[fireblade]

Can you play a Bass through a normal amp? Thinking of getting a bass but ca't afford the amp to go with it.

[Ben_Sir_Amos]

I would advise against it - it would be too easy to blow the speaker(s) apart.

If you can only afford one amp, buy a bass amp and play your guitar through it too. I have a peavey microbass that is considerably lighter than my guitar amp so I use it when I go to jams and open mic nights. It ain't great but it does the job, doesn't do any damage and with a stomp box in front it probably matches most 'normal' amps of a similar size/wattage for sound quality.

[allthumbs]

Don't play bass trough a guitar amp. It will kill the amp sooner or later.

[fireblade]

Cheers guys.

[Stratrat]

The bass won't kill the amp itself, but you'll probably smoke the speaker pretty quickly. I played my bass through a couple of my amps before I bought a bass amp, but kept it at very low volumes to avoid damaging the speakers. Guitar amp speakers aren't designed to handle the low frequencies of a bass.