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Bass Amps and Cabinets

To amplify something means to increase it. A bass amp basically increases the volume of your bass sound. It’s important for you to buy a bass amp as soon as possible. If you can’t hear yourself, you can quickly develop some bad habits and playing technique which are only obvious when amplified. You can check out my bass technique pointers on studybass.com.

In this bass amplifier FAQ, I will try to answer the most common amp questions I hear from my students. This is all stuff a bass player should know to some degree.

Bass Amp Basics

Learn about the basic components of bass amps and their functions...

Bass Preamps Part 1

A basic guide to bass preamps, their features, and what preamp settings do...

Bass Preamps Part 2

Part 2 of a the bass preamp guide - covering effects loops, outputs and more...

Bass Cabinet Guide

A simple guide to bass cabinets, terminology and bass cab specifications...

How to Hook Up Heads and Cabinets

Hook up your speaker cabinets the correct way to avoid damaging your amp...