A bass amp is an amplifier and speaker built for low frequencies, giving the headroom to reproduce deep notes cleanly, from practice combos to stage heads and cabinets.
A bass amp is an amplifier and speaker built for low frequencies, giving the headroom to reproduce deep notes cleanly, from practice combos to stage heads and cabinets.
About Bass Amps
A bass amp is purpose-built for the low frequencies of a bass guitar, with speakers and power sections designed to reproduce deep notes cleanly at volume. Standard guitar amps struggle with the low end a bass produces, so a dedicated bass amplifier delivers tighter response, more headroom and a fuller sound, whether you are practising at home or holding down the groove on stage.
The range spans compact practice combos like the Artist BA15 and JOYO's rechargeable and battery-powered models through to serious stage rigs: Hartke HyDrive combos from 15W to 500W with the LX5500 head and matching HyDrive bass cabinets, Peavey's MAX series combos and MiniMAX V2 600W head, JOYO's banTamP BadASS hybrid tube head, and the Bluetooth-equipped NUX Mighty Bass 50BT. Pair a head with one of our speaker cabinets, browse the full guitar amps range, find your next bass guitar, or see everything from Hartke.
At low practice volumes you can get away with it, but guitar speakers are not built for deep bass frequencies and can be damaged when pushed. A bass amp reproduces the low end cleanly and safely at any volume.
For home practice, 15W to 50W is plenty. To keep up with a drummer at rehearsals and gigs, look at 100W and above, and for larger stages a head and cabinet rig such as a 500W Hartke HyDrive gives you the headroom to stay clean.
A bass combo amp houses the amplifier and speaker in one cabinet, which keeps things simple and portable for practice and smaller gigs. A bass amp head pairs with a separate speaker cabinet, letting you mix and match power and speaker configurations as your needs grow.