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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Fun Stories => Topic started by: Picure on December 01, 2022, 06:17:42 PM
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My setup tonight. Sandberg VM4/Zon Sonus 5 into SF2 then into F2B channel A. Moog Sub37 straight into F2B channel B. Pure bliss :D
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Great that you found a good setup of your SF-2 and F-2B .
Have you tried using the SF-2 as a preamp on it's own without the F2-B?
I did that for around 2 years until the covid lockdown and got a wonderful smooth and warm sounding bottom end. Set the unit into mono, and take the output from the B output and you get both SF-2 channels to eq your bass.
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What's the difference between the two ? There was an F-2B on GC Used that lasted a day, at most.
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The F-2B is a stereo preamp while the SF-2 is a filter that can be used stereo or mono. Think of the SF-2 as super Series electronics in a box. The SF-2 has an internal switch that can set it to boost the signal by about 10 db, IIRC, so it can be used as a preamp, too. While I’ve never tried this for guitar, I would expect the adjustability of the SF-2 as a preamp to be somewhat limited compared to the F-2B.
Bill, tgo
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The SF2 has a triple jumper setting that can provide unity, 20db, and some other higher amount of gain (I forget what). It is normally set to 20db and works quite well as a stand alone unit in front of an amp.
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I just used it as it is and plugged right in the front when using stand alone and it was fine.
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Great that you found a good setup of your SF-2 and F-2B .
Have you tried using the SF-2 as a preamp on it's own without the F2-B?
I did that for around 2 years until the covid lockdown and got a wonderful smooth and warm sounding bottom end. Set the unit into mono, and take the output from the B output and you get both SF-2 channels to eq your bass.
Not yet, but im looking to try it for some other up coming shows!
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The F-2B is a stereo preamp while the SF-2 is a filter that can be used stereo or mono. Think of the SF-2 as super Series electronics in a box. The SF-2 has an internal switch that can set it to boost the signal by about 10 db, IIRC, so it can be used as a preamp, too. While I’ve never tried this for guitar, I would expect the adjustability of the SF-2 as a preamp to be somewhat limited compared to the F-2B.
Bill, tgo
I had no idea the SF2 has internal controls ??? I dont remember seeing it in the manual. I guess its time to get the screwdriver out ::)