Quote Originally Posted by fender3x View Post
One thing I see a lot of bass players doing...and I thought about too when I went to a class D amp... is to get a PA amp for power, and run a separate pre for the bass.
I did this for years, when I was chasing that Billy Sheehan sound. Ran a compressor into a Pearce BC-1 preamp, and then into a 1600W amp for the clean channel and a 1000W amp for the distortion channel. One 410 and two 1-15 cabs for clean, and one 410 and one 210 for distortion. Monster wall-o-sound ... that I eventually got tired of carting around just to play local club gigs. Eventually went to a 610 for clean and a 210 for distortion. Still a big sound, but fit in a small hatchback car.