Has anyone ever tried to use this to amplify an upright double bass? How did it work?
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It actually works great. And especially for the money. Tone is good. Volume is good. IF you have a problem with it (which almost never happens) you can fix if yourself. If you can't fix it, the company will replace at No Charge. You can't go wrong!! Dean
543710
Worked great with earphones, but we used with standard electric guitar. Based on the sound from the amp, I would think there would be a distorted sound if used for a bass.
1573247
I use it on my banjo and do not use a preamp. However, I do get a little feedback but adjust my volume back.
2001735
It worked for me on my old Vintage Soundcraftsmen Pre-Amp great, and it was pretty bad. My units are more than 35 years old, and I used this stuff on all of them and no more noise. I don't know how bad is your unit, but it is worth a shot. Don't use it the way it is now, you will damage it for good!!! Good luck!!!
644689
I have indeed tried this on my bass. I ran my Fender USA Jazz bass with flatwounds through my electric guitar pedalboard and out to my 1974 Musicman HD130 head through 2x10 cab at my church. Excellent crunch distortion. I was surprised actually. Worked great through compressor than AC Tone. Had a some great bite to the tone. I didn't want to buy another "just for bass" pedal and I'm glad I tried this one out first. Totally punchy and growly. It turns heads for sure. I also got some really great ambient lows (imagine long sustaining synths) with the combination of the AC Tone (took some fiddling to set to bass, as opposed to my electric), volume pedal for swells, through my delay pedals.. then later, my Strymon Blue Sky Reverb pedal (sometimes with the shimmer effect). Hope that helps. I don't think it was meant for bass necessarily, but it does the job for the one or two songs I needed.
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I use it with my bass as it is still an amp modeler, it's just not optimized for bass amps so much. That being said there are several amp and boxes and knobs to turn to lower the gain and distortion. Plus the several reverb effects you can use and just bypass everything else. If you play bass mostly, there are models optimized for bass, but this has been a jack of all trades for me, though I'm not all that advanced so I'm not competent to advise any further than that. hope it helps.
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Hm, probably not too well. This microphone is designed as a mic for a tuner. It works great to plug directly into a tuner. it's OKAY to use as a contact microphone for amplification if you don't have any other options. I purchased it as a backup for just in case my classical guitar pickup goes out during the middle of a gig and I need amplification. The sound you'll get out of it is not very good, because isn't designed for that. But with a lot of EQ work, you can still get a decent sound at a very cheap price. I recommend keep looking around for a better mic for your bass, but if you have a little extra cash lying around, then it's definitely worth picking this one up to have a mediocre spare and just to see how it works.
1896435
I have not try that yet. But since you brought it up, I will test it. How the unit has to work with an amp.
283732
I am no expert but you might try this to test it. If it has two conventional speaker wire terminals, hook them up to the terminals on one of the front speakers (without disconnecting the speaker wires from the tuner to the front speaker). If you get a booming bass you know that the speakers work and maybe it has something to do with you settings on the tuner. As for settings on the tuner, your Speaker Pattern must end with ".1"
756399
There is a specific AmPlug version for a bass guitar (my wife has one). You could probably get a signal through this version, but the filtering etc would be wrong.
699599
It will work with any amplifiable guitar. Just realize that it only puts out 30 watts-- enough to make your bass audible at what's now called an "unplugged" level. What that means to me, as I use it, is that I can hear the bass line in a group with acoustic (unamplified) guitars. It will never be "loud," if that's what you're looking for.
1085709
Mine does a great job powering 4- 6 inch speakers . But I dont have a sub installed . if you want a strong bass I would look into a mono amp for the sub and this one for the speakers
470220
I run an instrument cable from the carpenter jack to a Boss GE-7 equalizer pedal - then from the pedal with an instrument cable to my amp or PA mixer. Works great. You want to use a solid state (not tube) ampifier with this.
683434
I don't know, but my guess is that it wouldn't be the best for a bass (just a guess). I'd suggest you call Elderly instruments or another good acoustic instrument shop and ask. I think a piezo pickup might be a better choice, but I'm no expert. In fact, Google it, and I think you'll find your answer.
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I haven't tried it with a bass, but I'd have to agree with the other responses, that it would be unlikely to handle the low frequencies of the bass, except at volumes probably not useful. The Behringer BX108 (at least the older version) and the Ashdown TOURBUS-15 are nice little bass practice amps although not as portable as the Pignose or the Roland Microcube somebody mentioned.
1958783
Nope. You can't get double bass on this one eathier. It's a prong loaded pedal with a wire that runs to the reciver
1453034
I use mine with a KBM 412 to mic up a cajon. I route the output through the aux input on my bass amp, and it sounds great to me. It carries bass tones quite well, without losing the mids. Pay attention to the meter. Sound is great as long as you keep it out of the red. That's not a flaw. That's what the meter is there for.