Playing an electric guitar through a bass amp?

[christophicus]

will it wreak a bass amp if you play a guitar through it? I would ahve thought so but i thought i heard somewhere that it will not wreak the amp but that if you were to play a bass into a guitar amp it would wreak the guitar amp,so whats the deal here?

[BassVirtuoso]

Bass amps can handle more frequencies than guitar amps.

[christophicus]

So it willl not harm my bass amp?

[bleeding_fingers]

wreck

[christophicus]

sorry my spelling is absolutely horrendous.

[PaulR]

No it won't.

I play my guitar through my bass amp all the time. It's fine.

[the101er]

I've sold my guitar amp in favor of my bass amp, it's so much more clearer and spankly.

I miss the disortion I got from that Randall though :(

[Raiven]

I play guitar through one of my bass amps.

Gives a nice bass to it which is useful as it's in C.

[WhoDidTheElf]

If your using dist. and have a tweeter they advise you turn it off though. (the tweeter)

[christophicus]

Even if you play it on the highest note really loud?

[PaulR]

It will be fine.

[iceman3019]

josh homme of queens of the stone age and kyuss does it . . . so can you :thumb: (lame) . . .

[christophicus]

lol iceman. My amp is the ashdown mag300 115 so it just has the one 15" driver and im quite shure it does not have any tweeters,will this be a factor?

[iceman3019]

lol iceman. My amp is the ashdown mag300 115 so it just has the one 15" driver and im quite shure it does not have any tweeters,will this be a factor?
with no tweeter, you might get a pretty muddy, deep, and fuzzy tone, but i'm not sure . . . and even if you do, i don't know about you, but i personally like a sludgy guitar tone :) . . .

[christophicus]

yeah maybe i am still appreahensive about connecting a guitar up to my amp which cost in excess of €500!!!

[NavyBass]

If it was good enough for Jimi Hendrix and Stevie RFay Vaughan, then it must be OK. :lol:

Seriously, both of them played through older Fender Bassman amps with excellent results. As a matter of fact, quite a few blues greats use older bass amps.

[iceman3019]

yeah maybe i am still appreahensive about connecting a guitar up to my amp which cost in excess of €500!!!
as many people have said, bass amps can handle more frequencies than guitar amps, and since you don't have a tweeter, your 15 inch woofer can probably handle the signal fine from your guitar (it probably will get muddy). if you're really desperate though, you can just shell out $40 for a mini guitar amp :thumb: . . .

[christophicus]

ok cool thats good to know,thanks for all of teh help guys!!!