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Markbass Megathread PART 2

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#761
Baird6869 said:
Gain on my F1 is set at about 25% as my Sadowsky clips like hell any higher.
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Wow.. you must either have a very strong 'touch', or you have the bass control set way too high on the Sadowsky. The clip light does not come on on my LMII or SD800 with my Sadowsky when slapping the B string HARD until the gain is set at about 2 o'clock, with both pickups on full (i.e., blend centered) and the on-board bass boosted the 'typical' 10% of so to fatten the tone up a touch.

However, I have a relatively soft touch, and my 'slapping hard' might not really be that hard!

Edit: Just saw your Sadowsky thread. Beautiful bass. I wonder if the older one's have a hotter output than the current models? Mine is relatively new (about 3 years old).
 
#762
I traded my Redhead in yesterday for LMII and all I can say is wow the hype is true this is the amp I have been waiting for
I am runnnig it my SWR Son Of Bertha 1x15 left over from my SWR cash is little short at the moment so I am thinking about
picking up a Avatar 2x10
 
#764
KJung said:
Wow.. you must either have a very strong 'touch', or you have the bass control set way too high on the Sadowsky. The clip light does not come on on my LMII or SD800 with my Sadowsky when slapping the B string HARD until the gain is set at about 2 o'clock, with both pickups on full (i.e., blend centered) and the on-board bass boosted the 'typical' 10% of so to fatten the tone up a touch.

However, I have a relatively soft touch, and my 'slapping hard' might not really be that hard!

Edit: Just saw your Sadowsky thread. Beautiful bass. I wonder if the older one's have a hotter output than the current models? Mine is relatively new (about 3 years old).
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I keep my bass at about 8/10 and my treble at about 2 or 3. I always set my gain by playing the heaviest tune I play which is RHCP style slap. I will roll down the bass which will help.

Thanks!
 
#765
FOURTH GIG REVIEW 10/12/07:
I decided that on this gig I was only going to use the LMII into my UL410, using my MTD 635. We played one of the most popular bars in the area. Long story short, everything sounded awful. The bass sounded woofy and indistinct. I'm sure there were many factors that caused it. The room was long, wide, almost cavernous. We played on a stage riser that was completely empty underneath. Even though I used my auralex gramma pad, I could feel the whole stage rumbling with bass. The stage was so flimsy it fell almost like a trampoline. I find that I like the LMII with the eq set flat and the filters off. Bring the LMII up to gig volume this way usually produces a very nice tone, no eq needed. However, on stage, I've never heard my rig sound worse than it did that night. The stage was to small and loaded up, so that I couldn't get out into the bar with my bass to hear what anything sounded like, but I was not happy at all with my tone. Anyways, this "review" isn't to discredit the LMII, but to show that no amp is perfect in every room. I don't know what I could have done differently, but I wish I had a trusted bassist's ear in the audience that night to help me figure out what to do.
 
#767
waffle puzzle said:
just curious xgabriele, was the bad stage sound from the monitors ? were you using a DI from the LMII to the house PA ?
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Sorry, I should have mentioned, but in this band I don't go through the PA. We have 6 vocalists, two guitars, and keyboards that go through the PA, so it is pretty choked with signal for the PA system that we have. I have a nice rig anyways, and it can handle most any venue we've played to date on its own.
 
#768
xgabriele, sounds like you have quality gear ! Not sure if the problem could have been cured with a lengthy eq dialing in process or not. Either it was the room itself, or, not to insult your knowledge or intelligence....the battery in your bass could have been going bad.
 
#769
waffle puzzle said:
xgabriele, sounds like you have quality gear ! Not sure if the problem could have been cured with a lengthy eq dialing in process or not. Either it was the room itself, or, not to insult your knowledge or intelligence....the battery in your bass could have been going bad.
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Nope, not the battery. I'm sure it was the room and the crappy stage. But everyone just loves this LMII so much, I guess my only point in stating all this is to show nothing is perfect.
 
