connecting a laptop to my amp

aviv_a · 03-08-2016, 07:42 AM

I just plugged my laptop to my guitar amplifier (an ordinary one) 'cause my speakers don't work.
My question is: Can it be bad to the amplifier somehow, you know like plugging a bass guitar to it?

Key · 03-08-2016, 11:47 AM

Just buy speakers like a normal person.

Zitterbart · 05-09-2016, 06:53 AM

Very probably yes!! Line levels are usually higher than guitar/instrument levels. So you should not plug your laptop into your amp unless you are completely sure what you are doing.

mrsvend3245 · 03-04-2017, 10:40 AM

Actually not. A guitar amp wont be hurt by running a computer through it. Its really the sound that comes out will be somewhat distorted/filtered.

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Zitterbart Groupie Join Date: May 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 22	Very probably yes!! Line levels are usually higher than guitar/instrument levels. So you should not plug your laptop into your amp unless you are completely sure what you are doing. __________________ Turtles are fast. Turtles are dangerous!

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mrsvend3245 Groupie Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 32	Actually not. A guitar amp wont be hurt by running a computer through it. Its really the sound that comes out will be somewhat distorted/filtered.