playing bass through a super lead?

[Mbird6854]

I've always had a nudging question as to whether or not one can play bass through a super lead? I was wondering if i can play my bass through my 50 watt JMP (i'm not looking for ridiculous loudness, just for recording purposes)

thanks!

 

[V-man]

You can play through ANY tube Marshall. The delicate matter is volume and speakers. With regular speakers you run the risk of blowing them out playing bass, esp. when playing loud and with gain/distortion. With a bass cab you can go balls to the wall. With a guitar cab I would advise to play clean, quietly And sparingly.

 

[Mbird6854]

thanks V-man as long as the bass doesn't blow my beloved marshals i'm fine! And thanks for helping out a newbie so much!

 

[Blokkadeleider]

I played a super lead through an Ampeg 8x10. No problems at all.


Gr,

Gerrit.

 

[lucidspoon]

I've played bass through my DSL100, and it actually sounds pretty good!

 

[Clammy]

You can play through ANY tube Marshall. The delicate matter is volume and speakers. With regular speakers you run the risk of blowing them out playing bass, esp. when playing loud and with gain/distortion. With a bass cab you can go balls to the wall. With a guitar cab I would advise to play clean, quietly And sparingly.

Actually, in my experience, it's the reverse. Playing bass through a guitar head into guitar cabs, with a LOT of distortion allows you to use higher volume, as the clipped wave compresses the signal, preventing the big spikes that kill speakers. When you're going clean, that compression is not there, and one good hard pluck of a bass string can destroy a speaker. I used to play my bass through my 100W JCM900 DR, into matching 1960A and B cabs at high volume, but with the gain on 20. Never hurt a speaker in many years playing like that.

Cheers!