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Old 07-17-2004, 04:50 AM   #5
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I saw this thread in the guitar forum. i was about to post in it but i'll answere here instead.

There is nothing wrong with running a microphone into a guitar amp.. in the short term that is. After a while the amp will just die. And it'll sound like it is full of sand. Give it about 6 - 8 months or so.
So. You can do it. But dont do it with your good amp.
Go to a pawn shop and buy an old POS that you dont care about if it gets wrecked. It'll do the job until you can save up for something a little more suitable.

The poweramp + speaker option would work. But it'll be cheaper to just go with an old second hand guitar amp.

Your third idea won't work. You'll need a poweramp for any decent amount of volume.

When I first started off with my band, we used the old guitar amp. Lots of people do... Just remember, dont use your good amp.
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