What's the power like where you are? Is this a problem you have when using various electrical sockets?
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CALLING ALL MARKBASS FANATICS... help please?
- Thread starter Greg.Bassman
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I never had any noise with my LMII and don't have any noise with my LMIII. I am not a tweeter fan, so I do not use the tweeter on my Mark Bass 2x10 or 115 cabinets, I turn the volume control to zero, so I cannot comment on that issue
Hi Ferguson. Funny you should ask, as this has been mentioned once or twice before. I didn't think much of it until now. The house I live in is over 100 years old, and even though we have regular checks, I can't imagine the wiring is great- so this could be a possibility.
How would I be able to find out, if it was something to with my electrics?
I noticed in another post you have one of the newer Indonesian amps.is it new enough you could exchange it for another? You may just have one that needs fi ing or replacing......
Maybe the gain setting on the amp is too high
Hey Ping. Not sure. I have found other forums on the internet, discussing such issues, that date back a good year. So...
I presume you're referring to the OP's amp,not mine.
I always set my input gain by using my strongest attack (pick or pluck) and dialing it till i get the peak led,then dialing it back just a hair....seems to work just fine with all my passive basses. I use the Markbass controls all in the flat/neutral position,and run the VT pedal mostly in the 12 oclock positions for tone...so there's no extreme boosting going on anywhere....
Just a personal observation:
All tweeters are not created equal, some are a little more prone to hiss.
The hiss is magnified if you open the tweeter up a little too much.
In my experience, a too wide open tweeter does not improve tone, especially with a cabinet that already has good upper frequency response like the 410's. I'd rather enhance my high end from the electronics on-board the amp and guitar or with string choices.
I only open the tweeter on my MB cabs about 1/4 at the most. Any more is just overkill. I have played through MB 15" cabs with no tweeter and had plenty of high end, lots of growl with a pick and plenty of snap when I slap and pop. No tweeter. In short, I believe opening the tweeter up too wide has diminishing tonal returns with any cab.
Keep the gain down. Use the clip light as described above in this thread.
I have owned three different MB heads, no noise to speak of at all from those amps. I had a student whose F series MB head had a noisy fan, which was easily replaced, but that's a different thing altogether.
And, as always, what really matters is what's in the mix. A small amount of hiss probably won't change a thing in a typical full-band mix.
All tweeters are not created equal, some are a little more prone to hiss.
The hiss is magnified if you open the tweeter up a little too much.
In my experience, a too wide open tweeter does not improve tone, especially with a cabinet that already has good upper frequency response like the 410's. I'd rather enhance my high end from the electronics on-board the amp and guitar or with string choices.
I only open the tweeter on my MB cabs about 1/4 at the most. Any more is just overkill. I have played through MB 15" cabs with no tweeter and had plenty of high end, lots of growl with a pick and plenty of snap when I slap and pop. No tweeter. In short, I believe opening the tweeter up too wide has diminishing tonal returns with any cab.
Keep the gain down. Use the clip light as described above in this thread.
I have owned three different MB heads, no noise to speak of at all from those amps. I had a student whose F series MB head had a noisy fan, which was easily replaced, but that's a different thing altogether.
And, as always, what really matters is what's in the mix. A small amount of hiss probably won't change a thing in a typical full-band mix.
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Before replacing the piezo tweeter with a mini horn in my combo, I removed the grille and shoved a balled up black sock into the piezo.
I love my MB gear, but find hiss intolerable.
I love my MB gear, but find hiss intolerable.
did you drop it? I have the 210 combo and one day it started hissing and making white noise all the time. it progressively got worse until the amp died. then my band told me they dropped it off of the top of the loading dock and that's probably why it's dead. they replaced it in about 2010 and I haven't had any noise since. and it's seen hundreds of gigs
I run my eq very close to 12 but I back off on the highs a little and like errbody else it seems I also run the tweet almost off. I have CMD102p and CMD 121p with traveller ext cabs and I have zero noise.
This....
The H in the HF stands for horn. I've owned a number of Markbass cabs with horns and tweeters and they have all been silent (with Markbass heads at least).
The only time I've had hiss was with one particular pedal plugged in.
People say that the piezo tweeters in some cabs are noisy but certainly not the horns such as the one in the 104HF.
Well, short of testing your home's electricity supply (I cannot advise on that as it's out of my scope of knowledge), try using your rig in different buildings, basically. I have a LMIII, but my cabs are: Warwick 4x10 (HF horn) Aldred Amps Custom 2x10 (no horn, just 10s) and through both of these, seperately, at home, I get noise from the Markbass head itself. I get less noise in some places, and more in others. Worth taking yours to different locations, if it's worth it for you.
