Not sure if anyone can offer any advice here but I would like to try and run an Alesis SR-16 drum machine through the above head and not sure if this can be done. The head has an effects send and return and I wondered whether there was any way to use this to run the SR-16 through the head whilst I was using a bass in the only input on the head? I should say that I have never used an effects loop either on a guitar amp or a bass head so really don't understand the concept.
I also have a Boss RC-3 loop station which I would also like to use with the amp if that was at all possible.....possibly through the effects loop too? I guess the best option would be to just put the RC-3 in front of the head?
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The same applies to the RC-3, if you want to use that for loops that aren't made by the bass itself, in which case you would need at least three channels on the mixer. If the RC-3 is for bass loops, you can put it in front of the amp.
This amp will certainly handle a drum machine, and any decent bass speaker will at lower volume, so it's not a crazy idea. In fact, I used to use a Trace GP11 AH250 head as a PA power amp through a pair of 1x12" PA cabs, for small gigs - it sounded huge, and having the graphic EQ onboard made it unnecessary to use a dedicated one.
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Given that the RC-3 will work in front of the amp I will just use that and I can just use the very limited and basic drum machine in the RC-3. I use the SR-16 more or less as a metronome when using the bass so the rhythm section on the RC-3 will be fine. The only benefit of the SR-16 over the rhythm on the RC-3 is that the SR-16 steps up/down in BPM and the RC-3 has the dreaded tap tempo which I still can't use!!!! In theory tap tempo is a great idea but in practice.................!
Cheers
Guy
Yes, the RC-3 does have an Aux In, I'd forgotten that. A bit stupid since I own one .
"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
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
Thank you both for your input here, could never have come up with this on my own!!!