Re: bass straight into a power amp

Les Cargill wrote:
pTooner wrote:
ed s wrote:
On Dec 6, 8:22 pm, "David" <d_coch...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I'm sure this has been asked before but............
has anyone tried playing a bass ( with active EQ) straight into a power
amp
and into a cab?
It's been tried. It generally doesn't work very well. Mostly due to
impedance and level matching (or lack thereof).
But if you've got the amp and bass already try it out - it won't do any
harm.
--- Derek
I was weighing my options and trying to get the most bang for the buck. I
might start playing with my old band who play out 1 or 2 times a week.

Get a TUBE pre amp and your all set ( you need some tone controls and
balls )- Ed S.
YOu know, this might do the trick for very little http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--BEHMIC100 I use a Rolls similar to this for acoustic guitar preamp.

Gerry


If it's an XLR only input, it probably won't be very good. The gain
range and impedance of the input is all wrong. The acoustic guitar
preamp is much more likely to work.

--
Les Cargill
It is not an xlr only. It has both xlr and trs in and out as does my Rolls
Gerry
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