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Markbass 104HF vs Markbass 104HR

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Fendernut

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Jul 4, 2012
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Well I’m finally ready to upgrade to my cab/amp and have spent countless hours on these forums sifting thru the myriad of options and opinions. Using my ears as the ultimate judge of tone, I have spent weeks test-driving various combinations of amps and heads including, GK, Ampeg, MarkBass and Eden. . Ampeg’s sounded muddy to me…couldn’t dial in the right blues tone. GK is great equipment but I am zeroing in on the MarkBass line as there were more options(e.g. filters) to dial in the final tone I was looking for. I played the MB800T thru a 410HR and was pretty happy with the tone produced. The filters really helped dial in the tone…although I couldn’t really tell much difference with changing the tube knob setting. I play mostly blues …and some classic rock in small bar/frat settings so a full-stack is overkill….in fact I didn’t even try one and I don’t want to lug the bee-ootch around to gigs. Anyway, my questions are as follows:

1: 4 ohm vs 8 ohm…..any recommendations? I want to get the full potential from the amp and really don’t see myself lugging around any additional cabs on top of a 410 so adding more would not be an a option as I will never play large venues………unless there’s an upcoming stadium tour for old guys playing classic blues tunes ;=)
2: MB410HR or MB410HF- Unfortunately, I was only able to test drive the HR(rear ported) model as nobody around had an HF to test drive. Can you folks offer your opinions on both? I have never owned a rear-ported cab so I’m unsure if placement/distance from wall is more of a critical factor for tone.

I appreciate any feedback/comments!
 
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I have the 104HF. I preferred it b/c it's a larger cab and more bottom. I pair it with my CMD 102P combo so I got the 8 ohm version. I would also suggest getting the 8 ohm version just in case you want to add another cab. The volume difference b/w 8 and 4 ohm is not going to be very much at all.
 
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yeah, even if you think a 2nd cab will never happen, the fact is, the overall volume difference between an 8 ohm vs 4 ohm cab are next to nothing- certainly not enough to matter. It's always a better idea to go with the 8 ohm cab, which leaves your options open down the road, too.
 

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