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Markbass Megathread PART 2

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Does anybody use a TU2 or other pedal tuner w/ a LMii. With my 800rb I used the efx loop to hook up the tuner, that way when I hit my switch on the tuner it muted my signal. I use it for the mute as much as the tuner. With a double bass a mute is an incredibly useful tool in control of feedback.

W/ the LMii the efx loop is parallel and doesn't mute when a pedal tuner is ran in the loop.

I run a wireless w/ my bass and therefore for me it's much simpler to hook up the tuner in the loop.
 
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Johnny Atomic said:
Does anybody use a TU2 or other pedal tuner w/ a LMii. With my 800rb I used the efx loop to hook up the tuner, that way when I hit my switch on the tuner it muted my signal. I use it for the mute as much as the tuner. With a double bass a mute is an incredibly useful tool in control of feedback.

W/ the LMii the efx loop is parallel and doesn't mute when a pedal tuner is ran in the loop.

I run a wireless w/ my bass and therefore for me it's much simpler to hook up the tuner in the loop.
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There is a jumper inside the LMII that will put the FX loop in series. That would do the trick.
 
#324
bugbass said:
To Bergen with all my stuff + a umbrella:)

Like I said before, you really should try a LMII, I would be surprised if you do not like it. You get the clean tone like from your SWR but with fatter lows. The LMII is louder than the SWR too.
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Yea, I really should try one... There is one here down the street (hagstrøm) for only 7,2 k kroner, but I am really short on funds right now, and I need a amp. So I would have to sell it reeeeaaly fast to be able to do that
 
#326
Johnny Atomic said:
Does anybody use a TU2 or other pedal tuner w/ a LMii. With my 800rb I used the efx loop to hook up the tuner, that way when I hit my switch on the tuner it muted my signal. I use it for the mute as much as the tuner. With a double bass a mute is an incredibly useful tool in control of feedback.

W/ the LMii the efx loop is parallel and doesn't mute when a pedal tuner is ran in the loop.

I run a wireless w/ my bass and therefore for me it's much simpler to hook up the tuner in the loop.
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Why not just plug your bass into to the tuner/mute pedal and the pedal into the LMII input?
 
#332
I believe it was Vic that said that the MB sounds good with almost any cabs.

I'm looking at picking up he LMII to use with the power hungry Acme B2 for small little gigs. (Not recording or big rooms).

I know the Acme which is at 4 ohms will want to use all 500 watts of the LMII.

I'm just curious if anybody has gigged with it and what did you think?

Cheers
-B~
 
#333
basswave said:
I believe it was Vic that said that the MB sounds good with almost any cabs.

I'm looking at picking up he LMII to use with the power hungry Acme B2 for small little gigs. (Not recording or big rooms).

I know the Acme which is at 4 ohms will want to use all 500 watts of the LMII.

I'm just curious if anybody has gigged with it and what did you think?

Cheers
-B~
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I own the LMII and used the AcmeB210's for quite a while. I have not tried them together, but from what I know about both, that should be an awesome combination. The 500 watts into the 4ohm B210 would be perfect IMO and IME, and the way the bass control and low mid controls are voiced on the LMII would seem to be perfect for eliminating a little bit of that big low end (if desired) and dialing in a little more low mid punch.

As long as you realize it won't be as loud in an absolute sense as other more traditionally voiced 210's, due to the SPL, low end extension, etc., that should be a very clean, pure, fat sounding small gig rig IMO, and at least indirectly IME:bassist:
 
#335
tombowlus said:
FWIW, I use both a wireless and a TU-2.

Tom.
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I would think that would work fine for many tone goals. I personally hate anything between the bass and amp. Since I have quite a bit of upper mid and treble in my personal tone, it's these areas that seem to really suffer when putting a cheap, non true bypass tuner, or most wireless systems into your signal path. However, for more traditional, vintage, or rock type tones (I know that's an oversimplification, but you know what I mean), it's probably less of an issue IMO.

You will know in a minute if it bothers you or not IME.
 
#336
KJung said:
I would think that would work fine for many tone goals. I personally hate anything between the bass and amp. Since I have quite a bit of upper mid and treble in my personal tone, it's these areas that seem to really suffer when putting a cheap, non true bypass tuner, or most wireless systems into your signal path. However, for more traditional, vintage, or rock type tones (I know that's an oversimplification, but you know what I mean), it's probably less of an issue IMO.

You will know in a minute if it bothers you or not IME.
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I end up running sound fairly often, so being able to get out in front of the mains is important. Plus, I jump around too much on stage, so going wireless helps me keep from tripping up in a tangled mess of cords. :D

That said, I am very happy with the performance of my wireless units (original X-Wire and a Shure ULXS14), and I find the TU-2 to introduce minimal sonic degradation. However, I do use a true bypass pedal (Little Lele) for my effects, though, as some of them do introduce some noise or degradation, even when 'bypassed.'

Tom.
 
#337
tombowlus said:
I end up running sound fairly often, so being able to get out in front of the mains is important. Plus, I jump around too much on stage, so going wireless helps me keep from tripping up in a tangled mess of cords. :D

That said, I am very happy with the performance of my wireless units (original X-Wire and a Shure ULXS14), and I find the TU-2 to introduce minimal sonic degradation. However, I do use a true bypass pedal (Little Lele) for my effects, though, as some of them do introduce some noise or degradation, even when 'bypassed.'

Tom.
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+1... I think again it really depends on the tone you go after. These type of units seem to impact different areas of the frequency spectrum, and seem to only cause problems if those parts of the spectrum are key to your sound. Even then, it's pretty subtle.

I assume that, just like everything else, the wireless units continue to get better and better.
 
#338
KJung said:
+1... I think again it really depends on the tone you go after. These type of units seem to impact different areas of the frequency spectrum, and seem to only cause problems if those parts of the spectrum are key to your sound. Even then, it's pretty subtle.

I assume that, just like everything else, the wireless units continue to get better and better.
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I guess I should have added that YMMV part. :D
 
#340
basswave said:
I'm looking at picking up he LMII to use with the power hungry Acme B2 for small little gigs. (Not recording or big rooms).
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Acme B2 is my main cab. I used a LMKII with it briefly and found it very easy too dial in a good sound. Not quite as flat as running my Fishman pre into a power amp, there's a little warmth to the booty freqs and a little edge/sizzle up top.

FWIW, the one I used got plenty loud at a small outdoor gig, but it shut down about 15 minutes into the gig. After a lot of discussion here and with the Markbass folks, I'm pretty much convinced I got a bad unit that failed under an exceptionally heavy load (running the Acme outdoors I don't roll off any bass as I usually do at indoor gigs).

Joe
 
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