What amps do you find go well with your Alembic

[David Houck]

Karl; there have been a number of previous threads mentioning Phil Jones equipment, you might want to run a search and see if any are helpful.  I did glance at one where a fellow club member gives a review of the suitcase.

[j_gary]

Hi Karl,
       Just a heads up if you are looking for a nice portable bass amp. I spent considerable time and effort flying anything I could get my hands on until I came upon a little Mesa Boogie Walkabout Scout. Every other rig was either weak kneed or too big to be considered portable. This little baby, (stick with the 12 model, the 15 becomes a big amp) not only has a great sound, it is amazing how much air she can move=volume. They are pricey but I feel she was worth every penny. They are built like a tank but easy to lift and use. I use either a double cab Trace or a SVT/810 rig at the bar. On occasion I've taken the little sucker in and used it for the first set or two, just to confuse and amaze the crew. Once the blood alcohol level reaches knuckle dragging level among the minions, then I have to jump to the heavy artillery.  
 
BTW, the Alembic girls seem to love the little lady.

[jseitang]

i find that a stereo walter woods amp goes real well with my series II custom

[jazzyvee]

I still use my tried and tested Mesa Boogie 300w walkabout, an SF-2 powering a 2x10 and 1x15 powerhouse cabinets.  I recently got an Europa 5 and restrung it from E to C, back to B to G and the low B is powerful clean and heavy. Thats with everything from Dub Reggae to Crispy Marcus Miller tones. The Mesa Boogie rig is enough for me.  
Jazzyvee

[811952]

I heard a guy playing through a tiny Acoustic Image bass amp Friday night.  It was a relatively quiet 4-piece jazz gig, and the bass sounded great.  Plenty of deep bass and plenty of nice upper-mids.  It was also plenty loud.  The amp appeared to have a down-firing 10 and a front-loaded mid/tweeter.  The whole thing fit in a 12 tom tom drum bag when the gig was over the bass player carried all his stuff out the door in one trip.  I think the player's name was Norm Damschroeder (or something similar), and I believe he also teaches bass at the University of Toledo.
John

[David Houck]

I just looked at the Acoustic Image site.  Pretty interesting little combos.

[guineapig]

Well, I just got my first Alembic this weekend (Spoiler 4 string) and it sounds amazing through my Eden WT600 which I use with a 210XLT or 410XLT cab.  Actually, the Eden can make a lot of basses sound good.  For the Spoiler it seems to work best with everything on the EQ flat and just a little of the wonderfull Eden Enhance knob.  Anyway, I've never heard a bass sound that I was more pleased with as this Eden-Alembic combination.

[bassplayer2106]

I was watching a Mark King DVD the other day.
He was using his Alembic through an Eden rig - it sounded excellent.

[jacko]

Kevin, what DVD is that. I have the Guaranteed live video from the 80's where he's using two alembics through a Trace Elliot rig and sounds superb but I'd be keen to get hold of something more recent. I'd thought he'd given up playing Alembics due to the weight - every pic I've seen recently shows him with his Status Kingbass.
 
graeme

[bassplayer2106]

It's the Live on the Isle of Wight DVD.
I got it off the Level 42 website www.level42.com
There's quite a selection of live albums on there - on most of them as you say he's playing his Kingbass.
If you buy it off there he signs it as well.

[jetbass79]

Last night I recorded at a really nice studio here in Portland, OR with my SVT and my Alembic and the engineer said it was biggest bass sound he'd ever heard in 18 years of engineering...too bad the project blew up before it got off the ground because the head of the project omitted many key things...like not telling us that all the songs were going to be completely rearranged and everything we had worked on was now worthless...and then we were going to make an album in 36 hours...ludicrous...but funny...

[jacko]

Thanks for that Kevin, looks like the credit card is going to take a hit.
 
Graeme

[gtrguy]

Hey Jetbass,
 
I am curious how many Alembic players live here in Portland, OR (me too)? I know there aren't any Alembic dealers around anymore in our fair city.
 
Bye,
Dave

[jetbass79]

Portland Music is the only one, I believe...and I didn't get mine from them as odd as that is...

[howierd]

Has anyone ever used any Behringer equipment? They have some inexpensive 410 cabs and power amps but I've never heard any of them. Are they any good, dependable etc.  
Howierd