Markbass Alain Caron 121 Lite Combo External Speaker?

[rookie_joe]

So I screwed up. I Went to guitar center and bought one of these amps thinking I could hook it up to a cab. I mentioned it the salesman I worked with and he said for sure, although I never tried it while I was there. I had them ship it to me (didn't buy it right at the moment). I already have another markbass cab I was going to use it with, but this amp only has one speaker out? A little bummed out, should I just trade it in for another amp? This thing is quite the beast for it's size. It would have been perfect with a cab, and safer (600 watts into a 12 inch speaker). Thanks for listening.

 

[Freddels]

GC has a 30 day return policy. Just bring it back and get your money back. What other Markbass cab do you have?

 

[rookie_joe]

Yeah that's what It's looking like. I have the markbass new york 604, trying to keep it portable... I was thinking maybe trying this one out.
Markbass CMD 121H 300/500W 1x12 Bass Combo Amp

Looks similar, probably not as good by itself, but does have a speaker out.

 

[Freddels]

The CMD121H gets good reviews as people like the horn better than the piezo tweeter. Do a quick search on the 604 cab. If you really like that cab, you may want to get another one just like it and then a separate Markbass head. Some like the Little Mark III and some like the F1/F500 with that cab. Matching a combo with that cab will be difficult, if not impossible.

 

[tappingtrance]

Yeah I watched the video from Alain on this and he specifically says you cannot hook up to a separate unpowered cab but can take the preamp out to another powered cab - he apparently uses two of them in stereo. What would you sell it for? I have been looking at this.

 

[RoeyHaviv]

I bought this amp about week ago and had 3 shows with it.
I have 3 more shows this week, Then I'll be able to make a first impression review video.
So far so good, that little 12 pushes a lot of air and handles the low b (even low A) perfectly.
the only thing that bothers me is a light hiss from the separately amped tweeter, It's only noticeable at home (I might not mic it in the studio), Besides that It's perfect.

As for extension cab - the only option is the unbalanced out to a powered cab (in my case my little GK MB115 combo).

What really surprised is the grind when set flat (no filters) you can get chime that reminded me of a Mesa rig.
Of-course I dial it back because I don't play metal but it seems like it would sound good even with a metal band (Something I did not expect from MarkBass).