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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread Part 82: Comfortable with Derision

Venturing out into TB land, this time the Isle of Amps forum...



Asked the Amps forum for advice on my issues regarding the Hartke and fEARful stack (I blew a voice coil somehow)...



If anybody wants to see a bunch of [DEL]retards[/DEL] bluewines telling me the reason for my problems is I play too loud, check it out! And of course I'm always open to real suggestions.


It is really strange, but happens all the time. Someone in a loud band asks ANY question and the majority of responses is 'you need to turn down and like the same kind of gear and music I do.'
 
Ok gents, since my Bassic has two inputs, is it ok for me to have one 8 ohm bass head hooked up to one input, and one 8ohm guitar head hooked up to one of the inputs. Trying to simplify and only have to swap the cord from the last pedal from head input to the other head input. And down the line if I can set up a line splitter and some loopers is it ok to run both at the same time if I don't go over the watts.
 
Ok gents, since my Bassic has two inputs, is it ok for me to have one 8 ohm bass head hooked up to one input, and one 8ohm guitar head hooked up to one of the inputs. Trying to simplify and only have to swap the cord from the last pedal from head input to the other head input. And down the line if I can set up a line splitter and some loopers is it ok to run both at the same time if I don't go over the watts.

The first head you turn on will kill the other and maybe itself.

Or nothing could happen depending on the amp. The probability for failure is very high.
 
The first head you turn on will kill the other and maybe itself.

Or nothing could happen depending on the amp. The probability for failure is very high.

That was my fear. So the two jacks are just to pull more watts out the same head, right? It just messes with my head when I see two output jacks on a head and two input jacks on a cab. Now if one was a 1/4 and the other a speakon I get that you can use what you have that matches head to cab. Sorry for the dumb questions.
 
You know you got my sex god prayers for you, as well as fingers, toes, and balls crossed in hopes you get the girl next door grind on!!!

It's just not fair, but 100% totally typical of my life.

I already got the girl, she actually comes on to me, but of course some dude that's not even her boyfriend (not that she has one) keeps wrecking every chance with uncanny accuracy that he must be trained by the KGB to blueball he's that good.

I get nothing in life unless I have to live through a crazy story. So I just submit to it, embrace the weird.
 
Glad you said that, I wasn't aware there was a problem, I said that sounded cool... I'm an enabler.

The solid state amp will "see" the output transformer of the tube amp as a dead short. Some solid state amps will protect themselves others will melt.
The tube amp might lose its OT or the problem could be worse.
The other direction is beyond my knowledge. Only had two years of EE. That is a question for folks who finish.
 
That was my fear. So the two jacks are just to pull more watts out the same head, right? It just messes with my head when I see two output jacks on a head and two input jacks on a cab. Now if one was a 1/4 and the other a speakon I get that you can use what you have that matches head to cab. Sorry for the dumb questions.

Two jacks on a cab would be used for daisy chaining.
 
That was my fear. So the two jacks are just to pull more watts out the same head, right? It just messes with my head when I see two output jacks on a head and two input jacks on a cab. Now if one was a 1/4 and the other a speakon I get that you can use what you have that matches head to cab. Sorry for the dumb questions.

No dumb questions. MI equipment has been poorly documented and standardized from the beginning.

Cabs have multiple jacks normally for connecting multiple cabinets together in parallel.
Two wires from one head to one cab will share the same load as one cable would have. No additional wattage, because its the same load.
 

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