#770
xgabriele said:
FOURTH GIG REVIEW 10/12/07:

...no amp is perfect in every room. I don't know what I could have done differently, but I wish I had a trusted bassist's ear in the audience that night to help me figure out what to do.
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You spend years of time and money listening to and buying all sorts of gear, and just when you think you've got a handle on a great setup, one acoustically bad room comes along and completely screws up the bass sound! :mad: If your sound changed that much with the same axe, gear, and settings, IMO it's 99 and 44/100 certain it's the freakin' room! It's really a drag for all of us that bass is the most room dependent instrument because of its longer sound waves.

I got lucky with my first gig using the LMII playing a room I was acoustically familiar with, and after going in with low expectations the LMII shined through. But it's only a matter of time that I'll experience what you just did in another bad sounding room. :rolleyes:

While you may feel that "no amp is perfect in every room," I feel very strongly that it's often more of an issue of "Some rooms can't make any amp sound perfect!" :D
 
#771
figuredbass said:
You spend years of time and money listening to and buying all sorts of gear, and just when you think you've got a handle on a great setup, one acoustically bad room comes along and completely screws up the bass sound! :mad: If your sound changed that much with the same axe, gear, and settings, IMO it's 99 and 44/100 certain it's the freakin' room! It's really a drag for all of us that bass is the most room dependent instrument because of its longer sound waves.

I got lucky with my first gig using the LMII playing a room I was acoustically familiar with, and after going in with low expectations the LMII shined through. But it's only a matter of time that I'll experience what you just did in another bad sounding room. :rolleyes:

While you may feel that "no amp is perfect in every room," I feel very strongly that it's often more of an issue of "Some rooms can't make any amp sound perfect!" :D
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Agreed. The obvious question to ask IMO would be "what amp would've sounded better in the same situation?". If the room had an MTD sounding indistinct and woofy, my money would be on the room (or something else), not the amp:D
 
#772
xgabriele said:
Nope, not the battery. I'm sure it was the room and the crappy stage. But everyone just loves this LMII so much, I guess my only point in stating all this is to show nothing is perfect.
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But how does that reflect on the amp? Not trying to be funny, serious question.

It sounds as if a perfect amp would fix a screwed up room. Knowing some rooms can't be fixed by musicians on a stage...
:hmm:
 
#773
I agree. One of the rooms at our rehearsal space I regularly practice at has a concrete floor. Every rig I've played thru (many) in that room sounds bad. Unless you have a minimum of 2x15s the bass just gets sucked out. Even with 2x15s its not good. Trouble is the drummer and guitarist like that room the most.

In certain situations you just cant blame the amp.
 
#775
Beskyd said:
Guys, this my question from another thread but relevant in some way to this one... if I pair 10' Wizzy (4 ohms 250W) with LMII (500W at 4ohms), would the amp damage the speaker?:confused::help:
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Only if you turn it up too loud or overdrive it in some other fashion. It appears you are talking about a single cab.

You have complete control of the volume on most amps. As such, "you" are far more likely to be the reason a speaker gets damaged by overdriving it.
 
#777
Beskyd said:
Anyone tried R500? (Except Tom at Namm)
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yes!

I had the opportunity to play it last saturday at a music store.
I'm playing now the TA503, and I hoped the R500 would be a bit more grittier / nastier,I played it through the new classic 4x10" and the 410HF.
I could'nt notice barely a difference between those 2 amps (TA503 and R500), so I'll stick with my TA503, a super amp!!!
 
#778
Drucocu said:
yes!

I had the opportunity to play it last saturday at a music store.
I'm playing now the TA503, and I hoped the R500 would be a bit more grittier / nastier,I played it through the new classic 4x10" and the 410HF.
I could'nt notice barely a difference between those 2 amps (TA503 and R500), so I'll stick with my TA503, a super amp!!!
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So you gotta change your GAS list?
 
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