Bass guitar amp

[mintyfresh]

i dont know if this is the right place to post cause its not really a serious ICE question.. but i was wondering if a bass guitar amp could be altered to be used as a sub in a car?

Im not planning on it really, it just tickled my brain

 

[mihtymicra]

i think so if you got a power converter the sumert to plug it into ya head unit

 

[pjg1979]

I would expect that the amp would have a transformer inside to change from 240v to 12/14v dc. Then you can actually buy ear phone leads without cables so you can wire directly to your head unit. Sound like a plan to me. I have the same idea with my Soundblaster for my PS2 but the transformer went down to 18v dc and didn't really work, actually I broke it, lol.

 

[Shaun]

I would expect that the amp would have a transformer inside to change from 240v to 12/14v dc. Then you can actually buy ear phone leads without cables so you can wire directly to your head unit. Sound like a plan to me. I have the same idea with my Soundblaster for my PS2 but the transformer went down to 18v dc and didn't really work, actually I broke it, lol.

But You Have To Try These Things For The Greater Good! :laugh:

 

[pjg1979]

I know, lol.

Do you have access to a volt meter?

 

[Retepetsir]

It probably wouldn't work too well as they tend to have higher resistance coils, i.e. 8ohms+. Most in car amps/subs are designed to 4ohms or less which gives you the power.........so running one at 8ohms will pretty much halve the usable power that you have. That's if you just use the speaker/driver from the bass cabinet. If it's the whole thing I'd expect you'd pick up noise from the differing earths and the invertor which you'd have to use.

 

[ollyc98]

Bass amps are relatively expensive, I sold mine and had enough to buy a half decent sound system, suggest you do that.

I used the 15 inch driver from my stage bass amp as a sub for a while but blew it as it was only 300watts and my car amp was 500

 

[mintyfresh]

yeah i do plan on just getting a proper amp and sub in the future, and i still need my bass amp to practise lol so i wont be trying this, cheers anyway though