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Noob question - guitar through bass amp?

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DoubleD

Jul 23, 2009
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Southern Indiana
#1
I've got a noobie question.

I have a Little Mark Tube bass amp and a Peavey Tour 410 cabinet. Is there any problem with me running a guitar or vocal mic through this setup at the same time I'm running my bass through it? It seems like there would be no problem in doing that. Do I need to do anything with the treble control on the cabinet?
 
#3
normally playing a guitar through a bass amp does not sound perfect as the bass amp is made for low notes not the higher pitched ones. but there is no reason why not to try this as it may well work depending on your amps capabilities.
hope this helps :)
 
#4
I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't hurt something. Me and my buddy jam alone sometimes and we want to minimize him having to move his amp when we're not practicing with the drummer.

We tried it last night to test it out and it sounded awesome! The distortion on his guitar was very crunchy and full, almost like his normal guitar amp. The vocal mic directly plugged into the XLR input on the LMTube sounded full and lifelike.

I read markbass designs their amps to faithfully reproduce any instrument faithfully. So I figured it would be okay.

I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't hurt anything just in case. I don't want to blow a tweeter or overheat something. The Peavy tour 410 cabinet is okay to run pretty much any instrument through, right? Do I need to mess with the trebel knob at all on the cabinet?
 
#6
Just reporting back what you all probably knew. Markbass responded that while it may not sound perfect, it is perfectly okay and safe to run a guitar or microphone through the LMTube (which was my original intent).

Until we get a PA system this is our best solution.
 

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