When buying a bass guitar, you will also most likely be purchasing an amplifier, or amp for short.\u00a0 The amp is essentially the thing you plug your bass guitar into to make the bass loud enough to hear.\u00a0 Any store that sells bass guitars will sell amps, too.<\/p>\n
Amps come in every possible combination of size, power, loudness, sound, and look; there are are\u00a0many more variables than can be addressed here. However, here are a couple of tips:<\/p>\n
-Amps are usually categorized by wattage (electrical power), speaker size and the number of speakers (although most entry level amps only have one speaker). The wattage will usually be somewhere between 20w and 500w, and the speakers between 8 and 15 inches.<\/p>\n
-know what you are are going to be doing with the amp.\u00a0 If you are just playing in your bedroom, pretty much anything will work, although you may want to try to find an amp with built in “practice” features: A headphone jack and\u00a0a way to plug in an external audio source (music player, computer, etc).\u00a0 If, on the other hand,\u00a0you think you may be playing in a band or performing before too long, know that an amp with less than 100 watts of power and a speaker smaller than 10 inches is really going to\u00a0struggle on the bandstand, and probably in rehearsal as well. Remember, though, you are going to have to carry the thing to said performances and rehearsals, so don’t get way more than you need, either.\u00a0 Generally 150w-200w and\u00a0one 15 inch speaker (or two ten inch speakers) is enough for your average rock show.<\/p>\n
If you want to go into greater depth, here are some more links:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.tunemybass.com\/bass_amps\/bass_amp_basics.html<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bass_instrument_amplification<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When buying a bass guitar, you will also most likely be purchasing an amplifier, or amp for short.\u00a0 The amp is essentially the thing you plug your bass guitar into to make the bass loud enough to hear.\u00a0 Any store … Continue reading