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MarkBass LittleMark IV?

I say all this of course as he's selling a ton of stuff. It's great equipment. But I have heard a lot of people like me that think the stuff just looks terrible.
I took some of the obnoxious graphics off of the LMIV just to show a slightly cleaner version without all the pictures of his face and extra clutter all over it. And that amp has the least of it! Compared to the actual one I posted above...I'd happily rock this. Now change the bright yellow speakers too and I'd use those!

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Nicely done! You might have a job at MarkBass waiting..
 
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I say all this of course as he's selling a ton of stuff. It's great equipment. But I have heard a lot of people like me that think the stuff just looks terrible.
I took some of the obnoxious graphics off of the LMIV just to show a slightly cleaner version without all the pictures of his face and extra clutter all over it. And that amp has the least of it! Compared to the actual one I posted above...I'd happily rock this. Now change the bright yellow speakers too and I'd use those!

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Better indeed, but the font, the layout, symbols etc all look cluttered and not pleasing.
 
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Better indeed, but the font, the layout, symbols etc all look cluttered and not pleasing.
Agreed. Simplifying it actually makes me like the black and yellow more. Colors and branding go hand in hand. But he’s gotta chill with the logos and labels and badges.
I’ve always thought the knob layouts were less than intuitive too.
I’d be willing to bet that if you gave MB fans, and even endorsers a choice, they’d choose the more subtle branding over gear with his silhouetted face and torso all over it.
 
I have a set of MarkBass Ultimate Bass String's look fine to me on my Bass; no neon, colored string's or Marco's face Ok Marco is on package:)

Maybe you might prefer their Bass Amps and Cab's looked more like their Guitar Series?
Guitar Amplifiers DV Mark – Markbass

For Me I liked the the Trace Elliot 'Green Glowing' Amps /Aluminum Speaker's and SWR Red Faced Amps as opposed to Black Boxes
 
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410 cab with black speakers in the picture?
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Who is naming these damn products?
MB58R151P just rolls off the tongue!
Was it so that 58 is his age, and R for revolution. I just don't get it why 58R is added to product name, it is useless information and not giving any benefit to product naming.

If this system was used in earlier naming too I don't want to know what was Little Mark :laugh:. Or is it only my dirty mind.
 
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It just makes it all so confusing! I don’t understand their marketing/product ID decisions. If it’s relevant to the products, sure. But naming them after things that are about the owner?! His age?

“so why is this 1x15 called this?”
“Because I’m 58 years old! Duh!”

and why call a cabinet that’s a 1x15 a 151?
 
I have a set of MarkBass Ultimate Bass String's look fine to me on my Bass; no neon, colored string's or Marco's face Ok Marco is on package:)

Maybe you might prefer their Bass Amps and Cab's looked more like their Guitar Series?
Guitar Amplifiers DV Mark – Markbass

For Me I liked the the Trace Elliot 'Green Glowing' Amps /Aluminum Speaker's and SWR Red Faced Amps as opposed to Black Boxes
He's most def on the pkge. I bought these strings recently. They're quite good by the way!
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The 151 P has both VLE & VPF Knobs! Head Seems to be 300 watt version of Blackline LM 250

And say about this Cab and maybe all cab's

"MODERN CLASSIC WINNING AESTHETIC
Considered by all as the most beautiful cabinet on the market."

Also there is Leo Fender, Jim Bergantino, Jeff Genzler, Mike Lull, Roger Sadowsky to name a few have their names plastered on their products but not their age who wants a 'Dead' Fender well maybe on the 5th to 7th fret G string on a P Bass:)
 
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The 151 P has both VLE & VPF Knobs! Head Seems to be 300 watt version of Blackline LM 250

And say about this Cab and maybe all cab's

"MODERN CLASSIC WINNING AESTHETIC
Considered by all as the most beautiful cabinet on the market."

Also there is Leo Fender, Jim Bergantino, Jeff Genzler, Mike Lull, Roger Sadowsky to name a few have their names plastered on their products but not their age who wants a 'Dead' Fender well maybe on the 5th to 7th fret G string on a P Bass:)
They also don’t put their faces on every product like it’s a logo!
 

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