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    Hi folks,
    I think it has been discussed before somewhere but I´d like to know if some of you are using a bass-amplifier with your guitar.
    Genzler makes cool stuff and I saw this one: Genzler Kinetix 800. Tons of clean headroom and tubes included.
    I just dont know if the EQ is in the "right places" for guitar.

    Best,
    lapideus

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    I've been using an Acoustic Image Focus 1 (Series II) head -- which was designed/marketed as a bass amp -- for guitar, I'm very happy with it. But tbh I almost never touch the EQ when using it for guitar; I leave every knob in the noon position, just turn the hi-pass filter up a bit, and it sounds lovely through an old Altec-Lansing 12" driver in a Flite Sound cabinet.

    I also own a tc electronics BQ500 bass head which several folks on this site have claimed makes an excellent guitar amp, but I've never tried it for that purpose (yet).

    The Polytone MiniBrute III that I've owned since 1980 was originally purchased because I needed something that would work for bass, so to my mind that's a bass amp...but obviously they work great for jazz guitar also.