I’ve hooked my player up to speakers before but my speaker isn’t working now and I wondered if an electric guitar amp would work the same as a speaker but I wanted to ask before I tried, don’t want to ruin anything.

A guitar amp is designed to accept an instrument level signal. An ipod or something like that outputs a line level signal, which is much higher than instrument level and could easily damage your amp.

Some smaller amps have a "line in" (sometimes labeled "cd/aux") jack where you could plug in a cd player or ipod. This is usful for practicing along with a song. If you have one of those, plug it in there. If it’s not clearly labeled "line in" or "cd/aux" don’t!

2 Responses to “will a guitar amp work as a speaker on a music player?”

  • aznhippos says:

    no, the electric guitar amp would not work. dont even try it.
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  • LucasMan says:

    A guitar amp is designed to accept an instrument level signal. An ipod or something like that outputs a line level signal, which is much higher than instrument level and could easily damage your amp.

    Some smaller amps have a "line in" (sometimes labeled "cd/aux") jack where you could plug in a cd player or ipod. This is usful for practicing along with a song. If you have one of those, plug it in there. If it’s not clearly labeled "line in" or "cd/aux" don’t!
    References :

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