What can damage a bass amp?

[NKBassman]

The Titanic sank after hitting a Peavey 2 X 15 cab in the North Atlantic.

Now that is funny!

 

[Gubna]

water

 

[thumpbass1]

The Titanic sank after hitting a Peavey 2 X 15 cab in the North Atlantic.

So that explains the small ding in the Tolex covering on that old Peavey 2 x 15 cab I saw for sale recently.

 

[gafbass02]

One time Chuck Norris fought a Peavey cab. He died.

Hahahah awesome, best post ever!!!

 

[dj150888]

"Very small rocks . . ."

Gravy!

 

[MatticusMania]

woudn't think so, the other way round wouldn't do a guitar/keyboard amp any good though

Actually, a bass through a keyboard amp probably won't hurt anything. Our ex-keys player had so much low end on his synth it was crazy. He'd rattle my PA speakers more than my bass could.

 

[MatticusMania]

Beer.

Don't put your beer can on top of your amp head. Someone will knock it over and get beer inside your amp.

This

UPS can damage your amp AND they'll charge you for it.

And this

If you throw it out a window it will be damaged.

And this

Dropping a bass amp off your tailgate can damage it. So can falling down a flight of stairs with it.

Isnt that what UPS does on a regular basis?

Angry monkeys can damage a bass amp.

So can Ugly Apes

Your ex-wife! (once she finds out she is an ex that is!)

This

"Very small rocks . . ."

This too, if either projected hard enough or they happen to creep inside where your electronics are.

My first thought was "A hammer". <- This too

Also, dropping it, overheating it, running it with too many cabs.
Also extreme sub-lows from some synths/effects could damage your cab, but I'm not sure if they'd do anything to the amp.

And a real answer for you.

 

[eyeballkid]

Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.

 

[Bassmec]

Adverse Climatic conditions at outdoor gigs chaps!?:

 

[J Hud]

Sharks the world over wait anxiously ea year for the Discovery Channel to air their annual &#8220;Peavey Amp Week&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;.

Yeah?

 

[Mr. Mig]

Winged monkeys flying overhead and flinging their pop at your amp can ruin it.

 

[jmercer91]

playing guitar through your bass amp can damage your tweeter if you've got one

 

[lunarpollen]

66mm LAW

 

[J Hud]

Winged monkeys flying overhead and flinging their pop at your amp can ruin it.

Why would a winged monkey fling his father at someone's amp?

Makes no sense.....

His mom maybe, but father? No way..

 

[NKBassman]

Gravy!

Churches!

 

[Korladis]

Bass amps are powerful things. I'd say the only amp more powerful that you'd usually find, would be a PA setup. But it'd be silly to use a bass amp as a PA. I've never seen anyone damage a guitar amp by playing bass through it either though. The only problem seemed to be not enough low end. I've used bass amps for guitar and keyboard before though. Surprisingly good for it.

*raises hand*

Blew out a guitar amp once with bass. Nearly blew out another one.


As for bass amps.... using cabs that don't have the correct ohm load can damage an amp. Running a tube amp with no load can as well. Too much power or too much low end can destroy speakers. Dumping them in water can damage any electronic equipment. As can dumping them out the back of a van at 70 miles an hour.

The last one doesn't apply if the equipment in question is Peavey, though.

 

[ReidK]

But seriously folks, running into a speaker impedance that is too low (for transistor amps) or too high (for tube amps) can cause damage.

It's unfortunately easy to do the latter, just crank the amp without a speaker attached and many if not most of them will suffer damage to the output transformer. The former case is less common, but if you run too many cabs in parallel and the amp doesn't have great protection circuitry, you can hose it. The high-frequency sections of G-K 800s were notorious for this. I hope they eventually fixed this, but they used to require a minimum of 8 ohms. All you had to do was use a 4-ohm cab and you could be in trouble.

Reid

 

[babebambi]

usually just other members in your band(s) ...
but sometimes UPS and FedEx ...

 

[Vanceman]

One time Chuck Norris fought a Peavey cab. He died.

WRONG! :scowl:

The only thing that CAN kill a Peavey IS Chuck Norris.

Did you know he can lead a horse to water AND make it drink?

 

[Korladis]

WRONG! :scowl:

The only thing that CAN kill a Peavey IS Chuck Norris.

Did you know he can lead a horse to water AND make it drink?

No, seriously, dude. He died. He'd killed some Peavey cabs, previously, but this one was loaded with Black Widows.