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Permalink Reply by Bufo Bill on December 19, 2016 at 10:59am

You should get a good enough sound I think. Back in the day many guitarists used Fender Bassman amps for the extra muscle in the amp. As long as you're playing on a reasonable scale length the top notes should be fine, and the low notes should rumble like thunder.
All the best from Bill. :D

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on December 19, 2016 at 4:58pm

I own a GK Backline with a four ten cab. Yes you can! Bass amp speakers are designed for a lot more abuse than a normal guitar amp. All the slapping and popping you hear. Plus the lower frequencies. Hope he has a blast with the guitar you make! 

SRV LOVED 15 inch speakers. He used to put tape directly in front of the cone of a regular guitar speaker grill. Just to block out some of the shrilly highs he didn't want. Fender used to sell regular guitar amps with 15s. 

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Permalink Reply by JL on December 20, 2016 at 3:13am

I have several bass amps and have used them to fill in when there were not enough guitar amps, and they worked perfectly.

the note of caution is about going the other way, plugging a bass into a guitar amp...keep the gain/master/volume low or the bass could tear the guitar amp's speaker cone.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on December 20, 2016 at 5:56am

he'll be pleased to hear that.thanks

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on December 20, 2016 at 9:15am

Supro Amps were made for Bass originally. Jimmy Page used one with his Tele on the first 3 Led Zepplin albums.
Most Marshall amps are modeled after the Fender Bassman amp.
Rock it.

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Permalink Reply by crossroads on December 22, 2016 at 4:28pm

i have a pignose 30 bass amp... my CBG's sound excellent through it

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