What the heck, another stupid question

[paranoid70]

So, our bass player has been rather flakey lately. We had rehearsal without him AGAIN yesterday and this time I tried to fill in on bass. I have a nice Sterling bass that I bought for home recording, but don't have a good practice amp. Thus, I just used my Fender Princeton Chorus guitar amp. Although I am not much of a bass player, it sounded ok (like Motorhead ).

Anyway, my stupid question is, can playing a bass through a guitar amp damage the speakers?

 

[patpark]

yes, the lower frequencies from the bass can push the speaker cones too far and blow he speaker. just watch the volume and make sure your doing low volume and not hitting the strings too hard.

 

[ScoobySteve]

yes, the lower frequencies from the bass can push the speaker cones too far and blow he speaker. just watch the volume and make sure your doing low volume and not hitting the strings too hard.

This. You'd be much safer practicing/gigging through low volumes with a mic set up in front of it and through to the PA. Tried this with my brother's bass when I first picked up guitar. Thought I might play a lick or two.

Nope, owed my brother $350 for a new amp.

Oh, and OT btw.

 

[MrMusashi]

plug it directly into the pa.. that will sound better and like the other 2 said: no worries about blowing up that skinnystring amp

MrM

 

[leftyguitarblue]

plug it directly into the pa.. That will sound better and like the other 2 said: No worries about blowing up that skinnystring amp

mrm

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