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Topic: Amp Advice - Part Duh! |
Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 2 Mar 2004 5:45 pm |
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Can I send an output to 2 seperate amps playing simutaneously? I have a 20 watt RMS guitar amp and a 15 watt RMS bass amp. I don't want to switch between the 2 but rather to play thru both at the same time.
Can the headphone output of one be used as the input to the other?
These are the questions of a guy trying to extract the most from my $ 1,500.00 assembly of 5 guitars, one lap steel, one fiddle, one bass and 2 amps. And an impatient mortgage. And a patient wife. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Mar 2004 6:09 pm
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Just get one of the many A/B/Y split boxes available. With one of those you can send one guitar to either of two amps, or both simultaneously.
You can also use it the other way around, switching between two guitars to the same amp.
Here's my personal choice: http://www.startouchpedals.com/product.html
The one pictured on their site is an A/B box, you'll need the 'Y' option too in order to run both amps simultaneously.
Steinar
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www.gregertsen.com
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Mike Fried
From:
Nashville, TN, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2004 10:37 pm
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| If one of the amps has two inputs on the same channel, you can plug the instrument into one input and jumper from the other input of that into the input of the second amp using a standard guitar cable. You might have to use a ground lift adapter on one of the amps also to eliminate hum. There are other methods possible also, depending on the amps (effects loops, preamp outs/power amp inputs, etc.), but this is the simplest. |
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 3 Mar 2004 2:41 am
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Mike, I have never heard of that. Thanks to both of you for the info.
Regarding the splitter box, I thought it was one output or the other. I'm glad I asked the 'Forumites.' |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 3 Mar 2004 4:37 am
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Mike a Switcher box would go from one to the other, a Splitter sends the signal out to both.
There are boxes that work both ways too.
The idea is you can have a lead amp and a rhythm amp or two sounds together and louder for your solos..
Some stereo chorus stomp boxes also allow 2 outputs, so it choruses in a larger stereo field.
The 2nd plug idea will generally work, but possibly might make a small change in tone, because of odd loading characteristics.
But not a big issue.
There are also some volume pedals, like the Hilton, that have twin outputs, ostensibly for the tuner, but also for an 2nd amp.
But this Hilton pedal might cost as much or more than BOTH your little amps...
But worth every penny soundwise.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 03 March 2004 at 04:42 AM.] |
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Drew Howard
From:
48854
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Posted 3 Mar 2004 6:02 am
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Cheap: Whirlwind or Art A/B box will split the signal.
Cheaper: go to Radio Shack or a music store and get a line splitter.
Drew
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The Saltines
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Jesse Pearson
From:
San Diego , CA
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Posted 3 Mar 2004 8:51 am
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| I use a spliter box for 2 of my 6 string lap steels to switch easily between the amp, I call it my hillbilly double neck. |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 3 Mar 2004 5:27 pm
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| I call it my hillbilly double neck. |
They must both be red. 
...rednecks. |
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Mike McBride
From:
Indiana
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Posted 4 Mar 2004 8:22 am
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| I spent $12 at Radio Shack and solved the problem. I got 2 Y connectors and 1 female-female connector. Now I can play thru both amps and tune my guitar during a song. |
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