i had a gig Sat. night and as we were wrapping up another band was starting in the bar next door, the incredible power of the bass notes got me curious and I went over to see what he had and he had mb cabs, i could not see the head but sheer amount of bass pressure blew my mind.......this made me log onto tb and i see this thread so for grins I went to GC yesterday...i played the Jeff Berlin combo and a guitar player actually came over to tell me how good it sounded, i thought it was good too, I did notice the VLE and the other thing were both dimed, I brought them all the way off which I assume is flat and worked from there, I liked it quite a bit. I also tried the tiny little 250 watt thing through a 4x10 and the amount of bass was just mind blowing, I actually dialed the bass back under 12 o'clock. Soundwise I would be curious to give it a shot and hear it in a band mix but seeing all the new pro gear on talkbass...i think the aesthetic of markbass is cartoonish, their marketing department IMO should go through a redesign...look at the new trickfish and how elegant it looks, look at the mesa and gk fusion designs, look at the post classic ampeg pf's..so instead of doubling down on the whole bumble bee thing, why not just make the drivers all black, maybe with the corner bumpers yellow or something as a nod to the past identity but make the asthetic appear more boutique.
As everyone knows, he went back to Ampeg.
