I'm perfectly fine with it, but since you're the founder, if you ever want it back, it's yours. Just let me know, otherwise, we'll continue on the current path.
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Official Markbass Club
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I picked up a Mini CMD 121P the week before last and i am loving it! I wanna join the club!
So many of us have that little combo that we could probably start a Mini CMD 121P club!
A splinter group, huh? Well, I just started a Portaflex club despite there being an Ampeg club already. I won't start it, but if you do, I'll join.So many of us have that little combo that we could probably start a Mini CMD 121P club!
I want to start a Markbass stack rig club, just so I can see all the pics of the all-Markbass full rigs in one place! I'm horrible with record keeping though, and really don't want the responsibility, but it'd be really cool if someone stole the idea from me!
Hey, I just got a Mini CMD 121P from Guitar Center today.
I actually talked with a fellow bass player last night about MarkBass gear. He said that he tested it out and didn't like the sound, too clean and thin, he said. Now, he's an Ampeg SVT-3 user. I think I know what's going on. For anyone where they use the amp as part of their sound, the MarkBass is not it. However, for anyone who wants to use the bass guitar and let its nuances shine through, this is the amp to check out.
For me, if I need the tube compression sound, I could use external pedals, Sansamp et rest. However, to find an amp that really lets the bass guitar's sound shine through, those are rare. MarkBass is really it. In my case, now I really know how an Ibanez ATK really sounds, with no colorization of the amp. If you ever test out bass guitars at a GC store, use a MarkBass as the reference amp. You could clearly hear how the pickups work, how noisy some are (!) and so on...
Otherwise, I have not yet played this amp in a gig environment, playing back home in my studio, volume level just below 1 was already loud enough. With a possible 2x10 cabinet for some cases where a PA is not around, that's all I need. Imagine taking this amp into my Mazda 3 and going from gig to gig. For me, big/heavy amps and huge cabinets is really the dinosaurs of the bass age now. --Kent
I actually talked with a fellow bass player last night about MarkBass gear. He said that he tested it out and didn't like the sound, too clean and thin, he said. Now, he's an Ampeg SVT-3 user. I think I know what's going on. For anyone where they use the amp as part of their sound, the MarkBass is not it. However, for anyone who wants to use the bass guitar and let its nuances shine through, this is the amp to check out.
For me, if I need the tube compression sound, I could use external pedals, Sansamp et rest. However, to find an amp that really lets the bass guitar's sound shine through, those are rare. MarkBass is really it. In my case, now I really know how an Ibanez ATK really sounds, with no colorization of the amp. If you ever test out bass guitars at a GC store, use a MarkBass as the reference amp. You could clearly hear how the pickups work, how noisy some are (!) and so on...
Otherwise, I have not yet played this amp in a gig environment, playing back home in my studio, volume level just below 1 was already loud enough. With a possible 2x10 cabinet for some cases where a PA is not around, that's all I need. Imagine taking this amp into my Mazda 3 and going from gig to gig. For me, big/heavy amps and huge cabinets is really the dinosaurs of the bass age now. --Kent
I think you can get a pretty good amount of variation in the tone from the Mini CMD 121 wit the tone knobs, VLE and VPF. Still, I pretty much agree with what you are saying. I use a Sansamp to warm things up a good deal of the time, but to let my fretless really sing I go straight to the Markbass. Same thing with my semi-hollow Carvin, which has a great woody tone straight through the Markbass.
Whoa........
Well, I'm a SVT4Pro user (as well as MarkBass) and I love them both.
As for "loud".....I play in a classic rock (late 60s, 70s) play a LOT of Who, AC/DC, Grand Funk......you get the idea....lot of LOUD players and when we rehearse, I use the CMD121P.....the first time I showed up with it, these clowns laughed at me.....then I plugged it in and played through it.....
they don't laugh anymore.........
I use the "big Rig" for big gigs and outdoor festivals, but for everything else, it's the CMD121P
I am an absolue BELIEVER of MarkBass products!!
It's the cabs. A lot of people have the same complaint about the cabs. But they sound great in a mix. The problem is not enough people get past the sound at the store so they don't know how well they do onstage. Still, though, I always see new cabs at GC so they're obviously selling what they get.
I recently got a Mini CMD 121P and a Traveler 102P. Awesome tone. Count me in! PM me for my number or something.
In this case I think he used a Goliath 4x10 cab. Anyway, I'm sold concerning MarkBass, myself. For example, a lot of funky and fun right-hand manipulations actually could be heard via MarkBass; with other amps it could easily be hidden by tube compression and other parts that colorize the bass sound.
It might also be the background, I'm more from the producer side so I want a clean amp sound to start with, one could make it dirty and weird with effects, but if everything sounds the same, it's tougher to get all kinds of nuances heard. But I could see someone who wants to key in let's say a classical GK sound and use that as their base sound across the whole gig.
--Kent
IME a Goliath 410 is kind of in the same league as Markbass cabs. But you're right that an SVT 3 Pro and an LM II are two different animals. I like both for what they are, but I still have the LM II and the combo and I sold my SVT 3 Pro
With Markbass, it's all about the bass you're playing through it. If you play a thin sounding bass through it, it'll sound thin. When I play my (very thick sounding) Lakland 55-94 through it, it sounds very thick, with present mids, big lows, and shimmering highs. When I play my Lakland through my Trace Elliot, it sounds much like every other bass through that amp; when I play it through the Markbass, it sounds like a Lakland. I totally agree with the philosophy-- if you want to hear the amp, get another amp. If you want to hear your bass, every string winding, every unadulterated nuance, get a Markbass.
Wow, it must cost you a fortune to tour with that! How many roadies does it take to set up? Seems excessive for a semi-acoustic act, but then again, ELO used to tour with a spaceship.
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