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Bass amps have been used by guitarists for many decades. In some instances, they work better for guitarists than other amps designed for guitars, especially the speakers. If you are going to use effects pedals, they will do just fine, but if you're looking for something that will overdrive and distort, bass amps generally aren't designed with that in mind. If your bass amp is a valve amp, it'll do the job really well. If it is a transistor amp, it'll still work well enough, but you won't really be able to overdrive it as much as you would an amp designed for guitar.
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Normally I see the word “tranny” used to mean “transformer”, not “transistor”. Of course tubes amps almost always have transformers and solid state amps almost never do.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
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In this situation tranny is meant as transistor. All amps will have transformers regardless.
– Tim
yesterday
2
False. I’m not aware of a solid state amp, including all digital modeling designs and PA amps, in production today that has an output transformer. That’s one of the main reasons for having a solid state design in the first place. BJT and I believe MOSFET power stages can be built with arbitrarily low output impedances, so there’s no need for a heavy, expensive output transformer. And output transformers have large potential impact on the sound. The presence of an output transformer is one of main differences between tube and solid state designs that affects the sound.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
A 'tranny amp' has always been one 'not made with valves, but transistors', in the broadest terms. From the early 70's the cry was always 'ooh, don't get a tranny amp, they don't sound as good'. The 2nd part has, of course, changed over the years, as attested by my remarkable Dynacord BS412 [not a valve in sight but I'd defy anyone to know that from the sound].
– Tetsujin
20 hours ago
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Yes. But the whole point of a guitar amp is to NOT be 'accurate' but to distort in interesting ways. This aspect may be missing.
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The Fender Bassman has famously been many guitarists' amp of choice over the years. A bass amp still needs to produce all the same higher frequencies as a guitar amp, because it's the higher frequencies which give you the "attack" of a note. So there's no problems with the speaker itself.
As LaurencePayne said already, guitar and bass amps are not intended to have clean, flat responses like a PA amplifier and speaker. Amplifiers are deliberately run into saturation or distortion of various kinds. Speakers are not designed for flat responses. And speaker cabs are pretty much without exception constructed in a shoddy way which would horrify a PA speaker designer, with insufficient bracing all round and no damping or box tuning. But all this is why a guitar or bass amp has a distinct "sound" and a good PA speaker does not.
Where you are likely to have issues though might be with the EQ. A good bass amp will have 5-band EQ, and you can generally make that work. Others may only have 3-band EQ though, or perhaps even just a "tone" control. On a bass amp, that'll be set up for the kind of frequency range which is most applicable for a bass, and it won't necessarily work so well for a guitar. If there are other FX on the amp, they may also be tuned more for a bass.
The obvious solution in that case is to get yourself a pedalboard for the guitar. This works best if your amp has an FX loop, because then you can make best use of the amp's preamp, but otherwise an FX unit or pedalboard which includes an overdrive on the way in will still work fine.
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... and the entire Marshall line is based on the Fender Bassman.
– user207421
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@user207421 ... which I'm sure they strenuously deny. I suspect the official line is "strongly influenced by". ;)
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Bass amps have been used by guitarists for many decades. In some instances, they work better for guitarists than other amps designed for guitars, especially the speakers. If you are going to use effects pedals, they will do just fine, but if you're looking for something that will overdrive and distort, bass amps generally aren't designed with that in mind. If your bass amp is a valve amp, it'll do the job really well. If it is a transistor amp, it'll still work well enough, but you won't really be able to overdrive it as much as you would an amp designed for guitar.
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TimTim
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Normally I see the word “tranny” used to mean “transformer”, not “transistor”. Of course tubes amps almost always have transformers and solid state amps almost never do.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
2
In this situation tranny is meant as transistor. All amps will have transformers regardless.
– Tim
yesterday
2
False. I’m not aware of a solid state amp, including all digital modeling designs and PA amps, in production today that has an output transformer. That’s one of the main reasons for having a solid state design in the first place. BJT and I believe MOSFET power stages can be built with arbitrarily low output impedances, so there’s no need for a heavy, expensive output transformer. And output transformers have large potential impact on the sound. The presence of an output transformer is one of main differences between tube and solid state designs that affects the sound.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
A 'tranny amp' has always been one 'not made with valves, but transistors', in the broadest terms. From the early 70's the cry was always 'ooh, don't get a tranny amp, they don't sound as good'. The 2nd part has, of course, changed over the years, as attested by my remarkable Dynacord BS412 [not a valve in sight but I'd defy anyone to know that from the sound].
