The concept of using a pro audio power amplifier in his rig first struck Cavanaugh while Filter was touring with White Zombie several years ago. "Sean [Yseult] used a Crown power amp with her Ampeg and it sounded awesome," he says. "Later on, Staind went out on the road with us and Johnny April also had a Crown in his rack. Johnny and Kevin Briers, the bass tech we both use, showed me how much more ballsy my sound could be with a Crown so I decided to put a K2 between my head and cabinet."
He continues: "I'm really liking the K2. It's made my bass sound so much more stable. I've always tried to go for that piano string tone. But when you beat on an instrument like I do, I've found that the sound typically tends to fart out the harder you play. No more - using the Crown, my sound is rock solid. It's also cool that the K2 is only two rack spaces high, which allows me to fit both my A and B rigs into a single rack."
The Crown K2 is an extremely powerful workhorse amplifier capable of delivering 800W per channel into 4 ohms in stereo mode and a staggering 2500 watts into 4 ohms in bridge-mono mode. Featuring a damping factor in excess of 3000 from 10 to 400Hz, the K2 is widely praised for its sonic accuracy and exceptional low-end control.
(Lee Baldock)
