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After the 60s the two things became increasingly specialised and so it’s rare to find an amp that will do both well - although a lot of it is down to the speakers, any reasonably powerful and clean amp will work for both with the right cabinet.
There are a few modern bedroom-type amps which can take both - Yamaha and Blackstar both do them - but it’s debatable whether they really sound good, especially for bass. The Yamaha THRs sound good for guitar, at least.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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The tone for guitar is ‘chunky’ rather than ‘lively’, but that’s actually ideal for rounding off a slightly harsh or buzzy solid-state overdrive sound.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Marshall bass 12. That Johan bloke on eBay seems to like it for guitar. I have the bigger Marshall Bass Combo 5503 (30w 12” speaker) which I use to gig with my guitar. Actually works better for guitar than bass, but it does work.
Fender silverface Musicmaster Bass ( seems similar to a champ with a bigger speaker, but I’m not if that’s true or not)
Other oldies, but too big maybe, which I’ve heard can be used successfully for both guitar and bass.
WEM dominator Bass
Traynor YBA-1
No, it's a very different amp really, but it does sound great for guitar.
Just not for bass! Horribly farty and flappy above very low volume with anything more than a very low-output bass - which is of course what it was designed for.
Better, but still not really good for bass.
Better still... not sure I've actually played bass through one but it's got a bigger, cleaner tone than the others.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I had a couple of jams with a chap who had one of the Line 6 Spyder guitar combos that he played bass through. My experience of these are that they are 'orrible as guitar amps but as a low level bass amp it was actually better.
On a bigger scale I'm sure Dusty Hill used Marshall guitar heads for bass but through bass cabs. Any amp will work as a make louder device really, it's the speakers that are more important ( IMHO,etc).