Al Cisneros

At 6:56 Al is in front of his 2 matamp heads and matamp slave unit which are going into his 3 bass cabinets. He purchased when recording "Jerusalem" or "Dopesmoker" he still uses them in his band OM.

In this picture, we can see Al with 4 Ampeg SVT VR heads.

Al uses a Dual Dark half stack in addition to his Ampeg stacks.

In reference to the gear shown in Such Hawks, Such Hounds video 6:56 the images are of Al Cisneros and original Sleep/Om drummer Chris Hakius.

The amps and cabs are as follows from top to bottom: Vivekananda MATAMP USA 6550 Custom Amp Vivekananda GREEN Electricamp USA KT88 POWER UNIT http://www.planetoftheamps.com/al-cisneros-electricamp-usa.html GREEN Matamp Slave 200 [Sleep era] http://www.greenamps.com/sleep/green-200-watt-slave-unit.html ELECTRIC AMP USA Bass 4x12 #1 ELECTRIC AMP USA BAss 4x12 #2 On both sides of the stack are: GREEN 4x15 Speaker Cabinets [Sleep era] http://www.planetoftheamps.com/om-al-cisneros-electricamp.html

Al's two amps engraved VIVEKANADA are two custom amps specially built for Al Cisneros. His name is engraved in the upper right hand corner. Both of the amps were built during Al's return to the music industry with his new band Om and used on his recordings.

The Green Matamp Slave was indeed made from an early 1970's era Matamp, covered in "green". You can see the inside of the amp at the link above.

The SLEEP era GREEN equipment is no longer owned by Al Cisneros.

In 2012 Electric Amp USA repaired the two GREEN 4x15's for Al Cisneros and boxed them up so they could be shipped to the new owner HANK3 in Nashville. Later in 2014 Electric Amp USA overhauled the GREEN Slave 200 and it too was sold to HANK3.

Al still owns his custom made Matamp USA and ELECTRIC AMP USA equipment for his personal use. Currently Al endorses AMPEG for his primary amps and cabs at shows and for his "B" line up now endorses ORANGE.

Two PF-350's are seen stacked behind Al, between the Ampeg SVT stack and the drummer.

In this video we can see turned on Mesa Dual Rectifiers next to Al's Ampegs.

In this video, Al is clearly seen using it, stacked on a SVT-810 cab.

Al Cisneros is known for using the Ampeg SVT-810E 8x10 Bass Cabinet, as seen in the SLEEP live performance at Hellfest 2013 on YouTube, uploaded by crypticdon. This gear is essential to his powerful and distinctive tone.

In this post uploaded on Orange Amplifiers’ Instagram we get to know Al Cisneros uses a stack containing Orange Little Bass Thing, along with an OBC115 while practicing for the upcoming Sleep shows. Sleep then reposted this on their Instagram.

In this post uploaded on Orange Amplifiers’ Instagram we get to know Al Cisneros uses a stack containing Orange Little Bass Thing, along with a black OBC115 while practicing for the upcoming Sleep shows. Sleep then reposted this on their Instagram.

In this post from OM’s official Facebook page, we see that Al’s current live rig includes an Ampeg SVT-4 Pro on the left hand side atop of a Classic 4x10 cabinet. This setup was photographed prior to the first show of their fall 2022 tour, so it’s assumed that it will be used for the entirety of their US shows.

In this post from OM’s official Facebook page, we see that Al’s current live rig includes an Ampeg Classic 4x10 cabinet with an SVT-4 PRO set on top of it. This setup was photographed prior to the first show of their fall 2022 tour, so it’s easy to assume that it will be used for the entirety of their US shows.

In the music video for "Dragonaut" by Sleep, Al Cisneros is seen using a Hiwatt DR401 400-Watt Bass Head at the timestamp 3:16, as documented by Earache Records on YouTube.