I want to use my Fender Mustang guitar modeling amp as a preamp...
In the studio, I plug my bass into my Fender Mustang guitar modeling amp and run the headphone out to my mixer, and from my mixer to my laptop, so the bass isn't using the guitar's speaker for the low frequencies my bass puts out. The headphone out cuts the Mustang's speaker out of the path.
I love all the modelling and effects of my Mustang guitar amp with my bass, and I've used my guitar amp (including the amp's guitar speaker) to play through at low volume, so I thought why not use it as a preamp to my bass rig?
Obviously, on a gig (even a low volume gig, I'd never be able to use my guitar amp as a small rig). While I don't need to get very loud on these gigs, I do need more volume than my guitar amp's speaker can handle. I use an Ashdown Superfly through my DIY small 110/6 cab that is more than enough for the stage volume with other musicians.
My plan is to remove the Mustang's modelling amphead from it's cabinet and plug my bass into it, and then run the headphone out jack to the Superfly's effects send/return jacks, effectively using the Mustang as a preamp/modelling/effects unit and allow the Superfly to provide the power to the cab.
The only tone control the Superfly has is an extensive graphic EQ, that can also be saved as presets. I would use the EQ on the Superfly to EQ for each room, allowing my Mustang preamp as the overall tone control of my bass rig (along with the effects I use). The modelling and effects on the Mustang work beautifully with my bass. And now that I'm getting a 6 string bass, this would give me a very small, lightweight rig without having to buy an expensive dedicated bass multi-effects pedalboard.
I typically would only use the upper 110/6 cab on most all gigs. The bottom cab only contains a 110 woofer with no mid driver...
In the studio, I plug my bass into my Fender Mustang guitar modeling amp and run the headphone out to my mixer, and from my mixer to my laptop, so the bass isn't using the guitar's speaker for the low frequencies my bass puts out. The headphone out cuts the Mustang's speaker out of the path.
I love all the modelling and effects of my Mustang guitar amp with my bass, and I've used my guitar amp (including the amp's guitar speaker) to play through at low volume, so I thought why not use it as a preamp to my bass rig?
Obviously, on a gig (even a low volume gig, I'd never be able to use my guitar amp as a small rig). While I don't need to get very loud on these gigs, I do need more volume than my guitar amp's speaker can handle. I use an Ashdown Superfly through my DIY small 110/6 cab that is more than enough for the stage volume with other musicians.
My plan is to remove the Mustang's modelling amphead from it's cabinet and plug my bass into it, and then run the headphone out jack to the Superfly's effects send/return jacks, effectively using the Mustang as a preamp/modelling/effects unit and allow the Superfly to provide the power to the cab.
The only tone control the Superfly has is an extensive graphic EQ, that can also be saved as presets. I would use the EQ on the Superfly to EQ for each room, allowing my Mustang preamp as the overall tone control of my bass rig (along with the effects I use). The modelling and effects on the Mustang work beautifully with my bass. And now that I'm getting a 6 string bass, this would give me a very small, lightweight rig without having to buy an expensive dedicated bass multi-effects pedalboard.
I typically would only use the upper 110/6 cab on most all gigs. The bottom cab only contains a 110 woofer with no mid driver...
