How To Connect Two Guitar Amps Together

How To Connect Two Guitar Amps Together
Written By
Ezekiel James
Ezekiel James
Published: Jan 25, 2010
Updated: Feb 23, 2021
1 minute read

Getting the right electric guitar tone is a hobby for some and a lifelong obsession for many. It requires the ability to experiment with a wide range of guitar amplifier settings. Connecting two guitar amps together is a technique that many veteran guitar players use to expand their sound. This technique allows you the ability to use two different-sounding amplifiers to create a fuller guitar tone.

Things You'll Need:

Things You Will Need

  • ¼-Inch Instrument Cables (Three)
  • Y-Cable
  • Two Guitar Amplifiers
  • ¼-Inch Male-To-Male Instrument Cable Adaptor
  • Buy a Y-cable with ¼-inch male end and two ¼-inch female ends. You can purchase these cables anywhere music instruments or audio connectors and adaptors are sold.

    Connect a ¼-inch instrument cable into each amplifiers ¼-inch input jack.

    Connect the ¼-inch instrument cables from each amp into a ¼-inch female end of the Y-cable.

    Connect a ¼-inch instrument cable to your guitar's input jack, then connect the other end of the instrument cable. Then connect the other end of the instrument cable into the male-to-male ¼-inch adaptor.

    Connect the male end of the Y-cable to the available end of the male-to-male ¼-inch adaptor, set the volume knobs on the amplifiers to one or two, then turn on your amplifier to test.

    Ezekiel James

    Ezekiel James began as a music writer in 2003. Since then, James has served as a writer for several music, technology and design publications. His work has been published on eHow, TechAxcess.com and in print for the "The Potrero View" and…

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