Two instruments, two heads, one cab?

[Gremson]

I've been experimenting with better ways to amplify my upright bass and bass VI together.
Right now I've got the Bass VI with effects and the upright going into a Radial Bassbone, into a GK MB200 and Avatar B115. The upright sounds fantastic, but the VI is lacking.
I've been looking into some effects to beef up the VI into the MB200, but I know for sure that it sounds awesome with my Acoustic 470. Being able to switch between the two instruments with their own head could be cool.
I read about the Radial Headbone, but I'm not sure if it's made to work with two instruments. Anybody have any other ideas?

Thanks babies.

 

[T_Bone_TL]

So long as "switch" means unplug the speaker cable from one head and move it to the other - yes.

Two amps to one cab unless the speakers in the cab are split and it's a bi-amp, means two amps fighting for control of one cab, means the magic smoke gets out.

It looks like this is what the headbone is designed to do, so yes, it should work for that. Appears to be designed to switch the guitar signal from amp to amp as well, but ought to be possible to use it just for amp & instrument switching by not feeding it an instrument signal. Or add a switchbox before it to select EUB or bass. Might be a concern with it's guitar-esque power rating and bass amps?

 

[waltdogg]

Run each bass to it's favored head and get a load switcher. There's an Ampeg "amp switcher" that is for connecting multiple heads to a single cab, it's not longer made but can be found used at an affordable price. It even has dummy loads for tube amps. Beyond that I'd suggest getting a cab for each head and a Radial Twin City ABY, this way all you have to do is switch basses when needed and with a stomp or two of your foot you can be running both or either amp at any given time with whichever bass you prefer at the time.

 

[Gremson]

Thanks, Waltdogg. The Ampeg system selector sounds like the perfect piece, but finding one seems pretty tricky.
Anybody know of a current production model, or at least something that's more available?

 

[waltdogg]

Good question, I was looking at other Radial pedals. The Cab-Bone looked promising but it's the reverse; one, amp two cabs, instead of multiple amps, one cab.

 

[Gremson]

Ah hell, I just did an image search for the Ampeg selector. It's a mighty combersome piece for gigging. Damn.

 

[waltdogg]

Same. And that's not the model I'm talking about. In the Ampeg video where Dino compares the three models of PF and the SVT there's this really small amp/cab switcher that was used to run all four heads safely (one at a time, of course) into the one 8x10 cab.

This video @ 0:53:

 

[agedhorse]

Be absolutely sure that any switcher switches both plus and minus amplifier out speaker terminals and there are no common connections between any speaker terminal anywhere in the system. Many new class D amps use internally bridged power amplifiers and a common connection could cause catastrophic and expensive damage.

Many switchers designed for the guitar market do not adhere to this because it's not common in the guitar amp world.

 

[waltdogg]

And... the plot thickens.

 

[devnulljp]

Radial Bassbone for the standup and a headbone to use the two different amps with the same cab