Line 6 Bass POD xt Live User Manual - MIDI Manuals

Alchemist: Based on* an Alembic F-2BModeled Amps & Cabs • Alchemist: Based on* an Alembic F-2BBack in the mid and late ‘60’s, the San FranciscoBay Area was quite a cultural hot spot. And as the“San Francisco Sound” became the soundtrack forthe Summer of Love, many local San Francisco-areamusicians were thrust into the internationalspotlight to find themselves leading the Hippie “Peace and Love” charge. Behind thescenes there were more than underground chemists hard at work making thingsmagical! Electronics expert Jim Furman (of Furman Sound) was right there in themiddle of that cultural crucible, cooking up gizmos for the Jefferson Airplane and theGrateful Dead. If you take a close look at archival photographs of the Dead, theAirplane and other Bay Area bands of the time, quite often you see bassists andguitarists playing through Fender ® Showman ® and Dual Showman ® amps chained infront of audiophile Macintosh power amps. The Alembic F-2B was Mr. Furman’s wildlysuccessful attempt to better the front end of that sweet signal chain by creating acleaner, sweeter version of the Showman ® sound. So turn to the Alchemist model inyour Bass PODXT Live, and you’ll be able to jump between various tones from theSummer of Love faster than a hippie can change his tie-dye t-shirt! Oh, and don’tforget— Alembic F-2B’s have often found their way into Stanley Clarke’s rigs, andyou’ll also find them in frequent use in many a world-class studio’s rack, ready toguarantee bassists, engineers and record producers everywhere world-class tone.5 • 3*All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated oraffiliated with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purposeof identifying the specific products that were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.FENDER, SHOWMAN, and DUAL SHOWMAN are registered trademarks of Fender MusicalInstrument Corporation.