Little Mark III, GK MB Fusion or GB Streamliner

mam1862 · #1 09-23-2011, 12:52 PM

Which one and why?

jeff7bass · #2 09-23-2011, 01:09 PM

Out of those three, I’d go with the Streamliner. Simple to use, pre-amp tube, plenty of squat and overall great company with a personal touch. They’re all good amps though.

cableguy · #3 09-23-2011, 01:12 PM

I've only played the MB Fusion but was impressed. Good power (realisticly rated), good low-end, 2 channels, light weight and seems to be solidly built. I ended up with a GK 700RB-II solely because I like my stuff made in the USA.

bassgod0dmw · #4 09-23-2011, 01:24 PM

I owned a LMII a few years back that I thought was great, so I'm sure the LMIII is very similar.

I've never played through any of the GK micro heads, but I love their RB's. I own a 2001 RB and it's the bees knees. If the micro heads are of similar tone, I'd be very happy with it.

I just bought a GB Streamliner 900. Here is my honeymoon period review. It's killer! Great useable tones, no fuss. It's small and light too. So far I'm really enjoying it, and hopefully we'll get some more gigs books soon so i can really put it through the paces. I'll be bringing it to my prog metal band practice next week and I'll certainly give it some work.

In all honesty, I don't think you can go wrong with any of them. Go to Guitar Center and try out a LMIII and the GK, they usually have them in stock. That can at least give you a comparison on those two...

username1 · #5 09-23-2011, 05:01 PM

I havnt tried the other 2 yet but have an mbfusion. I am totally impressed every time i use it. I can get a nice warm sound or a really good agressive sound with great punch from it. The power seems to be very good and have never yet run out of headroom with it. I do love that head and think it would be well worth it to at least try one out.

**nostatic** · #6 09-23-2011, 05:18 PM

I owned an LMTube (essentially the same as the LMIII), MB Fusion and S900. I still have the S900 but it may be on the block soon (I'm using my Shuttle 9.0 more recently). With any of these amps, you're buying the company behind them if something goes wrong. All three amps have a different character. LMIII is fairly neutral, MB is a bit aggressive, S900 is fat/tubey. Different beasts. Of the three companies, GB is highly responsive and takes care of their users. I never had an issue with GK but do a search for more data. I did not have a great experience with Markbass and won't own their amps for a couple of reasons but ymmv.

mam1862 · #7 09-24-2011, 02:58 PM

I actually own the MB Fusion and the LM-III and I they both are good in there own way. What the Streamliner seems like it does based on the reviews is give a full tube sound. IMO the Fusion has some decent tones and the LM is just straight power. Thanks for the input.

pedroims · #8 09-24-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by nostatic

With any of these amps, you're buying the company behind them if something goes wrong. All three amps have a different character. LMIII is fairly neutral, MB is a bit aggressive, S900 is fat/tubey. Different beasts.

+ 1...GB customer services is unbelivable, I have never had a problem but they will answer a simple question in a quick way, many times you just need to ask a question in TB and one guy from GB will contact u, that doesnt happen with GK and MB.