily a bass player, I've always owned more guitars than basses at any point over the past 40+ years.

My current practice amp is an '80s Ibanez Tone Blaster 25 solid state combo. Very "low end" when compared to guitars that get plugged in it on regular basis, but sweet-sounding - to my ears anyway - nonetheless.

 

[Keger Jupti]

Yes I'm a bass player first but I also started on guitar and never gave it up. Guitar experience transitioned to bass. This is a question to those on this forum who's first instrument is bass but also play guitar:
if you are not gigging and you are a quiet, play at home type, what amp/pedal combo do you use to get low volume/big sound?
My guitar is Fender Strat.
Low volume w/presence/small footprint: Tube amp? D class?
Asking for opinions from real world experience,

I'm a Vox man. I LOVE my AC15C1, but I also have a Pathfinder 15R that sounds way better than it has any right to.

AC15C1 Creamback; 15 watts, 1x12, a pair of EL84 tubes

Pathfinder 15R; 15 watts, 1x8 Vox Bulldog, solid state

 

[Ryno1330]

Yes I'm a bass player first but I also started on guitar and never gave it up. Guitar experience transitioned to bass. This is a question to those on this forum who's first instrument is bass but also play guitar:
if you are not gigging and you are a quiet, play at home type, what amp/pedal combo do you use to get low volume/big sound?
My guitar is Fender Strat.
Low volume w/presence/small footprint: Tube amp? D class?
Asking for opinions from real world experience,

I gave up on amp in the room of because they all were too loud in a small room and I went to a modeler and speaker monitors or a head into a load box then into speaker monitors. Much better sounds if you're OK with monitors and I'm saving my ears.

 

[Killing Floor]

My current guitar home amp is a Champ. I normally play the clean channel and use any of several tube preamps so I can have a saturated sound if I want but still be "inside voice". That said, that little 15W single 6L6 powered combo is every bit as loud as my Mesa bass rig with 2 12" so I don't consider it settling. For me, a preamp pedal lets me get the juicy goodness without needing to rip the volume.
I've also used my PJB bass practice amp for guitar but it sounds super sterile unless I use a preamp or good OD.
Lately I have been using a Fender Mustang Micro headphone amp, I LOVE that little bugger.

Bass since 78-ish, guitar since who knows, some time in the 80s.

 

[Sponson Thrisby]

Yep. Guitar guy first, now enjoying the low end life.
Main amp is an old Fender DeVille 212. 60 watts of ear-splitting goodness. I can't play it with the volume above 3 (out of 12) without complaints from the spousal unit. But the clean tones are heavenly. For overdrive, I use a Thorpyfx Peacekeeper.
Twanger collection: custom made (for me) Ron Kirn S-type, PRS S2 Cu24, Fender 2004 50th Anniversary Deluxe Strat, a tele I made myself from reclaimed black walnut, and a heavily modded Squier Strat as a tinker mule.
This is an old family pic. Some of the pedals have changed.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

When I play guitar I usually play the classical guitar that my first real instrument. Its a handmade student model made in Spain.

 

[SixtyCycleHum]

Yes I'm a bass player first but I also started on guitar and never gave it up. Guitar experience transitioned to bass. This is a question to those on this forum who's first instrument is bass but also play guitar:
if you are not gigging and you are a quiet, play at home type, what amp/pedal combo do you use to get low volume/big sound?
My guitar is Fender Strat.
Low volume w/presence/small footprint: Tube amp? D class?
Asking for opinions from real world experience,

Also a Strat guy. I use my Art Pro V3 atop literally everything, and that's bypassing the head in my little Peavey Microbass (I hate it for actual bass), my Boss ME50B in front of it (my first ever multi effect!) and I can actually get a really vicious distortion out of what I've got. Nice tones all around. Yes. I'm using old bass gear as a guitar rig.

 

[micahwc]

Bass, Electric, and Acoustic guitar player here.

Line 6 Helix LT into either headphones or my Rumble 500 depending on how loud I want to be.

