[font=trebuchet ms]A rule of thumb (that's a bass-player pun) is that you need 5 to 10 times as much power as you would for guitar. Bass rigs with over 1000 Watts :eek: are not rare.

The good news is that a guitar amp will do just fine, as long as your speakers are up to it. Case in point: the Ampeg V4 guitar head and the V4B bass head are identical except for the fact that the V4B does not have the reverb that is built into the V4. Both amps have the same circuitry, including the tone stacks, and can be used for either bass or guitar. Another example is the Fender Bassman amps that were used by more guitar players than bass players.[/font]