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Michael - using Mark Bass???

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Kitsapbass

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May 26, 2005
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#1
I went on the Markbass website, and I saw you are a new artist according to their site...why the switch? I'm not questioning your decision (after all, I like Mark Bass), but I'm trying to see what led you to leaving SWR (especially after working with them/using their gear for over a decade).
 
#3
He's actually signed a deal with a subsidiary of Markbass called Mark Audio. They make really cool modular systems. You can have one or two subwoofers and two or four satellites. And check this out- each mini-cabinet has it's own power amp.

What Michael is doing currently is going into a Rane EQ and then from there going into the Mark Audio modules. As the article alluded, he is in the process of developing his own line of Mark Audio products that he said would be more "plug and play" and more affordable.
 
#6
I am really diggin this concept also. I like the idea that my sound is not dependant on an amplifier or speaker combination. I want the same sound into headphones or practice amp as when I play in a larger audience situation. I had been looking at Carvin powered PA cabinets, now I will wait until this thing happens. :hyper:
 
#8
I've had one of these for a year, and absolutely loved it. (Sold it recently, 'cos I'm moving to the continent.)

The reviews are all right: the combo sounds warm, clean, clear and damn LOUD if you turn it up. The preamp gives you a lot of control over the sound. If you turn up the mid-cut filter, you get a really superb slap tone. The other filter rolls off the top and gives a very smooth, motown kind of vibe.

The amp is basically a Little Mark II, with a differently painted fascia. I missed having a mute button.

The combo is dead easy to carry. 20kg, with two handles. I find that much easier than a combo with a single handle, even if it's a bit lighter. With two handles, you're square-on to the thing. It's really fine for carrying about from house to car, car to gig, etc. No trouble.

Be aware that although the adverts and Markbass website suggest that this is a multi-voltage amp, it isn't in practice. If you take it to the USA, say, it has to be dissassembled and re-soldered to change to 110v. And v.v. So don't think of this (or the LMII) as the ideal amp for touring internationally. Get an Eden WTX 260 or one of the Genz Benz shuttles for that.

All the best,
Dom

pianobass said:
I am thinking of buying a Markbass cmd 102p combo. Anyone out there used one or know of a good second hans one. Pianobass
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#9
I have had a CMD 102P for quite a while now and I like it a lot.

I wanted something lightweight & fairly "transparent" that would allow my bass to sound pretty much like it does through my cafe walter headphone amp... and for a single-unit/all-in-one combo, the CMD 102P is pretty darn close.

I can just plug my bass into it and play - I don't use any EQ on the combo or on my active fretless instrument.

Basically, my bass... only louder.

And it fits nicely onto the passenger seat of my Toyota pickup.

I would've definitely considered a CMD 121H if G.C. had had one when I was shopping, mainly due to the fact that it has the compression driver w. the custom horn, rather than a piezo tweeter like the CMD 102P - but they weren't yet available in the U.S. at that time...

No regrets: they'd have to yank the CMD 102P from my cold, dead mitts to get it away from me!

;)
 
#11
deckard said:
I have had a CMD 102P for quite a while now and I like it a lot.

I wanted something lightweight & fairly "transparent" that would allow my bass to sound pretty much like it does through my cafe walter headphone amp... and for a single-unit/all-in-one combo, the CMD 102P is pretty darn close.

I can just plug my bass into it and play - I don't use any EQ on the combo or on my active fretless instrument.

Basically, my bass... only louder.

And it fits nicely onto the passenger seat of my Toyota pickup.

I would've definitely considered a CMD 121H if G.C. had had one when I was shopping, mainly due to the fact that it has the compression driver w. the custom horn, rather than a piezo tweeter like the CMD 102P - but they weren't yet available in the U.S. at that time...

No regrets: they'd have to yank the CMD 102P from my cold, dead mitts to get it away from me!

;)
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Well, they didn't have to yank my CMD 102P from my cold dead, or even warm alive, hands:

I willingly traded it in for a new CMD 121H, which I love even more!!

The CMD 121H is available now in the U.S., and the sound is much more to my liking (i.e., more "transparent", to my ears anyway) for my purposes: small jazz combos and occasionally backing acoustic guitarist/singers.

Also, it is noticeably smaller overall & approx. 5 lbs. lighter. :)

Wish I could afford to have BOTH, as I really liked that CMD 102P...

But again, no regrets: the CMD 121H is even more "my bass, only louder"!!

;)
 
#12
I just switched from a Mesa 400+, which I have played for ten wonderful years, too a 2 10 combo with a 1 15 traveller cab stack. Hard to believe the MB stack almost sounds as good and the whole thing weighs less than the lightest component of my mesa stack....
 

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