Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: moongerm on May 03, 2022, 05:36:57 PM
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Interested to hear if anyone has played their Alembic through this new-ish head by Mesa?
https://www.mesaboogie.com/amplifiers/bass/subway-series/subway-tt-800/index.html
(https://mesa-boogie.imgix.net/media/Amplifiers/Bass/subway-series/tt-800/assets/Subway-TT-800_hero.jpg?fit=crop&crop=top&max-h=600&max-w=1440&q=100)
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Hey there Brian... I'm pretty sure s_wood is running either that, or the new WD-800 Mesa with favorable ratings. Maybe he will chime in with a firsthand.
I personally like the first generation D-800 just fine for my Alembics but have gone back to an F-1X and poweramp rig since the guys keep it in the band truck for me. These days, the D-800 and an earlier WalkAbout are my backups.
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I have the D800+. Love it. Different in that there’s no tube preamp. But great amplifier.
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Thanks guys! My current mindset is selling perhaps one or both of my F1-Xs to fund one of these (Mesa amps) since I haven't used them in years. The WD-800 has good reviews too.
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They've quietly become best sellers, and the accompanying cabs in lighweight construction and Neo drivers are a revelation:
Any of the four D800 variants are around 6 lbs (!) and Mesa offers a 215 bin that weighs 60 lbs (! !), so then I'd have an 800watt rig with 4-15's that weighs less than an Ampeg 810 cabinet alone. One of the heads with a pair of their single 12's would be like moving a guitar rig.
Unreal.
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They've quietly become best sellers, and the accompanying cabs in lighweight construction and Neo drivers are a revelation:
Any of the four D800 variants are around 6 lbs (!) and Mesa offers a 215 bin that weighs 60 lbs (! !), so then I'd have an 800watt rig with 4-15's that weighs less than an Ampeg 810 cabinet alone. One of the heads with a pair of their single 12's would be like moving a guitar rig.
Unreal.
Speaking as someone who used to hump some else's SVT w/2 8X10s, in flight cases, (about 40 years or so ago, when "SVT" meant an SVT, not a 26-lb solid-state thing called an SVT), I find that amazing.
And in this insane world of 8" & 10" speakers being used for bass, mad propz on the 4x15!
Peter
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It is really crazy in a wonderful way. I can carry the single 15 easily in one hand or two with the head slung over my shoulder, and not break a sweat. What a world!
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😃
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I play my Alembics through a Mesa WD 800 into a Subway 210 and 115 and LOVE the sound...and I have an SVT ( yes, the 86lb all tube monster) and 810 fridge, and I don't miss the weight at all.
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I picked up a Subway 115 yesterday at Music Go Round in Wilkes Barre PA, and I was running it off of a TT-800. Loved the Boogie channel, but not the Subway channel, but I didn't spend too much time trying to dial in a sound. I was playing my Modulus Q5, and not my Alembic, but I would think any of the Subway amps would sound fantastic. The head was like new, with the cover for $849. Really nice people, as well.
Regards,
Pete
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Just for giggles yesterday evening, I fired up the Mesa D-800 (first-generation Subway model...) and my two Bag End S15 X-D cabs, and plugged in my Persuader 5-string and the older Series I bass, both with some fresh TI Jazz Rounds. That's a pretty tough sounding rig. And I don't even tweak anything... all tone settings at high noon, just turn it on and turn it up.
I might have to gig that stack again sometime.
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https://www.mesaboogie.com/amplifiers/bass/subway-series/index.html
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https://www.mesaboogie.com/cabinets--simulators/bass-cabinets/subway-series/index.html
After years of bass amps that convinced me I was more than qualified to go to work for a moving and storage company, to read the specs on this stuff is mind-bending. 800 watts in a bag over your shoulder that doesn't weigh much more than a bag of Domino Sugar, and the cabinets weigh How Much ? Amazing how far it's come.