– Tetsujin
20 hours ago
add a comment |
Bass amps have been used by guitarists for many decades. In some instances, they work better for guitarists than other amps designed for guitars, especially the speakers. If you are going to use effects pedals, they will do just fine, but if you're looking for something that will overdrive and distort, bass amps generally aren't designed with that in mind. If your bass amp is a valve amp, it'll do the job really well. If it is a transistor amp, it'll still work well enough, but you won't really be able to overdrive it as much as you would an amp designed for guitar.
edited yesterday
Your Uncle Bob
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answered yesterday
TimTim
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Normally I see the word “tranny” used to mean “transformer”, not “transistor”. Of course tubes amps almost always have transformers and solid state amps almost never do.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
2
In this situation tranny is meant as transistor. All amps will have transformers regardless.
– Tim
yesterday
2
False. I’m not aware of a solid state amp, including all digital modeling designs and PA amps, in production today that has an output transformer. That’s one of the main reasons for having a solid state design in the first place. BJT and I believe MOSFET power stages can be built with arbitrarily low output impedances, so there’s no need for a heavy, expensive output transformer. And output transformers have large potential impact on the sound. The presence of an output transformer is one of main differences between tube and solid state designs that affects the sound.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
A 'tranny amp' has always been one 'not made with valves, but transistors', in the broadest terms. From the early 70's the cry was always 'ooh, don't get a tranny amp, they don't sound as good'. The 2nd part has, of course, changed over the years, as attested by my remarkable Dynacord BS412 [not a valve in sight but I'd defy anyone to know that from the sound].
– Tetsujin
20 hours ago
add a comment |
Bass amps have been used by guitarists for many decades. In some instances, they work better for guitarists than other amps designed for guitars, especially the speakers. If you are going to use effects pedals, they will do just fine, but if you're looking for something that will overdrive and distort, bass amps generally aren't designed with that in mind. If your bass amp is a valve amp, it'll do the job really well. If it is a transistor amp, it'll still work well enough, but you won't really be able to overdrive it as much as you would an amp designed for guitar.
edited yesterday
Your Uncle Bob
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TimTim
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Bass amps have been used by guitarists for many decades. In some instances, they work better for guitarists than other amps designed for guitars, especially the speakers. If you are going to use effects pedals, they will do just fine, but if you're looking for something that will overdrive and distort, bass amps generally aren't designed with that in mind. If your bass amp is a valve amp, it'll do the job really well. If it is a transistor amp, it'll still work well enough, but you won't really be able to overdrive it as much as you would an amp designed for guitar.
edited yesterday
Your Uncle Bob
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TimTim
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edited yesterday
Your Uncle Bob
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Your Uncle Bob
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Your Uncle Bob
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TimTim
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TimTim
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TimTim
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Normally I see the word “tranny” used to mean “transformer”, not “transistor”. Of course tubes amps almost always have transformers and solid state amps almost never do.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
2
In this situation tranny is meant as transistor. All amps will have transformers regardless.
– Tim
yesterday
2
False. I’m not aware of a solid state amp, including all digital modeling designs and PA amps, in production today that has an output transformer. That’s one of the main reasons for having a solid state design in the first place. BJT and I believe MOSFET power stages can be built with arbitrarily low output impedances, so there’s no need for a heavy, expensive output transformer. And output transformers have large potential impact on the sound. The presence of an output transformer is one of main differences between tube and solid state designs that affects the sound.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
A 'tranny amp' has always been one 'not made with valves, but transistors', in the broadest terms. From the early 70's the cry was always 'ooh, don't get a tranny amp, they don't sound as good'. The 2nd part has, of course, changed over the years, as attested by my remarkable Dynacord BS412 [not a valve in sight but I'd defy anyone to know that from the sound].
– Tetsujin
20 hours ago
add a comment |
2
Normally I see the word “tranny” used to mean “transformer”, not “transistor”. Of course tubes amps almost always have transformers and solid state amps almost never do.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
2
In this situation tranny is meant as transistor. All amps will have transformers regardless.
– Tim
yesterday
2
False. I’m not aware of a solid state amp, including all digital modeling designs and PA amps, in production today that has an output transformer. That’s one of the main reasons for having a solid state design in the first place. BJT and I believe MOSFET power stages can be built with arbitrarily low output impedances, so there’s no need for a heavy, expensive output transformer. And output transformers have large potential impact on the sound. The presence of an output transformer is one of main differences between tube and solid state designs that affects the sound.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
A 'tranny amp' has always been one 'not made with valves, but transistors', in the broadest terms. From the early 70's the cry was always 'ooh, don't get a tranny amp, they don't sound as good'. The 2nd part has, of course, changed over the years, as attested by my remarkable Dynacord BS412 [not a valve in sight but I'd defy anyone to know that from the sound].
