bass Thur Marshall ?

[Lo-Fi Mike]

i have an avt50 Marshall head and this guy wants to run his bass thru it to record some direct bass tracks. it sounds like a neat idea (since the head has a tube) but is it safe for my head?
thanks a-lot guys
---mike---

 

[IronFlippy]

As long as it's being run through a bass cab, then it should be fine. I may be wrong about that though, this is just what I've heard.

EDIT: I overlooked the "direct" part, my bad. Just make sure that you're taking the line out from the head and not the speaker out.

 

[Lo-Fi Mike]

thanks a-lot IronFlippy!
he is actually on his way here right now. I have a session bass head into crate 4 10's, and i also have a channel strip/d i that has a tube emulator in the compressor section, but he just insists on running direct Thur the Marshall.
but hey, it just might work for what he is doing.
again, thanks man
---mike---

 

[olfunk]

from what ive heard

the amp/head/combo/anything will take it

but speakers designed for guitars will not

 

[Lo-Fi Mike]

awsome bass sound.

man, i just finished with the session and i think I'll be using this set up for a lot of bass sessions.
the Marshall put the bass in its own nice spot in the mix. it cut Thur the mix very nice with out taking too much from the mid-range guitars and the kick.
the band i was recording was kind of a metal type metallica band.
i set the Marshall (AVT50 Head) on clean ch. @ 10:00 for bass & 2:00 for treble, then adjust the gain and volume to get just the right amount of grit.
we were going to lay another take with all treble and even less bass just to help it cut Thur certain areas but he was satisfied with just the one track.
---mike---

 

[taeyoung]

man, i just finished with the session and i think I'll be using this set up for a lot of bass sessions.
we were going to lay another take with all treble and even less bass just to help it cut Thur certain areas but he was satisfied with just the one track.
---mike---

He must not be that picky if he's OK with recording bass tracks through a guitar amp. Seems like this would be good a certain sound, but not as your regular studio set up.

 

[Lt. Bob]

there's nothing that says a guitar head can't sound great on bass anymore than it was true that the Bassman "bass" head couldn't sound great on guitar.
And guitar speakers can handle bass fine as long as you keep the volume below where ever the speakers start to have trouble handling it.
I have several pretty nice bass rigsbut I often just use my little Marshall MG-15 at a very low volume ...... nice and punchy ... mix in a little direct with that and it sounds fine.

 

[Lo-Fi Mike]

He must not be that picky if he's OK with recording bass tracks through a guitar amp.

he actually was.
like i said he had the option of a "SessionBass" head thru a crate 4 10's cab, A directBox with a tube emulator, or the Marshall.
he wanted to try the Marshall first and it was the sound he wanted.
---mike---

 

[hoops]

On low volumes the speakers should be able to hand it. (very low just to be safe) Make sure your head is plugged into a cab. It is bad not to plug in the cab and just run the head.