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Title: Anyone know the dimensions of the old Alembic 12" cabinets?
Post by: edwin on August 24, 2013, 11:04:45 PM

Hi all! I've been revamping my rig, going backwards, if you will. Currently, it's a Showman into a Sunn 200S and I've added a Bandmaster to two K120s in Thiele cabs for the treble pickups when running in stereo. However, I've had this ancient Bag End double 12 cab sitting in my basement for decades and it occurs to me that it might a good cab for the treble pickup. the internal volume for each 12 seems to be 14x18x20.
 
So, I'm curious what the old Alembic/Hard Trucker cabs might have been.
 
Here's what it looks like right now:
 
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/449/172545.jpg)

Title: Anyone know the dimensions of the old Alembic 12" cabinets?
Post by: sonicus on August 24, 2013, 11:43:55 PM

Hey there Edwin ,  
 Well you are in luck with your request  for these cabinet dimensions  !  I have Both Single and Double cabs here to measure !    The Double is an original GD Wall of sound  cab as I have been told . I have 2 singles that have lived in my  one of my stereo systems for 2 decades (loaded with Gauss 2840's) .   Singles are 20 deep  22  1/2  Tall  & 18wide
 
    The double twelve is 24 deep 28 tall 19wide  (loaded with JBL k120's) , It is a beast !  
and the Single 18  ( loaded with Gauss  4880)  (It can part hair @ 10 feet )  is even more of a beast !!!!!   LOL ____

Title: Anyone know the dimensions of the old Alembic 12" cabinets?
Post by: edwin on August 25, 2013, 02:57:33 PM

Thanks! How does the double twelve sound for bass? Yours sounds similar to mine.
 
I've got to figure out if I can actually get the thing in my car! The two Joe's cabs are pretty ergonomic.

Title: Anyone know the dimensions of the old Alembic 12" cabinets?
Post by: sonicus on August 25, 2013, 05:24:03 PM

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(Message edited by sonicus on August 25, 2013)

Title: Anyone know the dimensions of the old Alembic 12" cabinets?
Post by: sonicus on August 25, 2013, 05:24:50 PM

HI Edwin,      
                When I first received this Double 12,  I tested it with a Series I  in mono  mode with both bridge and neck pickups next I tested it with just the bridge pickup. In my opinion  if you do not push the SPL and transients peaks it is suitable for stereo playing with a Series instrument.   Nice definition in the higher spectrum and nice lower and upper midrange character (growl) . But I would be very cautious about pushing the lows. It sounds really nice with guitar full range . The 2 k140's in mine are 8 ohms each , I have them wired parallel to make a 4 ohm load.

Title: Anyone know the dimensions of the old Alembic 12" cabinets?
Post by: peoplechipper on August 26, 2013, 10:39:33 PM

That is such a cool old school rig! way cooler than my Acoustic 370/Gallien-Krueger/Verlage stack(60's-70's-80's) rig...nice job! probably sounds warm as a wood stove...
Tony