ajay Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'm a bass player. I just bought a Les a Paul, and I'm low on funds. Is there any reason that I can't gently play my Les a Paul through my Roland Cube bass amp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 technically not really.. it's going to work. tone wise, I can think of many reasons.. primary one being a bass amp is voiced for a bass guitar, it's going to give you an amplified sound, but it's not going to do the LP any justice at all in the "sonic" department. since you're short on cash you could check out some of the amps like the smaller roland cube amp or the mustang mini or a mustang I. they wont set you back a ton and you can do a lot with them. I have a fender mustang III and a IV that I use for jams and small venue gigs, and I absolutely love them. Great alternates when I don't need or want to lug the heavier tube amps and the pedal board Cube 20Gx http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Cube20GX?utm_source=MSN&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=none&utm_term=Bing_PLA_All_Products&device=c Mustang I https://reverb.com/item/241144-vox-pathfinder-10-10-watt-1x6-5-inch-combo?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=ads&utm_campaign=shopping&_aid=bingpla&gdftrk=gdfV28348_a_7c2932_a_7c11627_a_7c241144 Mustan Mini http://www.amazon.com/Fender-Mustang-Mini-7-Watt-Guitar/dp/B005N2E8A8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431532143&sr=8-1&keywords=Mustang+Mini Vox pathfinders come to mind too, under 100 bucks new from Amazon. https://reverb.com/item/241144-vox-pathfinder-10-10-watt-1x6-5-inch-combo?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=ads&utm_campaign=shopping&_aid=bingpla&gdftrk=gdfV28348_a_7c2932_a_7c11627_a_7c241144 you could also cruise the local mom and pop shop for a used practice amp just to get you by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 The Fender "Bassman" is one of the most famous "guitar" amps in Rock & Roll history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 The Fender "Bassman" is one of the most famous "guitar" amps in Rock & Roll history! Very true! I've also ran a Les Paul through an Ampeg SVT Classic with an 8x10 cab that sounded great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I've done this before through a Carlsbro bass amp. Didn't give quite the tonal variety of a voiced guitar amp, but made do in a pinch with a pedal or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 The Fender "Bassman" is one of the most famous "guitar" amps in Rock & Roll history! while this FACT, you can't be seriously compare THAT to a transistor / solid state amp. I think I know you better that that Larry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I played my LP standard through a '64 Fender BassMan piggy back for many years...sounded great...but maybe the Fender is a totally different animal than your Roland. I don't know a thing about electronics. Normally I wouldn't advise playing guitar through a bass amp. I did see a bass player playing through a television set once. Talk about a low budget band....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvercrow Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 The Fender "Bassman" is one of the most famous "guitar" amps in Rock & Roll history! True 'dat! Of course the Fender Bassman 4x10, according to bass players of that and later years, thought it SUCKED as a bass amp! Leo Fender could fall into a pile of dung and come up smelling like a rose, though! What they call that...serendipity? Happy-mistake? So much so that James Marshall took the design, tweaked it and viola! The quintessinal Marshall amps we know and love still! I don't know it for a fact, but I'd believe a SS amp designed for bass would not satisfy used as a guitar amp. AND I couldn't agree more with Kidblast! I am a recent 'disciple' of the Fender Mustang III v2 amp. Doing exceptionally well with that puppy! Mine was $224.00 used in excellent condition- but I got very lucky! Perhaps you can get by using the Roland bass amp until funds become available for a proper guitar-voiced amp. Just remember not to get frustrated into selling the LP because the tonal qualities are lacking, in the meanwhile! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Back in '87 I was selling a cherry sunburst 1970 LP Deluxe with THREE full sized humbuckers for $300. I took it to a guy's house and he plugged it into his Bassman and proceeded to play some familiar Doobie Brothers riffs. Sweeeeet. Urinate on conventional thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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