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I also recommend using a bass amp rather than regular speakers for live use and for practice.
Firstly the amplifiers used for regular speakers are typically not designed for constant low frequency output at high volume. Bass amps are designed for this sort of use. Secondly, electric guitar and bass amps intentionally introduce certain distortions, which adds to the tone and character of the sound. Using say a hifi amp for an electric or bass guitar will instead sound thin and yuck. In short, use a bass amp (or a pedal board like a digitech or Zoom at the very least).
[For recording the requirements are slightly different, and there can be some advantages to going from a guitar to a DI box to a recording device. Even then my preference for elec guitar and bass would normally be to mic the amp rather than run direct to PC.]
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