Wattage Question

[screamingdaisy]

Will bass through a 100w tube head be loud enough to compete with a guitarist using a 30w tube head?

I'm looking for an old school grinding tone. The lowest we tune is drop D.

I'd try it myself but I don't have a 100w head handy....

 

[MarkMyWordsXx]

id say yes, depending on what cab its paired with.

but since you said compete, is it a loudness contest? if your playing 'togther' you can always ask him to turn it down

 

[FF Petro]

You would be able to keep up with a guitarist. But unless you have really loud amps for the wattages you have mentioned, you would have a lot of trouble keeping up with a drummer.

 

[WalterBush]

I'd say probably not, unless you're into lots of distortion, or the guitar player keeps his amp low. It takes much more wattage to push bass frequencies than a guitar amp requires.

 

[MarkMyWordsXx]

yea but its supposably 3x the guitar.

30x3=90<100

 

[screamingdaisy]

id say yes, depending on what cab its paired with.

but since you said compete, is it a loudness contest? if your playing 'togther' you can always ask him to turn it down

No, quite the opposite but I'd rather choose something that'll balance well rather than force him to turn down.

The guitar rig is an Orange AD30 running into a 6x12. It's alot of midrange without being too heavy in the bass end.

I'd say probably not, unless you're into lots of distortion, or the guitar player keeps his amp low. It takes much more wattage to push bass frequencies than a guitar amp requires.

I thought the going rate for tube was 3:1?

The amps I'm looking at right now are a Plexi, Ampeg V4 and Orange Bass 200. I'll probably be getting an Ampeg 8x10.