Author Topic: I played my Alembic through a big amp for the 1st time (Read 624 times)

that_sustain · « **on:** January 01, 2013, 06:49:41 AM »

I jammed the funk with some friends last night. Felt great! My dude let me play through his Fender Bassman 400(a particularly nice 400w 2x10 combo amp). Honestly, it sounded like a million bucks.

edwin · « **Reply #1 on:** January 02, 2013, 05:38:35 PM »

OK, now the bug has bitten you! Time to get an F1X, a bigass power amp and a fEARful cabinet and you'll know what your Alembic can really do.

jazzyvee · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2013, 07:40:51 PM »

Read in the style of Crocodile Dundee.
that's not a big amp............this is a big amp.

http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/115515.html?1319739451

http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/rack2.jpg
haha.

I Jest.... but Daniel, it is a great feeling when you plug your alembic into the right rig for the first time and you hear that bass breath tone.

I remember spending weeks looking for the right rig for my bass and got the biggest smile when plugging mine into a mesa boogie walkabout 300w and a mesa boogie 2x10 powerhouse cab. It was out of my budget at the time but I was so taken with the sound I had to extend the upper limit and grab it.

Jazzyvee

tncaveman · « **Reply #3 on:** January 03, 2013, 04:46:15 AM »

I play either in the basement or at church, so I usually don't get into big volume. However, we did a talent show / fundraiser at church one time and I played w/ my GK Microbass and 12 cab plus my 4x10 GK cab. WOW - sounded like a million bucks. The room was about the size of a basketball court and has about a 25 ft tall ceiling. Never heard my Rogue sound so good. My amp is rated at 150 watts (I think into 4 ohms) and only had the volume knobs at about 12 o'clock. Made me wonder what a real amp would be like.

Stephen

that_sustain · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2013, 05:24:02 AM »

Sigh...I have to wait about a year and a half before I can take the big watt plunge. Whatever I get will have to have that little tweeter. Slap bass sounds so much better with that...

You guys aren't helping. lol

alembic76407 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 03, 2013, 10:44:55 AM »

my first big amp

big amp's are fun, but back breaking

charles_holmes · « **Reply #6 on:** January 03, 2013, 05:13:45 PM »

Now that was a funny one right there I'll tell you David!!! Ah thank you..Thank you very much!

tncaveman · « **Reply #7 on:** January 04, 2013, 05:10:20 AM »

Hey David - Are those homemade EV 15-B cabinets? I made one with the plans that came with the speaker and still use it w/ my 4x10 GK cab. It was really fun building in in my parents basement. I need to post some photos of it. I actually built mine w/ ash veneered particle board. It's a back breaker for sure - can't imigine toting around 6 of them though!

Stephen

alembic76407 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 04, 2013, 10:07:14 AM »

Stephen, yes they are EV 15 cabs and we built all of them. the 2 green cabs are all I have left, I use them in our practice room with my Boogie 400+. on Stage I use a 4-10 bottom with my Genz-Benz 6.0

David T

mavnet · « **Reply #9 on:** January 04, 2013, 02:41:01 PM »

I can't find any pictures, but back in 77 when i got my basses from Alembic, I also got a small mountain of Hard Trucker cabinets (from Wizard there. no idea what his real name was - somewhere i still have his card, which says Wizard.) - my full bass rig was 2 of the big 15 and 2 of the 2x12 cabinets on each side of the stage, with bgw, crown, and some other amp the name of which eludes me powering the Gauss drivers. Amazingly inefficient sealed acoustic suspension cabs, and the biggest sound I've ever heard. Even played at a low volume, it moved a ton of air. Also didn't make friends with the rest of the band, since we all pitched in on loading and unloading. You can imagine how the guitarist, who played through a Vibrolux, felt helping me move all my crap. I really miss that sound, though.

charles_holmes · « **Reply #10 on:** January 04, 2013, 03:01:59 PM »

I might sell one of my Bag End 18's and a QSC 2450 maybe $300.00 each.

dannobasso · « **Reply #11 on:** January 04, 2013, 05:07:26 PM »

flpete1uw · « **Reply #12 on:** January 04, 2013, 05:24:03 PM »

Dave that must have been an earthshaking!!! Here I thought my Mesa Walkabout was loud.
I bet it was a blast turned up to 11

~Pete

keith_h · « **Reply #13 on:** January 04, 2013, 06:50:37 PM »

My full rig. I haven't use the everything together since leaving the southern rock band I used to play in. These days it is just a combination of 18 and 2X10, a single 2X10 or double 2X10.

The JBL PA speaker is just on top for convenience.

Keith

tncaveman · « **Reply #14 on:** January 04, 2013, 07:44:42 PM »

Here's my EV cab. It still sounds good after 30 years, especially w/ the 4 - 10's beside her. And the rest of the family wanted to see what was going on. Stephen

The family in the Man-cave