Re: Double bass through a cheapo Behringer amp?


"Derek Tearne" <derek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> There's a guy hereabouts plays electric cello through a single powered
> speaker from a PA. He's got a few effects and gets a really fat sound.
>
> Have you tried playing your upright through the Yamaha on its own?
>
> If that sounds good, and it quite possibly will, why buy anything else?
>
> You might need an impedance matching preamp of some sort, like a Fishman
> platinum EQ - which has a line level out that would got straight into
> the yamaha.

Sure, I do it every time for rehersal, and every gig. And it sounds "ok".
But the idea is not to lug the large boxes, mixer and cables for smaller
(smallest) gigs. The Yamaha has only one imput, meaning it can serve only as
an amp for bass, unless I take the mixer along (this also rules out the
Contra idea, even contra with two channels wouldn't be enough). The
Behringer I mentioned above has 4 imputs, which would be ok to voice the
entire band. I was only curious if my bass would sound ok through that
because the "do-it-all" amps usually sound like s''t when you plug your bass
into it.

Danko


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