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guitar efects?

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4StringedFreak

May 26, 2007
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#1
hey, i was just woundering if its ok to use guitar effects for bass? cuz the guitar player in my band has a zakk wylde wah, and i wanna give that b!tch a try, but he says that a bass will fry it, just like if u played bass through a guitar amp...is he right, or is he bullsh!tting me, cuz he doesnt want me to use it?
thnx
-Will
 
#2
He's an idiot. Using guitar effects with a bass can only hurt your tone as some of them suck out all of the low frequencies. Comparing it to blowing out an amp is flawed as well. If you plug in your bass and turn all the knobs to 11, then of course you'll blow the amp. But you'll definitely hear the amp starting to fail before anything gets blown up.

Try looking at the FAQ sticky if you have any more questions. And remember, searching is a good way to find instant answers to all of your questions.
 
#5
SpankyPants said:
He's an idiot. Using guitar effects with a bass can only hurt your tone as some of them suck out all of the low frequencies. Comparing it to blowing out an amp is flawed as well. If you plug in your bass and turn all the knobs to 11, then of course you'll blow the amp. But you'll definitely hear the amp starting to fail before anything gets blown up.

Try looking at the FAQ sticky if you have any more questions. And remember, searching is a good way to find instant answers to all of your questions.
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+ BM3.14
 
#11
Just in case they're here already...

Nyah nyah! See, our topics are informative and interesting not pointless and immature. There's no threats of violence and our moderators actually give a hoot! There's not ten pages of polls to wade through every day and you can actually find the answers to your questions!
 
#12
niftydog said:
Just in case they're here already...

Nyah nyah! See, our topics are informative and interesting not pointless and immature. There's no threats of violence and our moderators actually give a hoot! There's not ten pages of polls to wade through every day and you can actually find the answers to your questions!
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you're saying TB is informative? no threats of violence? NOT 10 pages of polls?

;)
 
#13
niftydog said:
Just in case they're here already...

Nyah nyah! See, our topics are informative and interesting not pointless and immature. There's no threats of violence and our moderators actually give a hoot! There's not ten pages of polls to wade through every day and you can actually find the answers to your questions!
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AND, we use REAL words. not "OMFG u suk blz" :D
 

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