Amp boost ?

charleshaupt

Hi ,is it possible to use one guitar amp to boost another guitar amp ? Thanks

bindog

Ummm if I had to guess (I'm a noob) , you'd mic the one amp into the amp you want to boost with ?

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ezietsman

People have done this in the past. I'm not sure its worth the hassle plus I've heard stories of exploding amps...

If you only have simple valve amps (no effects loops) do not try this under any circumstances. The speaker jack is connected to the output transformer and is meant for a speaker to be connected to, anything else and one or more of your devices will die (spectacularly).

You can mix and match effects loop sends and returns I think but I don't see the point in this.

Use a boost pedal if you really want to boost the amp (or just turn it up real high if its a valve amp).

AlanRatcliffe

Are you trying to get more drive/distortion or make it louder? What are the amps?

Louder, you parallel them together or line out from one into the return of the other.

More drive - as ez says, just use a boost pedal (or overdrive/distortion) to kick the front of the amp.

Gearhead

An amp makes both the voltage and the current of the guit's signal go up. So at the input of an amp it is maybe 1V, 1mA and at the output 40V, 500mA. Trying to put the output of one amp into the input of another will not sound cool at all and possibly break things in the second amp.

Norman86

charleshaupt wrote: Hi ,is it possible to use one guitar amp to boost another guitar amp ? Thanks

Swart Night Light allows such fidgetery.
But without such wizadry, yeah, you shouldnt really try it!

GuitarDoge

If you want more gain and saturation, get an overdrive pedal. If you're looking for more volume, mic into a PA.

ezietsman

GuitarDoge wrote: If you want more gain and saturation, get an overdrive pedal. If you're looking for more volume, mic into a PA.

I assumed he meant more gain/drive, who needs more volume O_o?

GuitarDoge

ez wrote:
GuitarDoge wrote: If you want more gain and saturation, get an overdrive pedal. If you're looking for more volume, mic into a PA.
I assumed he meant more gain/drive, who needs more volume O_o?

Who doesn't need more volume? ?

Gearhead

GuitarDoge wrote: Who doesn't need more volume? ?

I don't? There are millions of solutions for more volume, most notably the half stack and the stack. The difficulty is stack tone at lower volume.
PS stacks go louder than fighter jets...

Chabenda

It sounds like an expensive smoke machine to me. The extra volume would probably be in the form of a bang!

AlanRatcliffe

Another possibility is to run a stereo pedal (chorus, delay,etc.) last in the chain and then split to the two amps...

ez wrote: I assumed he meant more gain/drive, who needs more volume O_o?

Someone with a small amp that needs a bit more oomph (for band practice/gigs) without having to mike up? A lot of smaller PAs don't have the headroom for more than vocals, so guitar and bass amps as well as drum set still have to do most of the heavy lifting...