General Question about Series Basses

[rbassman]

Hello everyone,
 
i used to post here a few years ago, and now i have a dumb question sort of.
 
Were the series basses originally designed for their best overall sound quality to be played through tube amps?  I noticed a marked difference in how that instrument responds and the overall tone seems more even coming out of the old tube amps- like the classic svt.  some of my old lp's with series bass sounds were much different than today's solid state, crispy, over sterilized, bass amp sounds- jmo, no offense to anyone.  The series bass is ALOT more punchy with lots of spikes as compared to a miked tube amp, which seems to me brings out a much more warm even tone (old school alembic sound).

[rbassman]

the only series bass that i know of that i have heard how the sound changed over the years from a tube to transistors were Stanley Clarke's bass sound.  For example, the return to forever years i assume was the series sound from a miked tube amp, then around '82 - '84, it sounded more crisp with much higher highs and lots of dynamics, spikes, and harmonics coming out big time, assuming solid state electronics and direct plug into the sound board.

[bluplirst]

Back then, tube amps were more commonly used.  The fact that Alembic makes tube preamps should answer your question.  Nothing sounds better than a Series through an F-1x!

[lembic76450]

Except one through an F2-B