The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Bass Amps & Effects => Topic started by: wellREDman on March 16, 2019, 11:55:49 AM
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can I ask some advice of you amp guys on something not on bass topic?
I've just got an electric drumkit for home practice, so I was wondering, it has a stereo output, can I put one channel each into a 100W peavey bass combo and a 15W Marshall practice amp to give me good definition of both Hi and Low frequencies?
Not gonna really driving them hard, like I say home practice, but I'd like the kick to thump and the brassware to sizzle and there is no room in the room for another Amp. Can I damage anything by driving different rated amps ?
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Our drummer has his 2nd electric kit setup in our music room with a single powered PA speaker... runs fine through that... can check models if you wish...?
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The bass amp will probably give low end thump, but a guitar amp will not be the best for cymbals. A guitar amp is more of a midrange amp, and even if has eq the speaker is not likely to sound good over 7khz. A bass amp with a horn will probably be better, but you can always give it a try.
I don't know what the output of the drums is, but if you have a line level output you might have some issues plugging into normal guitar amp inputs. Check if you have a line in somewhere on your amps if that's the case.
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Headphones is out of the question?
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Thanks for all the help guys
Headphones is out of the question?
yeah I will probably be using them a lot but occasionally I want to make a bit of noise
Our drummer has his 2nd electric kit setup in our music room with a single powered PA speaker... runs fine through that... can check models if you wish...?
Thanks for the offer but no need. I used powered floor wedges to run the e-kit at the school so I know that is an option
The bass amp will probably give low end thump, but a guitar amp will not be the best for cymbals. A guitar amp is more of a midrange amp, and even if has eq the speaker is not likely to sound good over 7khz. A bass amp with a horn will probably be better, but you can always give it a try.
I don't know what the output of the drums is, but if you have a line level output you might have some issues plugging into normal guitar amp inputs. Check if you have a line in somewhere on your amps if that's the case.
I tried the school one through an old HH 150W bass combo, nice thump but I could hardly hear the cymbals cant remember if it had a horn
interesting that a guitar is only midrange tho, thanks for that. my guitar amp has a CD input so that should be ok (and bypass the gain/crunch)
The main thing is that I don't really have room for another speaker (the spare bedroom is going to be losing the spare bed just to fit in the drumkit) or currently the finances for full range amp amp so I want to make do with the amps that are currently there.
I just wanted to check I wasn't going to damage anything by running the signal to two very mismatched amps
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What kind of marshall is it?
I can't see you ruining anything, at least you won't ruin the drums electronics. As for the amps, you might wanna use 'common sense' when dialing in the low end eq on the bass amp. That kick drum probably delivers lower frequenzies than a bass guitar, not sure of the specs.
As for your marshall, depending on type, the main 'issue' I guess will be quality of sound. If it has a line in, use it, maybe you are able to get something undistorted out of it at listening volume. Some recent (MG series) marshalls have issues and break down easily, but this specific setup is new to me.