Bass Tube Marker coming to the states! Anyone try these?

tedsalt · #1 10-27-2011, 11:02 PM

Markbass Bass Tube Marker on Musician's Friend

Anyone from europe have any experience with these? Will this do light overdrive? Tube warmth? I don't have any kind of od, on the hunt ...

tedsalt · #2 10-28-2011, 09:50 PM

Anyone?

behndy · #3 10-29-2011, 12:35 AM

there's like....... a BILLION MarkBass head threads, loads of talk about the Synth multi, discussions about the MB Comp.......

you're an odd one Naruki.

bongomania · #4 10-29-2011, 12:54 AM

I reported his post as trolling. That's the nicest thing I have to say about it.

<EDIT: the post in question, from "naruki", has been deleted.>

To the OP, I haven't seen any posts from anyone in EU mentioning buying or trying one of these yet. So far MB's pedal lineup has had one smashing success, the Compressore; one decent contender, the Super Booster; and a bunch of duds and bombs. So I think that's why there aren't more people jumping up to chat about the Tube Marker. It might be killer, but most people are going to wait until someone "takes one for the team" before getting excited about it.

tedsalt · #5 10-29-2011, 01:10 AM

Thanks bongomania. I picked up the compressore a while back based on your review, and love it. Just picked up their chorus/flanger (used), still playing with it. They are a little on the large size; wish they were smaller.

My Danalectro Fab Chorus seems fairly easy to use, not sure about the MB version. Time will tell.

I did see a youtube clip of the marker, sounded like tube feedback. I'm looking for something for light overdrive. The empress pedals seem interesting in this area. Multidrive, or their new germ drive ...

Laurent · #6 10-29-2011, 08:40 AM

This pedal appears to have no tbeen released yet. MF says it will start shipping mid december.

That might be interesting. Markbass has built a lot of great things. I have their Compressore which I don't use very often but it's a great pedal. I also use their F500 daily.

Tube distortion in pedals are generally not very compelling because builders can't get enought electricity to make that single tube really sing. That being said it would not be the first time Markbass makes an design miracle happen.

We'll see this pedal soon on a floor of a Guitar Center so we'll get to demo it without having to take a plunge.

Smallequestrian · #7 10-29-2011, 08:50 AM

FYI, This isn't a tube pedal.

Laurent · #8 10-29-2011, 09:01 AM

OK I missed that. My bad. Sorry.

It's less interesting then. What's the point of another distortion pedals? It's will have to be really different to add to a cluttered market.

bongomania · #9 10-29-2011, 01:02 PM

My guess, just a guess, is that it's a bass-tuned Tubescreamer, like the HBE Hematoma, the Fulltone Bassdrive, and the Xotic BB. People do like those pedals, so the "point" would be maybe a devoted fan of the MB brand would choose theirs over the others, if they happened to like that flavor of dirt.