jcm 800 bass series??/ guitar through bass amps

[marshall-gibson]

hello gearheads!! got a strange question for you this time..
-have you ever tried playing guitar through a bass amp?!
i played through a Marshall jcm 800 bass series,which is the mk2 for bass 86 model,it's very rare so there is no information on the web,,it sounds great,(50w tube amp ) loud as hell ,very punchy and fat sounding,i used it with it's original bass cabinet.. the only thing keeping me from spending the ca$H and buying it is the fact that it's a bass amp. will a lead series sound better for guitar?(for metal of course)
hope that you could solve this dilemma,, would really like to post my guitar pics out here with a proper amp
thanks for looking !!

 

[Pita Bread]

Bass amps are fine for a bass(y) rhythm tone, but they do not respond to high frequency signals (leads) well. I used to use a Peavey bass amp with my guitar, but it sounded too raspy so I got a Mesa/Boogie.

 

[Indiooo]

If it sounds good, buy it. Some bass amps are notorious for their great tone with guitars. Fender Bassman comes to mind.

 

[USMC0341]

I read this post and decided to plug my new 7 string guitar into my old Crate B150 amp, and it sounds pretty damn good. The highs sound pretty awesome for a bass amp - and as far as the low end - it's thundering, as I would have expected. I'm gonna buy a good guitar amp anyway, but I'm kind of interested in seeing if I could by 1 mid-sized bass amp that would be able to work for both my 7 string guitar and my bass...

 

[Carnage]

Hi,

also own one of these Bass Series amps, mine is 100 watts. It creates thunder! It is very suitable to get an Entombed style guitar sound. I found it to be excellent for guitar but it was too weak to drive my 2x15" EV Mesa/Boogie bass cabinet.....

 

[Clammy]

I use 70s Marshall tube Bass amps for guitar ALL the time, and they sound KILLER!! Especially my 1974 Super Bass into a pair of Marshall 4x12 cabs!

I would suggest using guitar cabinets though, since bass speakers won;t reproduce the higher frequencies.

Cheers!