Accoustic Guitar on a bass amp?

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Accoustic Guitar on a bass amp?

Unread post by Phish0742 » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:22 am

Hey Im playing my first ever gig tonight and the only amp I currently own is a crate 160 watt bass amp. My guitar is a martin. Im curious if people think that the guitar and vocals will sounds ok enough to use this setup. Also, how should I set the equalizer since its for an accoustic guitar.

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Re: Accoustic Guitar on a bass amp?

Unread post by dmb66 » Sun Sep 17, 2006 1:30 pm

Phish0742 wrote:Hey Im playing my first ever gig tonight and the only amp I currently own is a crate 160 watt bass amp. My guitar is a martin. Im curious if people think that the guitar and vocals will sounds ok enough to use this setup. Also, how should I set the equalizer since its for an accoustic guitar.

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I think you are probably gonna find that you are missing a significant amount of highs, and as a result both the guitar and voice are going to sound muddy. As for EQ, my hunch is that you'll have to turn the treble way up to hear what you are looking for. Someone else here probably knows more than me though.

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Unread post by mangold » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:25 pm

a bass amp is closer to an acoustic amp than a regular elec amp is, so as far as guitar goes you should be alright. vocals through a bass amp, which is waht i think you were implying, will be pretty shitty i think. give er a shot tho
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Unread post by paulaitchison » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:28 pm

the marshal accoustic amp is the best thing i ever bought,

i love it so much, it sounds so cool
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Unread post by sfmartins » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:42 pm

mangold wrote:a bass amp is closer to an acoustic amp than a regular elec amp is, so as far as guitar goes you should be alright. vocals through a bass amp, which is waht i think you were implying, will be pretty shitty i think. give er a shot tho
Yeah, I've tried it a lot of times with my band, but only for rehearsal purposes... I would try to find an alternative...
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Unread post by Phish0742 » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:19 pm

I actually was able to you a PA system from a friend who DJs so everything sounded super crisp!
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