I have no idea what market saturation Markbass might have "somewhere else" (your location) but barring your location and looking at the country/industry at large you'd have to be blind not to see how they're doing as far as market saturation. Here's the original tangent:
Originally Posted by Mike Dimin
Brad,
I do not know their cost model, but I know what it takes to get things to market. Could the LMII be a loss leader, perhaps, but you have to be able to sell enough other gear to make up the loss.
Me: I think they may have done that. In spades. That was about the most successful bass gear product launch that I can recall
Obviously you take exception to my recollection. OTOH JimmyM agreed on this point. Like me, he gets around and pays attention to the industry. It's hardly a secret. Markbass sold a bunch (or buttload as Jimmy said) of units since it's launch. Bass Player magazine spoke of it's success on more than one occassion. If you need a link, let me know.
Now if you're the type who doesn't believe what they actually see, cool, get the sales figures and prove me wrong. Better yet, give me the name of a bass gear product launch you consider to be more successful than Markbass.
Okay?
The buzz is not limited to TB. I know lots of people who aren't on TB who own MB gear. More than any other new brand in fact. In addition many people are still just finding out about them.
New or used? It matters... I'd hope you understand that.
That does sound like the typical answer if you only think in generalities... no offense. If you can buy a used 500w 6+lb. amp that you like with a 3% failure rate for $330 () you wouldn't buy it because it might cost 55-60% of new (or used?) value if it had a bad enough failure?
I would... in a heartbeat. And I've seen nothing that correlates to a failure rate that high for Markbass which would make it even more of a no brainer. The problem with no brainers though is that at some point prior, one should've actually put some thought into what you're doing.
Okay.
As long as we see eye to eye on the last point, that's all I really care about. The lower the failure rate, all the more reason that MB should step in and take care of their customers.
Unfortunately this is NOT what you typically see with large electronics companies, ie, computers.
There are bass amp companies (large and small) that really do stand behind their products and give you a fair shake if and when things go wrong.
