Fat boys or SF-2 Super Filter

[Bassman8416]

Sound advice Wolf. Thank you!!

[sonicus]

Craig , local sales , craigslist and the such are good sources to keep the nets out to find that keeper deal . There are always folks that have a used  honest deal  that are not profit motivated where either they  will sell for what they purchased for or the instrument is one that they want to thin out the herd with for another purchase.  Happy  Series  fishing !   Keep looking twice a day  at your resources and soon one will just jump towards you _____.

[hammer]

And, if you don't already (and I may just be stating the obvious) check the topic board DAILY and post what you want/need/just can't live without in the Wanted and Wishing section.
 
I've purchased 2 of the 3 Alembic's I own and both an SF-2 and F1-X in that fashion (as a lot of others also have done). In all cases people contacted me to let me know they were interested in selling something i wanted (my 6-String 96 Europa) or saw that someone else was selling an item in which I was interested (An SC Signature Deluxe - Thanks again Jazzyvee).
 
The regulars here set fair prices, are great with providing honest descriptions of their gear, and at least in some cases, have a heck of a lot more musical gear to sell that they have accumulated over the years than I will ever own.

[sonicus]

I have made  three  exemplary purchases  ( rack electronics , DS5 power supplies ) here at the Alembic Club . All legit , fairly priced , well packed for shipping  and purchased from really nice sincere folks .

[Bassman8416]

The reality is I am probably a year or two away from buying a Series bass. I am very happy with the Spoiler for now, being I have to live within my means. So now my main focus is learning how to use the SF-2. Perhaps selling the Eden WT800C and the 810 cab. I am open to suggestions. Really looking for the 70's Phil sound. I love the 73 and 74 era's but also dig the later 70's.
 
(Message edited by bassman8416 on November 01, 2014)
 
(Message edited by bassman8416 on November 01, 2014)

[sonicus]

I went through a long period where I used a variety of Wall of sound type cabinets  of infinite baffle design ranging from the Birch plywood Alembic A-15's& Bag End and even an actual wall of sound left over 15 cab loaded  with JBL D140's and K140's and eventually the GAUSS 4580 15 speakers . I first purchased my Alembic A-15's in the mid 1970's , those now reside in my studio as part of my PA system. There is a thread somewhere here  on this site where I did a comparative  shoot out with a frequency generator and an RTA ( real time analyzer) and my ears. The GAUSS 4580 held out the best on the bottom but the JBL K140 had a sweet sound but did not GROWL like the GAUSS 4580 . I settled for the GROWL  at the time . .  I still have my stack of birch cabinets and even picked up a rare Alembic A-18 in the early 1990's loaded with and 18 GAUSS that now resides in my studio serving as a speaker for my Roland midi drum kit . Currently I am using a variety of 4X10 and 2X10 Mesa   Road Ready cabs with EV 10's .  I also have lately acquired Three SWR Goliath III  JR cabs  dirt cheep with damaged original drivers that I replaced the speakers with  new old stock EV10's.  Those cabs are the easy ones to take to a jam !   The 15 Birch Infinite baffle cabs that Phil Lesh had in the  Wall of Sound  were the largest of the variations of those that I mention of the 15  above. Those are NOT the easiest to move from a perspective of logistics ! I take my hat off to  the folks on the Grateful Dead road crew that moved that mammoth of a rig . I was in good fortune to have experienced that rig several times.