[reptar]

I'm sure everyone's heard that you shouldn't put synths through a guitar amp because it'll explode instantly due to the frequencies/signal level/impedance (delete as appropriate) of the synth. Personally I've run synths and organs through guitar amps a few times for the dirty tone you get from it and just left the volume down low. Nothing exploded. I also have mixed a band that have been running a DX-7 through a solid state guitar amp live for years and had no problems.

What I'm thinking at the moment is that I might get an Orange Tiny Terror combo to run my synths (MEK & V-Synth) through in the studio for dirt and on stage for loudness and fun. Before anyone says it, I know I'll lose the bottom end and a fair chunk of the top, that's one of the reasons I'm doing this. I run through an Eventide Timefactor all the time, this has switches for guitar or line level on the ins and outs, if I leave the input on line and switch the output to guitar it should solve any level and impedance issues yes? Also the Timefactor with the feedback up is capable of putting out some big lows, if it's safe to run this into a guitar amp with a guitar on the input there's no reason it shouldn't be fine with a synth either is there?

Anyway, I'd like to hear from anyone who's actually blown up a guitar amp with a synth or bass (or delay pedal), or if it's just a thing made up by guitar players to explain forces they can't understand. Anyone who knows a lot about amps and might be able to explain how things could go wrong and whether this is just a tube amp thing that would be great too. From what I understand it's due to the amp trying to get the speaker cone to extend further than it's designed to, wht that be a fair summary?

thanks a lot, Morgan