$14,000 for an amp?!?

Matthew - If that gets you off, try an Alessandro Bassett Hound with a solid gold chassis - $50,000 for just a 60W head. www.alessandro-products.com/amps.html

Either way, they should throw in a Rottweiler to chain to it.

 

Dagnabbit Rickb~1. Ya' beat me to it . I was gonna'
say a fully "optionized" Basset Hound would run
$55,600 . That's WITH the solid, 24 Karat gold chassis .

(here)

 

Matthew - That's a good point about "regular amp." They really are more "down to business." Still, if I had an LP Spectrum, I don't think I could leave the stage at breaks.

As for the Alessandro Bassett Hound, at about $927 per watt, I don't think it would leave my house, (what fun is that?) Have you ever put a jack into one of those puppies?

 

Hmmm...sounds interesting! I guess I never really thought that Glockenklang would be considered cheap!

 

For all you guys out there with wives or girlfriends who don't approve of you spending 2-3k on equipment just show them the LondonPower or Allesandro amps and all of a sudden 2-3k won't seem like that much.

 

Hmmm...that might backfire, though..."Well, honey,
the Hope Diamond IS priceless. But really, all I want
is this $6,000 tennis bracelet." (plus this classic)...
"You'd get it for me if you love me, tee-HEE. You DO
love me don't you?" (and let's not forget)..."Does
this [article of clothing] make me look fat?" .

 

My Alessandro is a great amp, well worth the cost of admission, I don't know how I ever played or recorded before without it. My Polytone is officially retired. Sweet amp.

 

Just Kidding

For $55.6K I'd just wire AC to a couple of my friends and make them bark my basslines

That ought to keep them in beer for quite a while.

 

that is the most absolutely ridiculous thing i have ever seen, no wonder i haven't heard of these amps.

to make it worse i am canadian so the price is way more!!

do they even sound like they are worth that much money??

if i owned one i would feel like the worst bass player in the world, how can you compare too that!!

insane absolutely insane!!!

 

You mean the Alessandro right?

"LondonPower" is London, Ontario ain't it?

They reviewed one in the Jan `00 BP (the "100 years of
Bass" issue). They tried it with an EA VL-210, Acme Low
B-2, and Flite 210MBH..."a new reference for clarity,
detail, and...focus" ~ It worked well with a fiver and was
able to cut through a 17-piece band. An URB with an
Underwood pup had good clarity and detail. When compared
to a vintage B-15, it had "more headroom and volume,
a sweeter top and a more focused midrange."

Still...I love the last line from the review, "Why do people
buy Ferraris? Because they can."

 

yeah London power is in ontario. about the canadian dollar thing i was refering to the american price quotes.

i never heard of them and i live 30 mins from london.

 

Matthew ~

A 100-watt amp "standing up to" a 1,000 watt rack setup? I'm not sure what this means, but remember, they're still going to have either Chinese or Soviet tubes in 'em.

 

Ponder this: if you'd have a bassist ladyfriend
and she would ask you "Honey, does this amp make me sound fat?", what would be the right answer for that?

 

LOL OMG this one is sooo funny. I keep smiling everytime I think about it.

 

I know you'll all think I'm crazy for saying this, but I can understand the high prices. It's simple: There are people out there who like to have the absolute best sounding equipment out there.

An example is a story I heard once when shopping at a store called Audio Consultants in the Chicago area. There, you can routinely find stereo speakers that cost upwards of $10,000 EACH! Anyway, the sales consultant was telling me a story about a customer who spent a couple hundred grand on his stereo. It included an 18 inch servo subwoofer. Now, that's power!

Anyway, he built his house around the stereo, with a specially designed room, engineered to maximize the way sound was reflected off each wall, and so forth.

There were two problems with this, however: his wife left him because he was too obsessed with sound. And, the first time he actually cranked his stereo, the foundation in his home cracked!

But, that's not to say he's the first or the last to be THAT much into sound quality! After all, by most people's standards, we are almost as crazy!

 

why on earth would you need a solid gold chassis. gold bends and breaks so easy.