Can you mod a solid state amp?

The best way to modify the tone on SS amps is to use various OD and/or EQ pedals. Either in the loop or in the input or both. Also, speaker swaps is big too.

What is the dumble mod?

The Ultra-Phonix (UP) mods are typically performed to Fender amps from mid 1960’s to the early 1970’s. The philosophy of the UP mods is, as the name implies, to extract the ultimate sonic qualities from the donor amp. The amps are amazingly well balanced, rich, warm and full of wonderful second order harmonic content.

How do I choose a guitar amp speaker?

The considerations you should consider when choosing a guitar speaker or speaker for your amplifier are as follows:

Speaker or speaker audio.
Correct speaker or speaker size.
Wattage or correct amount of watts of the speaker.
Correct speaker or speaker impedance.
Speaker or speaker efficiency and sensitivity.

Can I use a guitar amp as a speaker?

Yes, you can use a guitar amp as a speaker to play music or to possibly plug in a microphone. While a guitar amp won’t sound as good as a proper sound system designed to play music, you can achieve decent results when done properly.

Can you damage a guitar amp by playing a bass through it?

Yes, you can plug a bass into a guitar amp. But there is a risk you can damage your guitar amp with a bass at a high volume. Plugging a bass guitar into an amp is simple as both bass and guitar use the same leads. Simply plugging your bass into the guitar amp’s input will work.

Can you play through just an amp head?

Heads are the amplifiers, the actual part of the signal chain that increases the power of a signal. The amp itself doesn’t make sound. In fact, if you’re using a tube amp head without the speaker converting the energy output into sound, it is dangerous to plug in to just the head and play.

Can you run a guitar through a bass amp?

You can plug your guitar into a bass amp and not have to worry about any potential damage to any of the gear involved. A bass amplifier isn’t necessarily designed to create more bass as much as it is an inherent characteristic of using a larger speaker. Both amps and speakers impart their own “sound” to the instrument.

Can you play bass without an amp?

Can You Play Electric Bass Without an Amp? Yes, you can play an electric bass without an amp by connecting it to a computer, smartphone, or multi-effects pedal. There are many portable devices you can plug your bass into that allows you to play bass with headphones or speakers.

What are the best bass amps?

The best bass amps right now

Aguilar Tone Hammer 500. An unbeatable balance of power, tone and portability.
Trace Elliot ELF. The best compact bass amp you can buy.
Hartke LX8500.
Darkglass Microtubes 900 v2.
Orange Little Bass Thing.
Blackstar Unity Bass UB500.
Mesa/Boogie Subway TT-800.
Fender Rumble 100 v3.

Can I use a bass cab with a guitar head?

It’s ok to play guitar through a bass cab, it is when it’s done the other way round that you can and will run into problems. i use a valve junior into my swr triad. it’d perfectly fine to do that, although the tone might not be perfect.

Are Eden Bass Amps good?

IMO – Eden makes excellent amps and cabs. Reliability is fine. Probably better – at least no worse – than any other brand.

Why are bass amps so expensive?

The main reason that tube bass amps can be so expensive is that they are usually very high powered. Lower frequencies need more power behind them, so tube bass amps are often 200-300W, whereas 20W can be perfectly sufficient for guitar.

Does orange make good bass amps?

Orange amps are great, if somewhat expensive. I wouldn’t get the one you’re looking at though, as it’s still very much in practice amp territory. 50W won’t really cut it unless you play in a fairly quiet band.

Do Orange amps take pedals well?

The amp has a very good eq, and takes pedals good, even my cathedral reverb worked quite well, as long I kept the dirt down. The problem of that amp is it’s size and the speaker. I opened the back wich helped a bit but don’t expect too much.

Are Orange Crush amps good?

Orange Amps today All these models are still currently in production and very popular amongst pros and beginners alike. The new Orange Crush series is remarkable – affordable, solid-state amps that sound really good, packing a tone you’d expect from more expensive, valve amps.

Are Orange Amps reliable?

All tubes start to wear out as soon as you install them and flip the amp to ‘on. ‘ That said, Oranges are very reliable – I’ve had my AD30TC combo since 2002 (I think) and it’s been nothing but reliable.

Why do Orange amps sound so good?

They have very visibly noticeable branding, so you are likely to see them at gigs or on music videos. They do sound good as well. Their overdriven sounds are not ear piercing like some modern marshalls, Mesas or Fenders can be, since Orange makes darker sounding amps.