– Tetsujin
20 hours ago
2
2
Normally I see the word “tranny” used to mean “transformer”, not “transistor”. Of course tubes amps almost always have transformers and solid state amps almost never do.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
Normally I see the word “tranny” used to mean “transformer”, not “transistor”. Of course tubes amps almost always have transformers and solid state amps almost never do.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
2
2
In this situation tranny is meant as transistor. All amps will have transformers regardless.
– Tim
yesterday
In this situation tranny is meant as transistor. All amps will have transformers regardless.
– Tim
yesterday
2
2
False. I’m not aware of a solid state amp, including all digital modeling designs and PA amps, in production today that has an output transformer. That’s one of the main reasons for having a solid state design in the first place. BJT and I believe MOSFET power stages can be built with arbitrarily low output impedances, so there’s no need for a heavy, expensive output transformer. And output transformers have large potential impact on the sound. The presence of an output transformer is one of main differences between tube and solid state designs that affects the sound.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
False. I’m not aware of a solid state amp, including all digital modeling designs and PA amps, in production today that has an output transformer. That’s one of the main reasons for having a solid state design in the first place. BJT and I believe MOSFET power stages can be built with arbitrarily low output impedances, so there’s no need for a heavy, expensive output transformer. And output transformers have large potential impact on the sound. The presence of an output transformer is one of main differences between tube and solid state designs that affects the sound.
– Todd Wilcox
yesterday
A 'tranny amp' has always been one 'not made with valves, but transistors', in the broadest terms. From the early 70's the cry was always 'ooh, don't get a tranny amp, they don't sound as good'. The 2nd part has, of course, changed over the years, as attested by my remarkable Dynacord BS412 [not a valve in sight but I'd defy anyone to know that from the sound].
– Tetsujin
20 hours ago
A 'tranny amp' has always been one 'not made with valves, but transistors', in the broadest terms. From the early 70's the cry was always 'ooh, don't get a tranny amp, they don't sound as good'. The 2nd part has, of course, changed over the years, as attested by my remarkable Dynacord BS412 [not a valve in sight but I'd defy anyone to know that from the sound].
– Tetsujin
20 hours ago
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Yes. But the whole point of a guitar amp is to NOT be 'accurate' but to distort in interesting ways. This aspect may be missing.
answered yesterday
Laurence PayneLaurence Payne
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Yes. But the whole point of a guitar amp is to NOT be 'accurate' but to distort in interesting ways. This aspect may be missing.
answered yesterday
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Yes. But the whole point of a guitar amp is to NOT be 'accurate' but to distort in interesting ways. This aspect may be missing.
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Laurence PayneLaurence Payne
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Yes. But the whole point of a guitar amp is to NOT be 'accurate' but to distort in interesting ways. This aspect may be missing.
answered yesterday
Laurence PayneLaurence Payne
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answered yesterday
Laurence PayneLaurence Payne
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Laurence PayneLaurence Payne
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The Fender Bassman has famously been many guitarists' amp of choice over the years. A bass amp still needs to produce all the same higher frequencies as a guitar amp, because it's the higher frequencies which give you the "attack" of a note. So there's no problems with the speaker itself.
As LaurencePayne said already, guitar and bass amps are not intended to have clean, flat responses like a PA amplifier and speaker. Amplifiers are deliberately run into saturation or distortion of various kinds. Speakers are not designed for flat responses. And speaker cabs are pretty much without exception constructed in a shoddy way which would horrify a PA speaker designer, with insufficient bracing all round and no damping or box tuning. But all this is why a guitar or bass amp has a distinct "sound" and a good PA speaker does not.
Where you are likely to have issues though might be with the EQ. A good bass amp will have 5-band EQ, and you can generally make that work. Others may only have 3-band EQ though, or perhaps even just a "tone" control. On a bass amp, that'll be set up for the kind of frequency range which is most applicable for a bass, and it won't necessarily work so well for a guitar. If there are other FX on the amp, they may also be tuned more for a bass.
The obvious solution in that case is to get yourself a pedalboard for the guitar. This works best if your amp has an FX loop, because then you can make best use of the amp's preamp, but otherwise an FX unit or pedalboard which includes an overdrive on the way in will still work fine.
answered yesterday
GrahamGraham
1,815413
... and the entire Marshall line is based on the Fender Bassman.
– user207421
23 hours ago
@user207421 ... which I'm sure they strenuously deny. I suspect the official line is "strongly influenced by". ;)
– Graham
16 hours ago
add a comment |
The Fender Bassman has famously been many guitarists' amp of choice over the years. A bass amp still needs to produce all the same higher frequencies as a guitar amp, because it's the higher frequencies which give you the "attack" of a note. So there's no problems with the speaker itself.
