hey i hav a fender 15 watt bass amp and the standard cord and a standard jazz bass. i got them all for christmas. so far everything works great, but when im not making contact with the strings the amp fuzzes is this normal, or should i buy a new cord? if so which one? i got everything in a fender bass guitar package. thanks a lot and 10 points to the best answer!
People ask this often. Here's the problems, starting with the most serious: Blow the amp. That's right, it takes more excursion (speaker cone movement) to make a bass note than a guitar note. Can literally tear the cone over time, but more likely just makes the amp sound terrible, getting worse over time. Improper EQ - guitar settings don't voice bass notes well. Under Powered - it takes 3 bass watts to do 1 guitar watt, solid state to solid state (tube is a different story). You'll have no head room, and have to crank it, making #1 above happen faster Cab issues - guitar cabs aren't made to help bass notes. Plug into a Fender Rumble 15 (cheapest Fender bass amp), and then a vocal or keyboard amp. Listen to the difference. In short, YES you do. Also if you want effects, many of them need to be bass effects (although not all)
