Recommend a Markbass cab

[BassyBill]

Here's a response I received from Peter Murry, the Lusturous Potentate of all things Markbass in the US:

"Hi there,
An extension cab will definitely give you more headroom and more bottom end, and will handle your low B better at higher volumes.
Since there's no crossover in the combo's head, it's impossible to bi-amp... so any extension cab you choose will be full-range.
Inevitably the bigger the cab, the bigger the sound and the fuller the lows. It's a myth that bigger speakers give more low end, it's more to do with the total surface area of the speakers and the size of the cabinet. So more 10s might actually give you more lows than a single 15.
If you want to avoid adding more highs, one good thing is that any extension cab you choose will have a tweeter attenuator on it so you can just turn the tweeter off.
If you don't already use it, the VLE is also your freind if you want to trim highs from your sound.
Any extension cab will give you more lows... and the line array phenomenon increases lows too, which is an argument in favour of more 10s...
A Traveler 102P would be the most portable option, but the bigger you get, the more lows and headroom you'll have... so the Standard 102HF would be then next, then Standard 104HR, then Standard 104HF.
A 1x15 would of course be another option, but it wouldn't give more low lows--more of a low-mid emphasis. And wouldn't add as much headroom as the last three cabs mentioned above.

I hope that helps, if you have any follow-up questions, please let me know!
Best,
Peter"


I really wanted a 151P, but after reading what Peter says, I think I'm going to go with a 102HF

Interesting comments. I'd like to try my combo with extra 10s in an extension cab, just as an experiment. As for more lows - good grief! I usually have the EQ pretty much flat when I use the combo on its own. When I use the 151 cab with it, I roll the bottom band of the EQ off to about 10 o'clock to get a good balance, otherwsie the low end is just too much of a good thing and I start getting nasty looks from the rest of the band.

 

[BassyBill]

Just for giggles - here's a video of a 21 piece big band I play with (some will have seen this before).

This band is the LOUDEST I have ever played with on stage, for obvious reasons. My 210 combo and 115 cab MB rig takes it in its stride. The sound you hear is a mix of the onstage cab sound through mic and some DI straight from the back of the combo. The bass tone really comes over well in the last couple of minutes of the video, so fast forward if that's what you're after.

 

[Freddels]

Just for giggles - here's a video of a 21 piece big band I play with (some will have seen this before).

This band is the LOUDEST I have ever played with on stage, for obvious reasons. My 210 combo and 115 cab MB rig takes it in its stride. The sound you hear is a mix of the onstage cab sound through mic and some DI straight from the back of the combo. The bass tone really comes over well in the last couple of minutes of the video, so fast forward if that's what you're after.

I just love hearing your band!! Great singer, great groove, great sound.

 

[GrowlerBox]

Just for giggles - here's a video of a 21 piece big band I play with (some will have seen this before).

This band is the LOUDEST I have ever played with on stage, for obvious reasons. My 210 combo and 115 cab MB rig takes it in its stride. The sound you hear is a mix of the onstage cab sound through mic and some DI straight from the back of the combo. The bass tone really comes over well in the last couple of minutes of the video, so fast forward if that's what you're after.

Dat horn section got some moves ....

 

[KaseOfBass]

Just for giggles - here's a video of a 21 piece big band I play with (some will have seen this before).

This band is the LOUDEST I have ever played with on stage, for obvious reasons. My 210 combo and 115 cab MB rig takes it in its stride. The sound you hear is a mix of the onstage cab sound through mic and some DI straight from the back of the combo. The bass tone really comes over well in the last couple of minutes of the video, so fast forward if that's what you're after.

Very nice!

 

[BassyBill]

Thanks guys - glad you liked it.

 

[Roedkill]

I took everyones advice and took my Combo 102P down to GC to try out a 2x10 extension cabinet...and boy were you guys right!!! The Traveler 102 is an awesome little cabinet and combines much better than the 151 standard. Solid, powerful, loud, ballsy and portable...what more could a guy ask for?

Thanks everybody for the input.

 

[chadhargis]

The Traveler 102 is an awesome little cabinet and combines much better than the 151 standard. Solid, powerful, loud, ballsy and portable...what more could a guy ask for?

A 102HF.

 

[Roedkill]

I wanted to try one but GC didn't have one...I'll get one someday

 

[Roedkill]

I may pull my funding from the traveler 102 and order the 102hf and be done with it...seems that one may have more ooomf than the traveler...

 

[MarshallDragon]

Hi folks,


I also own a 102P and I am most happy with my purchase.

My attention now turns to the 'what if' of adding an extension cab.
Based purely on reading this particular thread, and in particular the quote from Peter Murry, my personal Markbass cab choice might be the Standard 104HF.
I can just stretch to afford one.
So, here is my possibly controversial question to you fellow Markbass owners and others who might be able to compare the Markbass cabs with more affordable alternatives.
Give me some alternative 8 Ohm ( has to be for the 102P right ? ) front ported, neo driver 4x10 cabs that might be as good or better than the 104HF ?

And while you are at it, what would be the best 4x10, full stop. regardless of cost or weight ? Perhaps this question should have been a new thread ?
Sorry, newbie. First post on TB ever.

"Free your mind and your ass will follow" --Platoon

 

[Dude7777]

So, my local newspaper classified has a Markbass CMD102P for sale for $750. I listened to it today and it sounded great. Its the Combo Head (original LittleMarkII) not the Combo Head II which I believe is the LittleMark III. He will sell it for$700. What do you guys think is a good deal? Anyone know when they updated with the III ? Buye this or buy the new Genz Benz Streamliner 900 for $750? Thanks for helping my sore brain!!

 

[TN WOODMAN]

LM III and Combo II feature an adjustable pot for the direct line out. This is the only difference. Glad by the time I got my Berlin combo, it had the upgrade. If you don't think you'll need the variable output, offer low and see.

My local (Nashville) had a Berlin with Combo II with two hour play time last week for $600 OBO. I'm wanting a NY151 which are $700 @ GC.Could have amp and cab cheap. Due to current economy, had to pass.

 

[mellowyellow]

Best portable (1 person) ext for 102 combo=T102. Better lows, adjustable/defeatable horn and still 1-person (& still two trips)=102HF Top of the heap but more to move=104HF. Detachable rollers help for some trips, but it's a 2-person lift cab even though it's a relatively light 4X10. For most gigs the 102 combo is plenty but it sounds better with any ext cab even at the same SPL. Running through a good PA I never take anything but the combo and tilt it back for my monitor. Playing rock outside on an open stage, I use my ext 104HF even when going through a PA and it provides an anchor wall of solid, well-defined bass. I haven't tried MB's Club cabs yet but they appear promising. And as you can see, I'm a believer in matched drivers if there's no crossover involved.

 

[KaseOfBass]

I actually tried the Traveler 115 and 210 cabs out at GC about a month ago. In conjunction with the CMD 102P combo, the 115 had more bottom end to it but the 210 - and I know this is all subjective and YMMV - sounded tighter and more focused as I would honestly expect it to. Both sounded great but, the 210 cab would be my choice.

I demo'd the cabs using a new American Standard Fender Jazz, one of the new American Special Fender Jazz, an EBMM Stingray Classic and a Modulus FU5.