My only electric guitar is a fabulous MIJ Fender Daybreak Telecaster. My acoustic is an Eastman AC122-CE. Both sound great through the Helix.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

I can't stand guitars. They feel like toys to me. But I like to listen to people play them. It's a paradox.

 

[Space Pickle]

I, for the first time ever, made a significant guitar amp purchase thinking; "It's only 40 watts, how loud could it be?"

Oh my... it's loud. One can replace the pre-amp tube so that the all-or-nothing at less than 4 volume knob problem is less pronounced. But it's still more powerful than I had expected.

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For low-level practice, I use a BOSS GT-1 Effects Processor in-line or with headphones and it's GREAT!

haha oh man, 40 watts of tube guitar amp gets LOUD fast. I really like my 20 watt Traynor combo.

Fender Pro Jr. My neighbors love me.

I've always wanted a Pro Junior, I love the simplicity of the controls.

 

[raal]

early 2000's fender cybertwin i got for 200 bucks off of CL.

 

[asparaguspee]

I just use my bass amp with guitar at home. Works perfectly well for my needs. Actually it sounds darn good.

 

[ElBecko59]

1. Line 6 Spider Jam 75W 1x12 Guitar Combo Amp (has built in effects and looper)
2. the smaller Roland Cube 20XL guitar "modeling" practice amp with built in effects (great chorus !)
3. I own and use both and think they are great

 

[mike o]

I’ve played bass most of my life with some time off periods usually due to band burn out syndrome. At one time around 2003 I was totally fed up with gigging, sold all me bass equipment and went all in with some very nice custom made guitars. Spent a lot of time learning finger style acoustic solo music. That led to something very unexpected, starting an acoustic duo with my wife who had never performed music before. She has a great voice and had done several years of comedy improve theater so, she was no stranger to the stage. We got really good and started booking shows while living in Sebastian Fl. Ended up doing a little over 300 shows in a five year run. The duo ended when she started a new job that required weekly national travel. I had the itch to play bass again and still perform to this day but still totally enjoy acoustic guitar. We recently started the duo back up to only gig 1-2 shows a month for fun together. Oh, I also play percussion with my feet. That coupled with my heavy bass influenced guitar style helps us sound like a band. All live, no backing tracks.

Mikeandkayte.com

 

[logdrum]

Although I have some Mesa Boogie, Fender and Frenzel combos and heads. What I have been using lately is this. Fender SuperChamp XD. Discontinued. It has real tubes for output but has modeling pre-amp and actually useful effects. I changed the speakers to Weber. The Raging Cajun is also a great replacement. the stock is actually great for the clean sound, and the Cajun is for the higher gain sounds. The Weber is the best compromise but the speaker I got (50 watt Almico) cost more than what I paid for the amp used at 150. People are asking 250 for them now

 

[ctmullins]

TC MojoMojo into a TC Plethora X5 into a Taurus black line 50 into a BFM XF210 with off-the-shelf Eminence Legends.

 

[Liam Wald]

I'm a Vox man. I LOVE my AC15C1, but I also have a Pathfinder 15R that sounds way better than it has any right to.

AC15C1 Creamback; 15 watts, 1x12, a pair of EL84 tubes
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Pathfinder 15R; 15 watts, 1x8 Vox Bulldog, solid state
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I love the sound of EL84's. It's that Brittish sound for sure. One of my amps is a Laney Lionheart LT-5. Class A single EL84 5-watt with a 12" Celestion. That thing sings.
The Vox AC's have two (AC15) and four EL84's (AC40) and sound absolutely awesome but they are LOUD!
I can get that same sound with the 5-watt Laney at living room levels. I have to mic it when playing with a band, but that doesn't happen very often.

 

[Keger Jupti]

The Vox AC's have two (AC15) and four EL84's (AC40) and sound absolutely awesome but they are LOUD!

Yes, I can definetly rattle the china! It sounds great at low volume, too.

I stumbled across this weird Godin Triumph (triple P/U's, mahogany body). That guitar thru the AC15, had both my guitarists questioning their life choices.