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lbpesq

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #30 on: March 13, 2006, 07:28:59 AM »
Two rock or not two rock, that is the question!  Nice looking head - serious without all the gee gaws.  Rock out, that is the answer!  Enjoy it, Pat.
 
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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #31 on: March 13, 2006, 07:59:13 AM »
Yum - sweet Two-Rock goodness!
 
I've been very interested in the CR Artist - nice price compared to the Signature. How's the reverb? I understand they have changed it.
 
Hope we get a full report of how your Alembic sounds through that baby.
 
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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #32 on: March 13, 2006, 10:33:21 AM »
The speaker configuration right now is a 4x10 with jensen alnicos, but soon i should be getting the 1x12 matching cab with a eminence/two rock speaker. its a 100 watt speaker so it should be good. its pretty simple, although you can dial in super complex tones, its easy to get any good sound. the artist and sig are much much closer to each other now than when they first made them. they use the same parts, but they only do a few extra things for the sig. the reverb is super lush, like a fender reverb, but clearer is how i can think of it. it goes from very subtle to super surf style. just need to set it carefully with the gain controll or else it will really echo! i think im going to get a 4x10 cab with tone tubbies, and sell my mesa combo with the jensens,if anyone wants it,ill let it go for a grand. but i think the 1x12 and a 4x10 will rock, and mabee a sig cab 2x12.purely awsome!

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #33 on: March 13, 2006, 05:42:20 PM »

lbpesq

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #34 on: March 13, 2006, 06:21:41 PM »
PRS CE24, right?  Don't you just hate the rotary pickup switch?  What were they thinking!!!???  I was just about to get mine modified when I bought my first Alembic, an '83 Electrum.  Funny how I never got around to modding the PRS.
 
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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #35 on: March 13, 2006, 06:26:24 PM »
yeah the rotary can be a pain, i think im gunna get a 3 way with a tap.

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #36 on: March 14, 2006, 05:21:10 AM »
Nice, Pat!

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #37 on: March 14, 2006, 06:42:08 PM »
i was playing her today, and i just though, this sucker is louder than balls!

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #38 on: March 18, 2006, 12:23:46 AM »
Has anyone tried the Sheldon brand of hand made guitar amps with their Alembic guitars?
 
If so whats the verdict?
Jazzyvee
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jaysimon

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #39 on: March 22, 2006, 04:36:11 PM »
Has anyone tried the mesa lonestar with 4 10s with their alembic?
For that matter, does anyone play through a traynor amp with their alembic? Any experiences?

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #40 on: March 22, 2006, 05:03:40 PM »

 
Heres my Mesa Studio Pre, 2:90 power amp, and EV cabs...... probably as close to boutique as I care to get...

tom_z

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #41 on: March 22, 2006, 07:00:44 PM »
Jason - I play my Skylark through a Mesa Lonestar 1x12. I would think a 4x10 would kick a**! Both the Skylark and Lonestar are really versatile, so it takes a little bit of effort to dial them in - but once they're dialed in the tone is amazing. My sense of the Lonestar is it's a great old school Fender on steroids. With 4 10s it could definitely get that black face Super Reverb tone.
 
Tom
 
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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #42 on: March 22, 2006, 07:08:00 PM »
Tom- Thanks, I've tried the 1x12 and it was quite the amplifier, and I can imagine the 4 10s would make it that much more enjoyable. Thanks for the help..

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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #43 on: March 22, 2006, 08:02:37 PM »
I've been considering having the folks over at A Brown Soun build me a 2x12 cab with Tone Tubbys - but now you've got me thinking 4x10 might be nice instead.
 
As for the Lonestar, the 1x12 is incredibly flexible - so much so that I'm holding off on picking up a really great 60s Bandmaster (new caps and tubes and a vintage Fender transformer - the thing sounds incredible) at a bargain price because it would seem redundant.
 
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Re: Alembic Guitarists... What amp are you playing through?
« Reply #44 on: March 23, 2006, 12:04:51 AM »
Tom
 
Grab the Fender.  You ever try going stereo?  I've been messing with my Boogie Mark III and a Riviera era Princeton Reverb II together.  A VERY full sound.  
 
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