The guitarist in my band is also a bass player, and one day he showed me the tone of his bass through his Fender Hot Rod Deville. It had a great, warm tube tone and if it weren't for the fact it's a combo I could see it being a great studio bass amp. That was my first experience playing bass through a tube guitar amp.
Yesterday, I was jamming with a multi-instrumentalist and he brought out a Vox Night Train. He told me he had always wanted to see what it sounded like with bass but never got around to it. So I plugged up and played it through his Avatar Neo 410 cab. It was a very pleasant surprise. 1. It kept up with drums played at low volumes. 2. It was really punchy! I couldn't really hear much low end loss from the amp and in bright mode there was some serious girth in the punchy mid section. Cranking the gain gave way to very pleasant overdrive suitable for rock and punk. Flipping the switch to thick mode, I found the sweet spot on the gain to retain some punch but still be hairy was at about 1 o'clock. And in that spot it was a real stoner/doom machine. I have no idea how, but that little amp sounded gnarly.
In any case, I'm sort of interested in picking one of these up in the future for a studio head. Not enough power for live performance of course, but very nice tone for studio and practice. Guitar heads aren't just for guitarists.
Yesterday, I was jamming with a multi-instrumentalist and he brought out a Vox Night Train. He told me he had always wanted to see what it sounded like with bass but never got around to it. So I plugged up and played it through his Avatar Neo 410 cab. It was a very pleasant surprise. 1. It kept up with drums played at low volumes. 2. It was really punchy! I couldn't really hear much low end loss from the amp and in bright mode there was some serious girth in the punchy mid section. Cranking the gain gave way to very pleasant overdrive suitable for rock and punk. Flipping the switch to thick mode, I found the sweet spot on the gain to retain some punch but still be hairy was at about 1 o'clock. And in that spot it was a real stoner/doom machine. I have no idea how, but that little amp sounded gnarly.
In any case, I'm sort of interested in picking one of these up in the future for a studio head. Not enough power for live performance of course, but very nice tone for studio and practice. Guitar heads aren't just for guitarists.
