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Double Bass Mark Bass Little Mark II into Glock Space Deluxe

Cairobill

Cairobill

Dec 15, 2003
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London
#1
I'm looking for a nice transparent EB friendly rig for doubling duties.

Any thoughts about using the Mark Bass LMII and the glock Space Deluxe.

I 'm thinking of going for the 8 ohm cab and maybe add another glock to take it up to 4 ohms later as opposed to getting the 4 ohm cab this time.

Anyone tried this combination or have opinions (specifically based on db compatibility of the Markbass head and glock cab)?

I like the Mark Bass head and glock stuff but haven't tried them together (and won't be able to, I'm going mail order).

Cheers

Cairo
 
#2
Hey Bill-

My only concern would be that the Glock is a pretty big 1x12 cab and likely puts out alot of lows. The LMII naturally has alot of lows as well. In combination, the low end might be a little overwhelming for DB. I think the LMII would work better for a mid punchy cab without a lot of deep low end.

On the Markbass side, the F1 is a little tighter in the lows and could be a better match for the Glock. Also, the AI stuff would probably be excellent. Just my .02.

Will
 
#3
AI is out because of the cost and I wasn't convinced running my EB through it when I tested it.

I was also thinking of putting a fishman pro eq into the chain to keep my Realist in order, I could use that to tame boominess I s'pose?

I will check out the F1 though.

Thanks

C
 
#4
Cairobill said:
I'm looking for a nice transparent EB friendly rig for doubling duties.

Any thoughts about using the Mark Bass LMII and the glock Space Deluxe.


Anyone tried this combination or have opinions (specifically based on db compatibility of the Markbass head and glock cab)?

I like the Mark Bass head and glock stuff but haven't tried them together (and won't be able to, I'm going mail order).

Cheers

Cairo
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Cairo,
Well, my take on the Little Mark II is that it sounds incredible with the EB because I've played through one. In that context it sounds like
the older Walter Woods MI series with more power and better bass. Unfortunately, I've never used it with the DB and others really dislike the VLF and VLE controls because, naturally, they change the tone quality. Bobby Kinkos uses the Little Mark with DB so you might P.M. him.

Ric
 
#5
I think the Realist is much better through the Markbass stuff than the AI, so if you are set on the Realist you are going in the right direction. I still think the F1 would be preferable but the LMII may be fine depending on the sound of your bass. Good luck.
 
#7
I'm really thrilled with the LMII for URB. I've tried mine through two cabs: an Aggie GS112 and the Yamaha BBT110. It actually sounds better through the Yamaha because, as others have mentioned, the Aggie can really throw out a lot of bottom, and the Yamaha just sounds tighter, but still very full.

And personally I like the voicing filters, or at least the VLE control. It's very helpful in removing a bit of the piezo scratchiness that wing pickups like I use tend to create.
 
#8
Ric Vice said:
Cairo,
Well, my take on the Little Mark II is that it sounds incredible with the EB because I've played through one. In that context it sounds like
the older Walter Woods MI series with more power and better bass. Unfortunately, I've never used it with the DB and others really dislike the VLF and VLE controls because, naturally, they change the tone quality. Bobby Kinkos uses the Little Mark with DB so you might P.M. him.

Ric
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Ric. Please don't take this wrong but...are you kidding??
The old MI series is about as far from the Markbass sound
as it gets. The highs only went up to about 3k on the Woods.
With the bass boost switch, you could get a ton more lows
from the Woods in the 60 to 100 range. Plus it was the
epitome of "old school" smooth. Anything but modern like
the LMII. I like them both, but would never say they sound
anything alike. Just goes to show, everyone has different ears.
 
#9
B String said:
Ric. Please don't take this wrong but...are you kidding??
The old MI series is about as far from the Markbass sound
as it gets. The highs only went up to about 3k on the Woods.
With the bass boost switch, you could get a ton more lows
from the Woods in the 60 to 100 range. Plus it was the
epitome of "old school" smooth. Anything but modern like
the LMII. I like them both, but would never say they sound
anything alike. Just goes to show, everyone has different ears.
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Points well taken. I guess what I'm hearing is a similar warmth in the midrange between my MI 400 8 and the Little Mark II. I never needed the bottom from the Woods because my instrument puts out lots of lows and I always have the bass switch set to -10 and eq from there. As far as the treble goes, once again I have that control backed of as well.

Ric
 
#10
Ric Vice said:
Points well taken. I guess what I'm hearing is a similar warmth in the midrange between my MI 400 8 and the Little Mark II. I never needed the bottom from the Woods because my instrument puts out lots of lows and I always have the bass switch set to -10 and eq from there. As far as the treble goes, once again I have that control backed of as well.

Ric
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Aha! I understand. It would seem that we have used the
same amp in very different ways, and probably with very
different speakers going for different sounds.
If you are just dealing with the low mid area of the Woods
and the LMII, they are similar. Sometimes I forget that we
don't all use our tools the same way to obtain the same objectives.
 
#11
I haven't tried the LMII with my Space Deluxe yet, but my prediction would be a very open yet full, focused but wide-ranging (frequency-wise) tone, that does sound fairly 'big', but that Glock does not get boomy, and I'd hope that the low end would be controlled. When we did the Belchfest in Columbus a while back, the WWU into that Glock was a real crowd pleaser.

If you don't want too big of a low end, and you love a very articulate midrange, the LMII into an EBS Neo112 is quite impressive, IMHO.

Tom.
 

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