Something brewing at MarkBass.it

[S-Bigbottom]

Also he’s holding a guitar

The image shows what looks to be 6 small-ish tuners all on the top of the headstock - that's a 6-string guitar. So to make an assumption from this I'd say they're coming out with a guitar amp of some kind.

Good catch on the six small tuners on the headstock.

Now I feel it is they are going to the GUITAR SIDE.

We can stop talking about them now.

 

[StereoPlayer]

Good catch on the six small tuners on the headstock.

Now I feel it is they are going to the GUITAR SIDE.

We can stop talking about them now.

Maybe it’s a 6-string bass?!

 

[DWBass]

Hmmm......maybe a cigarette pack sized amp?! And an 8" 300w 12lb. speaker cab. A true MRoD!!

 

[SJan3]

Is there a way to get into the damn site?
I’m trying to look something up unrelated to this

Seems we're locked out until the "Reveal".

 

[Rockbobmel]

The amp will have an electric car underneath so you can drive it to a gig..........

 

[Rockbobmel]

And that is one of the things I used to see "occasionally" with my CMD121P (especially on concrete floors...but I now use a floor pad that has taken care of that problem. And, since I have began using the NY121 Extension, no problem whatsoever.

I think you can order 40lbs of lead with it to weigh it down so they don't walk.

 

[sonic 7]

I find this type of hype/marketing pretty off putting. Regardless of what the product is, cars, motorcycles, computers , guitars,whatever . I can’t remember a single time that when the product was finally revealed it was anything more than a huge disappointment.

 

[5StringBlues]

New Coke had such promise!

 

[BassyBill]

I was a Markbass “early adopter”, back in 2006. At 44 lb, my 210 combo was not much more than half the weight of my previous small gig rig, a Hartke 3000 head plus 2.5xl cab. That was actually a great little setup, but my CMD102P kicked its ass in every single respect. I also added a 115 extension cab later. MB gear certainly does the “light but loud” trick really very well. I’m still a big fan (yes, including the colours) despite currently being in love with my Mesa TT800 head plus GR AT212 graphite cab.

I’m guessing the Markbass “revolution” they’re announcing might be graphite related, in which case it will be really disingenuous of them if they try to ignore the fact that GR have beaten them to it. But I’ll be interested to check out what they’re offering. I would love to be able to backup the GR graphite 212 cab with a Markbass equivalent, perhaps. But MB58R? Eight five inch drivers, rear ported?

My best guess - eight 5” drivers in a ported graphite cab, with respectable power handling, weighing in at around the 20 lb mark. And possibly a combo version? Hey, how about battery powered?

 

[swink]

Okay, plausible... now what if the speakers rotated inside the cab

It would be called a Leslie

 

[swink]

The amp will have an electric car underneath so you can drive it to a gig..........

The R stands for the warning signal when you put it in reverse.

 

[SteveCS]

The R stands for the warning signal when you put it in reverse.

Here's a thought - the R could stand for Passive Radiator...

 

[Mingo Sanders]

I find this type of hype/marketing pretty off putting. Regardless of what the product is, cars, motorcycles, computers , guitars,whatever . I can’t remember a single time that when the product was finally revealed it was anything more than a huge disappointment.

Old people will remember when Infiniti tried to sell cars with carless television commercials: .

 

[ardgedee]

My best guess - eight 5” drivers in a ported graphite cab, with respectable power handling, weighing in at around the 20 lb mark.

Eight 5" drivers have less radiating area than one 12" driver but will have more metal and magnet behind them to make them work. If it's difficult to build a 1x12" box under 20 lb, it's going to be harder to build an 8x5" box as light. But yeah it would be cool if they manage it.

 

[SteveCS]

Eight 5" drivers have less radiating area than one 12" driver but will have more metal and magnet behind them to make them work. If it's difficult to build a 1x12" box under 20 lb, it's going to be harder to build an 8x5" box as light. But yeah it would be cool if they manage it.

Not so:

5/2 = 2.5
2.5^2 = 6.25
6.25 × 3.141 = 19.63125
19.63125 x 8 = 157.05 sq.in

12/2 = 6
6^2 = 36
36 × 3.141 = 113.07 sq.in

Even if the apertures are 4" and 11" respectively, the 8x5" still gets in first with an extra 5 sq.in. Admittedly not much, but still more.

 

[BassyBill]

Just checked the BC Speakers site for some sample specs on their neo drivers. Eight five inch LF drivers would weigh about 24 lb total (and handle about 1000W), compared to about 11 lb for a single neo 12. And a GR AT112 graphite cab is about 15 lb.

So, could a 1000 watt, 30 lb, 8 x 5” graphite bass cab be a realistic possibility? Or an 800 W combo version about 35 lb? Perhaps! That would be pretty cool. Not sure how tempted I’d be though. At 35 lb, I’d probably stay with my equivalent weight setup, Mesa TT800 plus GR AT212 Slim. For “light and loud”, that’s a really hard rig to match, let alone beat.

(Edited to correct some of my maths)

 

[ardgedee]

Not so:

5/2 = 2.5
2.5^2 = 6.25
6.25 × 3.141 = 19.63125
19.63125 x 8 = 157.05 sq.in

12/2 = 6
6^2 = 36
36 × 3.141 = 113.07 sq.in

Even if the apertures are 4" and 11" respectively, the 8x5" still gets in first with an extra 5 sq.in. Admittedly not much, but still more.

Whoops you're right. I can't math at 5AM as well as I used to.

 

[relayer66]

I was a Markbass “early adopter”, back in 2006. At 44 lb, my 210 combo was not much more than half the weight of my previous small gig rig, a Hartke 3000 head plus 2.5xl cab. That was actually a great little setup, but my CMD102P kicked its ass in every single respect. I also added a 115 extension cab later. MB gear certainly does the “light but loud” trick really very well. I’m still a big fan (yes, including the colours) despite currently being in love with my Mesa TT800 head plus GR AT212 graphite cab.

I’m guessing the Markbass “revolution” they’re announcing might be graphite related, in which case it will be really disingenuous of them if they try to ignore the fact that GR have beaten them to it. But I’ll be interested to check out what they’re offering. I would love to be able to backup the GR graphite 212 cab with a Markbass equivalent, perhaps. But MB58R? Eight 5” drivers? Shouldn’t that be MB85R, looking at their current numbering system? And what’s the R? Reflex rather than sealed?

My best guess - eight 5” drivers in a ported graphite cab, with respectable power handling, weighing in at around the 20 lb mark. And possibly a combo version? Hey, how about battery powered?

My guess is carbon fiber too. The guy spinning the cab around on one finger…we’ve seen plenty of pics of people hurling GR 410s overhead with one hand.

 

[SteveCS]

Just checked the BC Speakers site for some sample specs on their neo drivers. Eight five inch LF drivers would weigh about 24 lb total (and handle about 1000W), compared to about 11 lb for a single neo 12. And a GR AT112 graphite cab is about 15 lb.

So, could a 1000 watt, 30 lb, 8 x 5” graphite bass cab be a realistic possibility? Or an 800 W combo version about 35 lb? Perhaps! That would be pretty cool. Not sure how tempted I’d be though. At 35 lb, I’d probably stay with my equivalent weight setup, Mesa TT800 plus GR AT212 Slim. Very hard rig to match, let alone beat.

(Edited to correct some of my maths)

The 120W Faital 5PR160 I showed earlier is 1.9lb, so just over 15lb for 960W handling. A very tempting proposition.

 

[frankie5string]

...it will be really disingenuous of them if they try to ignore the fact that GR have beaten them to it.

Unless they have teamed up with GR, or acquired them... ;-)