What amplification system are you using with your Alembic?

[dnburgess]

Bassicthing - how do you like the Boss CE1? How does it compare to the CE5? Have you checked out other Chorus units?

[bracheen]

OK prepare to be amazed.  
 
I use a Hartke B15 combo.  That's 15 watts of raw power bursting through a single eight inch speaker.  Yeah, I can hear the gasps of astonishment now.
The best part is it's a sound that's easily replicated through earphones.

[mattheus]

Mmmm, if I could only get those B15 combo's to fit in my ears.....  ; )

[jazzyvee]

I went through virtually all the amps and cabs in the music stores in the city where i live and found that the only one that made my SC Deluxe sing like i wanted it to was the Mesa Boogie. Not needing hundreds of watts of raw power since most of my gigs are backline and PA or small jazz clubs.  
 
I went for a complete Mesa rig of the 300w Walkabout head, 2x10 and 1x15 powerhouse range of cabs the sound is as clear and crisp and as mellow as I want and important to me.. no distortion. I used to use a bit of compression but now I just plug straight in and control the dynamics myself. The sound engineer can sort out front of house.  Saying that I'd love to try it with an 18 bass bin just the once... :-)
 
 For practice at home or the odd living room rehearsal session i have a peavey microbass which is real nice.

[siggytx]

I ended up picking up a TL Audio Ivory series 5051 tubed preamp with a fast compress, selectible frequency eq, and input levels for the series 1 bass I play and it runs thru a mackie 1400 power amp to a Acme 2x10 low b cabnet and again I'm blown away buy the warm clear deep punchy bass sound I am getting. Then I plugged my 62 fretless jazz bass into it and wow. I really like this preamp and the way it's layed out.

[captain_jan]

I used to have a Trace Elliot AH500X with three cabinets but after buying the Swedish EBS amp with 800W and six 10 inch speakers I'd say that's it! That really kicks your bottom and the clarity and quality of the sound is unbelievable! (you know, it's not only nice blonds that come from Sweden..!) I highly recommend this amp if some of you ever happen to have a chance to try one.

[locutusofborg10]

i'm currently using a swr 2004 and an old acoustic 370 heads.  i have a peavey 1/15 and a peavey 4/10 botttoms.  i run the swr thru the 1/15 for the lows and the acoustic thru the 4/10 for the highs.  i use a morley ab footswitch so i can get any combination of the two.  i have an epic 4 and use no other effects.  this set-up, while not state of the art, sounds incredible.  i guess it has to do with the bass.  i can get almost any tone i need.  the set-up was cheap and works great.  it seems the swr, in particular, is a great fit for my bass.

[bbe1020]

I don't know if anyone has seen the new offerings by BOSE, but it looks like the ideal solution to the portability/weight issue...although its cost may pose yet another issue...Check it out @ www.BOSE.com

[xlrogue6]

My big rig consists of a Demeter HBP-1, an SF2, a BBE 461, a Rane DC24 and a Crown PowerBase 2, into a Pacific 15 Thiele cab with a Fane Colossus 15 for the low end, and an Ampeg SVT 410HE for the top end.
 
My combo amp is now a Boogie Scout, which is *almost* loud enough to make me get rid of the big rig.  In fact, it's loud enough to cover any situation that doesn't dictate earplugs.

[bbe1020]

MICA, can either you or your dad comment about the BOSE single/double bass system being used with a series bass. I spoke with Jerry from BOSE and he said that it provides 180 degrees of FULL coverage. Ultimate combination? ALEMBIC series bass & BOSE?  

[willie]

my rig is a korg digital tuner, alembic f1-x preamp, alembic sf-2 superfilter, dbx 160a compressor, aphex 104 aural exciter, 2 crown power
base 3 amplfiers, art sgx nightbass for effects,
2 eden xlt 410 cabinets and 2 1x15 cabinets with
jbl e-140 & e145 drivers.could easily level the place with this setup. also a swr super redhead for practice but it seems a little small after playing the big stuff

[mica]

Haven't ever heard the BOSE stuff. A monitorless system where the band and the audience hear the same thing is familiar to us though.

[palembic]

Willie ..welcome.
 
Hahaaaaaa trying to sneak in silently he!  
Got you brother!!!
What you descibe is a MONSTER-RIG ...manman ...we have to call David the loud one here!
So may I ask you to climb into your pocket clickon camera and plaese provide us somw pictures in th eappropriate departement. Id' really love to know how you put everything together!
 
Paul the bad one

[jean9string]

okay, I'll sneak in too.
 
I have a fx-1, stewart 2.1 poweramp, into an accugroove el whappo and whappo grande (21 sub). I use a Boss GT-3 to boost the input into the stewart / el whappo and add some color (chorus, slight reverb).  
 
Probably not quite as loud as Willie's 2 amp set-up, but if turn up the 21 sub and hit an open note on my low f# string (20hz), I can make you all sterile. That's BASS! ;-)

[willie]

paul
a monster it is. only problem is finding people to
help move it. but it sounds great. plug in my europa and crank it up a little and its a religous
experience. for some reason the U.S. geological
survey people keep showing up at my door whenever
i play through it, something about the a 7.6 tremor on the richter scale. i'll have to figure out how to get some pictures into this site, i've read stuff on it before but today is the first time posting anything, but i figured i'd start, been playing alembic's since 1982