Quick Bass/Guitar amp question
 

I met a guy who plays the drums.
I play both bass and electric guitar.

We're planning to jam together sometime soon, but I need an amp bigger than my 10W practice amp.

Im mostly going to be playing bass, but I will probably jam with guitar too.

So I found a 50W Rouge bass amp on Musicians friend for $100, this would be perfect (of course I would go down to the local guitar shop and show them the ad and get it even cheaper) for my bass needs, but what about when I play guitar? Can you play guitar through a bass amp?

I can get a 30-60W guitar amp at craigslist.com or ebay and use that for my bass and guitar needs. But it would be nice only paying less than $100, then I can use the extra cash on some new strings & some effect pedals.

Thanks

Hell yeah you can play guitar through a bass amp. Most amps have multiple channels, so you can pre-set one for bass guitar and another one for electric guitar (higher EQ).

The only problem might be if you have a hollow-body electric. The bass amp might encourage feedback on the vibration of the lower strings in a hollow-body.

Generally, using a bass on a guitar amp is a bad idea. From what I know (not much), the lower frequencies associated with the bass can blow out a speaker not designed for it (a guitar amp). Furthermore, 30-60 watt guitar amp usually won't be able to cut through the drummer, especially if he's a loud.
So either save up for a bigger amp, rent, or borrow.

Yes, you can play a guitar through a bass amp. Bass amps are used to amplify keybords or even violins. However it does influence the kind of sound you get. The bass amp will make your guitar sound a tad deeper. The sound will not be as rich as the sound you might from a guitar amp, especially if you use effects. Think of it like this: when you use a normal guitar amp, you'll get CD quality sound (light, crisp) and if you use a bass amp, you'll get LP quality sound (not worse, but a tad deeper).

Some jazz guitar players use bass amps in order to give themselfs a deeper, more jazzy sound, but other then I think that a bass amp for a guitar is suitable for practice and practice only - unless you want to experiment, that is.

go with the bass amp if you need to do both.

I play guitar through a Gallien-Krueger bass amp. Two 10's and 15. I really like the fat sound I get out of it. I can also play bass out of it and they both sound great with the right amount of tweaking. I recommend a bass amp and not a guitar amp if you're going to play both. I also suggest getting something with a bit more power if you're going to play with a drummer. You'll need it. Maxing out a small amp will only make it sound like shit.

Oh, and just to add one more thing to everybody's comments.........Rouge sucks.

Yeah, you can play bass and guitar out of the same amp, although I would have to strongly disagree with purchasing Rogue products, due to their extremely low product life/durability and overall quality. I would save up another 50 bucks and go to the local guitar shop and get yourself a nice used 40+ watt amp. I would suggest the Princeton 65 by Fender, or a midrange Ampeg product. If you wanted to go new at a good price, go with the new Marshall MG series. I am using 2 15 watt amps piggybacked (wired together) for practice, and they sound great. (In case anyone was wondering why I got 2, Sam Ash sent me 2, but I only ordered and paid for one. Their mistake.)

Ok, Ill get some more cash and buy a bigger, better amp.

I went to a guitar shop today, they had a Crate 50w amp that was fairly loud, it was $180.