Ampeg SVP-CL and QSC PLX1202

It depends on your bass. Mine has a little bit of trouble driving my SVP-CL to my QSC USA900 at full power but it is close and my bass has a low output. I have no problem being heard so I don't consider it to be a problem.

 

If you do have a problem, an EQ pedal in front to boost the signal could help.

 

The SVP-CL is not what I would call a high gain preamp, but any newer one from the last year or so should have sufficient gain to work fine with the QSC.

The first run had a lower gain. Some people had trouble in combination with amps requiring higher inputs. The higher power units, from QSC and others, tend to need more input.

 

while not exactly the same, i run an older model ampeg SVT-IIP tube pre into a QSC poweramp with no problems at all, in fact, the only difference in sound between my current setup and my old SVT-II head is the lack of warmth from the solid state power amp as opposed to the tube power from the SVTII head.