Drum Equipment

Buy a Bass Amp for your Drum Practise Room

Last updated on September 10, 2009 at 7:42 pm

If you have a practise room with just a drum kit, why not buy a bass amp to open up many possibilities?

Uses for the bass amp

  1. Hook up your iPod, hifi, mp3 player or laptop and jam along to your favourite music.
  2. You could also practise along to some free lesson mp3’s found here on learndrumsforfree.com.
  3. Use it to play along to grade exam pieces and exercises.
  4. Play along to CDs found in drum books and magazines.
  5. Hook up a metranome to it.
  6. Invite a bass player round for a jam session or to privately work on the rhythm section parts for your band between rehearsals.
  7. You have a backup bass amp for emergencies such as if your bass player blows up his amp at band practise before a gig (this can happen!).
  8. Amplify your drum triggers, electronic drums, sampler, sound module or other midi device.

There are probably many more uses for a drummer buying a bass amp, but I hope this short list has persuaded you enough to go out and buy one. Although the sound quality would be better over a PA, a bass amp is versatile and can give a good enough sound for practising to. It doesn’t have to be spectacular and you can get good second hand bass amps with plenty of watts (needed for loudness) from about £100 to £500.

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