As LaurencePayne said already, guitar and bass amps are not intended to have clean, flat responses like a PA amplifier and speaker. Amplifiers are deliberately run into saturation or distortion of various kinds. Speakers are not designed for flat responses. And speaker cabs are pretty much without exception constructed in a shoddy way which would horrify a PA speaker designer, with insufficient bracing all round and no damping or box tuning. But all this is why a guitar or bass amp has a distinct "sound" and a good PA speaker does not.
Where you are likely to have issues though might be with the EQ. A good bass amp will have 5-band EQ, and you can generally make that work. Others may only have 3-band EQ though, or perhaps even just a "tone" control. On a bass amp, that'll be set up for the kind of frequency range which is most applicable for a bass, and it won't necessarily work so well for a guitar. If there are other FX on the amp, they may also be tuned more for a bass.
The obvious solution in that case is to get yourself a pedalboard for the guitar. This works best if your amp has an FX loop, because then you can make best use of the amp's preamp, but otherwise an FX unit or pedalboard which includes an overdrive on the way in will still work fine.
answered yesterday
GrahamGraham
1,815413
... and the entire Marshall line is based on the Fender Bassman.
– user207421
23 hours ago
@user207421 ... which I'm sure they strenuously deny. I suspect the official line is "strongly influenced by". ;)
– Graham
16 hours ago
add a comment |
The Fender Bassman has famously been many guitarists' amp of choice over the years. A bass amp still needs to produce all the same higher frequencies as a guitar amp, because it's the higher frequencies which give you the "attack" of a note. So there's no problems with the speaker itself.
As LaurencePayne said already, guitar and bass amps are not intended to have clean, flat responses like a PA amplifier and speaker. Amplifiers are deliberately run into saturation or distortion of various kinds. Speakers are not designed for flat responses. And speaker cabs are pretty much without exception constructed in a shoddy way which would horrify a PA speaker designer, with insufficient bracing all round and no damping or box tuning. But all this is why a guitar or bass amp has a distinct "sound" and a good PA speaker does not.
Where you are likely to have issues though might be with the EQ. A good bass amp will have 5-band EQ, and you can generally make that work. Others may only have 3-band EQ though, or perhaps even just a "tone" control. On a bass amp, that'll be set up for the kind of frequency range which is most applicable for a bass, and it won't necessarily work so well for a guitar. If there are other FX on the amp, they may also be tuned more for a bass.
The obvious solution in that case is to get yourself a pedalboard for the guitar. This works best if your amp has an FX loop, because then you can make best use of the amp's preamp, but otherwise an FX unit or pedalboard which includes an overdrive on the way in will still work fine.
answered yesterday
GrahamGraham
1,815413
The Fender Bassman has famously been many guitarists' amp of choice over the years. A bass amp still needs to produce all the same higher frequencies as a guitar amp, because it's the higher frequencies which give you the "attack" of a note. So there's no problems with the speaker itself.
As LaurencePayne said already, guitar and bass amps are not intended to have clean, flat responses like a PA amplifier and speaker. Amplifiers are deliberately run into saturation or distortion of various kinds. Speakers are not designed for flat responses. And speaker cabs are pretty much without exception constructed in a shoddy way which would horrify a PA speaker designer, with insufficient bracing all round and no damping or box tuning. But all this is why a guitar or bass amp has a distinct "sound" and a good PA speaker does not.
Where you are likely to have issues though might be with the EQ. A good bass amp will have 5-band EQ, and you can generally make that work. Others may only have 3-band EQ though, or perhaps even just a "tone" control. On a bass amp, that'll be set up for the kind of frequency range which is most applicable for a bass, and it won't necessarily work so well for a guitar. If there are other FX on the amp, they may also be tuned more for a bass.
The obvious solution in that case is to get yourself a pedalboard for the guitar. This works best if your amp has an FX loop, because then you can make best use of the amp's preamp, but otherwise an FX unit or pedalboard which includes an overdrive on the way in will still work fine.
answered yesterday
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answered yesterday
GrahamGraham
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GrahamGraham
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... and the entire Marshall line is based on the Fender Bassman.
– user207421
23 hours ago
@user207421 ... which I'm sure they strenuously deny. I suspect the official line is "strongly influenced by". ;)
– Graham
16 hours ago
add a comment |
... and the entire Marshall line is based on the Fender Bassman.
– user207421
23 hours ago
@user207421 ... which I'm sure they strenuously deny. I suspect the official line is "strongly influenced by". ;)
– Graham
16 hours ago
... and the entire Marshall line is based on the Fender Bassman.
– user207421
23 hours ago
... and the entire Marshall line is based on the Fender Bassman.
– user207421
23 hours ago
@user207421 ... which I'm sure they strenuously deny. I suspect the official line is "strongly influenced by". ;)
– Graham
16 hours ago
@user207421 ... which I'm sure they strenuously deny. I suspect the official line is "strongly influenced by". ;)
– Graham
16 hours ago
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