New wave

If you've come across the Ibanez SW bass amps, you'd know they are some of the best value-for-money products out there- a respectable performer beyond brand name excess.

This year, the manufacturer added some features which are useful for us players as these are the common effects we'd invest in pedal form so the integration into the amp is much appreciated, especially the distortion & envelope filter.

Guitar + bass amp...

I was too attached to my bass for the whole of last week so it got me thinking, why the attraction? Could it be the bass per se or could it be the amp? So for the thrill of it, I plugged my guitar into my bass practice amp, an Ibanez SW20.

There wasn't any specific reason why the SOH/ TS7 pedals were used here, they were within reach so they attachment was convenient. Unlike the average, entry-level, solidstate guitar amp, the bass amp exudes a certain warmth which might be due to the difference in frequency focus- almost tube-like, dare I say. So what started out to be a simply curiosity feed turned into 2 hours of play time. So I guess there was a certain tonal charm when the guitar dweebs back then plugged their guitars into Fender's Bassman amp.