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Cap'n Redbeard

Cap'n Redbeard

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Looking for a lightweight head to pair with my Markbass Traveler 210 (4 ohm) for those times when I don't haul my main head around.
I've been eyeballing the Aguilar TH350 as well as the Markbass Black Line 250. I'm leaning aggie but is it worth the extra $200? How do they compare? Are their power ratings somewhat accurate?
This rig will be used for rehearsals and small bar gigs with a classic rock band.
Any others I should check out? Cab is rated at 400w RMS @ 4 ohms and seems to stand well on its own for what I do.
Thanks in advance!
 
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Check into a GK MB800.. I use one with my 2 David Eden d112xlt cabs and it works well. Can get crazy loud, very portable, and more headroom than you can imagine. Don't have experience with the Aggie, but from my understanding a great choice depending on your tonal goals. It's been stated to be very warm and old school sounding. If that route is taken, step up to the TH500. Hope this helps, good luck
 
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Thread title brought something completely different to mind....


The Fender Rumble 500 V3 (or the 200) are certainly worthy of a look. (my backup)
The Mesa Subway D800 (my #1)
The Aguilar's are great, just not MY thing, (wooly)
the Aguilars are close to the MarkBass stuff in terms of tone.
The GK MB series GREAT heads just too bright for me.
Carvin makes some really great heads.
 
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First off I've no experience of the Markbass, although I did consider buying one recently (and it would have been the Black Line 250).

I recently acquired an Aguilar TH350 and if you're playing classic rock I think it'd be ideally suited for that. The guitarist in my band liked how "vintage" it sounded. It's got plenty of volume. I play mine through a Schroeder 1212l (4ohm) and the master was at about 10 o'clock. I'm very happy with it.

My previous set up was a Fender Rumble 500 combo. The stand alone head would be worth considering, the Rumble has a very nice tone indeed.
 
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samson3382 said:
Speaking of carvin, have you considered something 2ohm stable so that if you needed to down the road, you could expand?
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Yup, I've considered that. Looks like there's a few out there that are two ohm stable. Not brands I'm familiar with though. I'm a little weary of Carvin amps because I've had a bad experience with a B600. A million tonal options on those things but I didn't like any of them. People on TB seem to dig the new ones though...
 
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You titled that intentionally...

Been through lots of amps, combos, heads, cabs... And while I shall continue to buy lots and lots of basses, I have found my holy grail in a head.

Carvin BX700

More than enough power. Tiny. Under 5 lbs. Way less expensive than other heads in its league. And more versatile than any other head I ever played through. I get more compliments on my sound since I started using that than ever before.
 
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ManicMarvin said:
First off I've no experience of the Markbass, although I did consider buying one recently (and it would have been the Black Line 250).

I recently acquired an Aguilar TH350 and if you're playing classic rock I think it'd be ideally suited for that. The guitarist in my band liked how "vintage" it sounded. It's got plenty of volume. I play mine through a Schroeder 1212l (4ohm) and the master was at about 10 o'clock. I'm very happy with it.

My previous set up was a Fender Rumble 500 combo. The stand alone head would be worth considering, the Rumble has a very nice tone indeed.
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I definitely lean towards a "vintage" or warmer tone. I tend to play with the tweeter turned off string my basses with flats. Funny how much I love the Markbass cab though. I've always avoided them because I figured they were for the active 6 string slap n pop people. But I was quite wrong
 

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