The brand is irrelevant in this instance. Apologies, but having started this thread yourself, it's your inability to provide proper answers to the sensible questions people were asking to help you that has prompted any snarkiness.
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Poor quality Mark Bass products
- Thread starter Lowtown
- Start date
- Status
I posed a question - this was all I did; a very simple question.
None of the questions posed to me were relevant.
If I say: "Is anyone having quality problems with XX?"
Then a persons answers: "What trouble shooting steps have you taken?".
This person deserves to be shot out of a cannon, though fine steel wire, into a pool of sharks.
The most important factor, and most relevant of all the bass tips, is putting your fingers where the strings are. To do that, you have to find strings on the body of the bass you are plucking. Styles comes in many different forms including rock, Jazz, blue grass, lily pads, and a whole lot more. Bass love to hang around cover because it helps conceal them so they can easily ambush their prey. There are times when bass are roaming in open water, but they can be much harder to locate than fish holding on cover.
D
Deleted member 165050
Guest
Very good
But seriously, what you may think of as quality control problems may be nothing of the sort - that's why you go through basic trouble-shooting before condemning the QC of a manufacturer.
If anyone is is rude it’s the OP. I like MB stuff.
That's called "attempting to be of assistance". "It be broke" is not a trouble report... Knowing that you've tried different cables, instruments, speaker cabinets, removed any pedals from the signal chain, or not, and if you've reached out to a manufacturer, can help someone possibly help you.
Have you every provided technical assistance or support, or helped someone solve a problem? Worked any sort of repair job? Dealt with the public in any way? Brought a car to a repair shop? Are you old enough to drive?
Asking "Has anyone had a problem with item X?" really won't tell you much, as somebody somewhere has had a problem with everything.
D
Deleted member 165050
Guest
When you say "it stopped working", in what way did it stop working? Did the power go off? Or did the power stay on but sound stop coming out? Or did nasty noises or smoke come out of it? Without more detail the complaint is meaningless.
Incidentally I'm not a Markbass fanboy, I don't own any Markbass gear but have in the past and it worked fine. But no brand fanaticism here.
That's called "attempting to be of assistance". "It be broke" is not a trouble report... Knowing that you've tried different cables, instruments, speaker cabinets, removed any pedals from the signal chain, or not, and if you've reached out to a manufacturer, can help someone possibly help you.
Have you every provided technical assistance or support, or helped someone solve a problem? Worked any sort of repair job? Dealt with the public in any way? Brought a car to a repair shop? Are you old enough to drive?
Asking "Has anyone had a problem with item X?" really won't tell you much, as somebody somewhere has had a problem with everything.
I didn't ask for troubleshooting assistance.............I asked for an opinion on quality.
Asking me question about a problem I don't have is simply annoying.
Ya, my MB stuff have never needed repairs. I think they make top notch stuff. Get yours repaired.
This is where I'm different. I have 6 kids and i can tell you from personal experience Condoms-R-Us is NOT a reliable company!
D
Deleted member 165050
Guest
Ok having read through the OP's posts I hereby appoint myself as judge of his complaint:
He won't say what's wrong with his amp, just it stopped working and "they" won't replace it.
He responds to any request for detail with adversarial dialogue and won't be drawn on what actually went wrong with.
He mocks brand loyalty, and is seeking confirmation of poor quality control without justifying his criticism.
My verdict is that the OP be fired out of a cannon, through fine steel wire, into a pool of sharks.
He won't say what's wrong with his amp, just it stopped working and "they" won't replace it.
He responds to any request for detail with adversarial dialogue and won't be drawn on what actually went wrong with.
He mocks brand loyalty, and is seeking confirmation of poor quality control without justifying his criticism.
My verdict is that the OP be fired out of a cannon, through fine steel wire, into a pool of sharks.
Morbid curiosity keeps bringing me back but I feel we have all, including the OP, wasted too much time and effort on this vacuous thread.
The OP is obviously frustrated/disappointed. He did just ask for opinions or information related to the reliability of a product. But what is the his next move? By a different product, get his repaired, sit on the floor with his arms folded in disgust. Something needs to be done, right? Or not.
No, I have not had any issues with my Mark Bass amp and I own their “cheapest” amp, a Black Line 250 I picked up on a clearance sale. It gets pushed pretty hard, generates some heat, but has never failed or fizzled.
I’m not going to bother asking any questions because you obviously aren’t interested in answering any questions from people only trying to help, you just want people to pity you and agree that Mark Bass is low quality. I won’t do that.
If all you want to do is troll, then go for it, but you will find much bigger trolls than you in these parts.
happy trolling
And this exchange has earned you a reported post and hopefully banned from the site.
good day.
- Status
