HOG tracks bass well IMO

There is a dry output

rejoice!

You’d think so, but an amp with a good cab works wonderfully with a HOG. I have a Bassman 135 with a homemade cab with two 12″ Texas Heats. It rules.

I don’t know if EHX would have one with split outs, it already has so many features. But I would imagine a crossover would be nice with it.

I did suggest a super HOG here though, and EH staff member Rick replied: http://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/92/
add any suggestions you might have

I don’t think it would be difficult for them to do.

As for desired results, it largely depends on your cabinet. Ampegs you usually run what: an 8×10 or a 1×15 or bigger and a 4×10? That’d handle the HOG fine. Now if you’re going through a single 15″ or wider speaker, I could see problems (though some 15″ speakers are surprisingly bright)

On a guitar cabinet, you’d probably get the best results with a 4×12, but a 4×10, 2×12, or 2×10 would all work fine.

The reason bass amps are much higher wattage is because all speakers don’t have as good as response in the lowest bass octave as they do in the lowest guitar octave. That doesn’t mean a guitar amp at 100 watts won’t have enough response for the bass frequency of the HOG. Now you wouldn’t want to use it to imitate bass through a guitar amp in a 3+ piece band, because you wouldn’t get the kind of response you desire as a bassist, but for recording or for a 2 piece or for just fattening up riffs while the bassist does something else- it’s got the right response and it will stand out. A good thing to remember about speakers is that octaves and harmonics don’t really clash with each other, so they aren’t going to give you a screwy response. You aren’t going to hear beats or tearing speaker sound (though you can if you want with the pitch bends.)

As for crossovers- you don’t really need them, but you can use them to really fine tune your frequency response, and to handle more complex signals better. Especially when you mix in percussion.

But even with a looper and the HOG it’s hard to hit the speaker cab with something too complex for it.

On some 15″ bass speakers, I could see a problem in a lot of the highs being kind of hushed, but a lot of bassists who use 15″ speakers usually also have 10″s because rock and funk bassists need highs just as much as guitarists (jazz bassists not necessarily, but they be weird)

Yeah, bass amps are often used by keyboard players, because they have such a wide frequency response. Hell, I used to play guitar out of my bass amp. Sounded fine.

Sometimes, I do this: guitar > Micro POG (also has a dry out) and then run the dry into other pedals, then guitar amp, and the effect into the bass amp.