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stop doubting, the cat is dead.
If you put a cat in a box in 1935, I can tell you with certainty that anno 2022 this cat is dead.

Maybe if *you* put the cat in the box in 1935 that's te case.

This cat is dead, but that cat is alive and playing the heck out of a cat-sized bass through a 2x2 combo. Although Suzi Quatro wasn't born until 1950, so you must be doing the time warp (again).

(Post originally read tat Suzi was born in 1935, which was my fingers not listening to my brain.)
 
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My Cat bass is very alive and well

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in all the multiverses
and is online in less than a week (PJB combo DI -> DAW e-i-e-i-o) as I woodshed some James Jamerson for our group. I know it's a short scale that's as far away from a P bass as possible, but it'll cop the whole vibe with its deep tone cut setting and the NordyMute. The actual responsibility for all the notes in the right order, and the right note duration, and right articulation, and right groove, is (unfortunately) mine :sorry:
 
The D4 is a great practice amp for electric bass and would work well live with a double bass.
The Markbass 801 hasn’t the clarity of the D4 but has more bottom end. For duos, the 801 is the better choice. I’ve tried both, and kept the 801, it’s not perfect, but it gets the job done and you can even add an extension speaker to it. It’s freakishly good, actually.
Granted, I have not tried the 801 (or any Markbass) so I read your words with great interest on that matter. From my lived experience, I find the D4 to be freakishly good for the guitar/bass duo I lately find myself in. I've played my short scale P-bass Samick with flats, and my active Carvin LB70 fretless, and they both sound fantastic through the D4 and support the guitar (12 string acoustic) better than any other amp I've played.

Clearly, we are loving different things in tiny amps, and to that I say, vive le difference!
:woot:
 
You are safe @RodRy...I have everything I have wanted since the 60s. P with J neck, Ampeg 20T and all the stuff in my sig. It will take a very long time for me to use all this equipment to its fullest. In the meantime, you are free to go for the green :laugh::D.
Thanks buddy! A little pressure is off...now how can I scratch up enough green to go green?
:D
 
Maybe if *you* put the cat in the box in 1935 that's te case.

This cat is dead, but that cat is alive and playing the heck out of a cat-sized bass through a 2x2 combo. Although Suzi Quatro wasn't born until 1935, so you must be doing the time warp (again).
You guys are confusing. 1935? How is that relevant? Suzi Q? She's only 72.
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Granted, I have not tried the 801 (or any Markbass) so I read your words with great interest on that matter. From my lived experience, I find the D4 to be freakishly good for the guitar/bass duo I lately find myself in. I've played my short scale P-bass Samick with flats, and my active Carvin LB70 fretless, and they both sound fantastic through the D4 and support the guitar (12 string acoustic) better than any other amp I've played.

Clearly, we are loving different things in tiny amps, and to that I say, vive le difference!
:woot:

I haven't used any PJ amps/speakers but one place I played a few times had a MB 102 Kickback, and it worked just great for me.
 
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Granted, I have not tried the 801 (or any Markbass) so I read your words with great interest on that matter. From my lived experience, I find the D4 to be freakishly good for the guitar/bass duo I lately find myself in. I've played my short scale P-bass Samick with flats, and my active Carvin LB70 fretless, and they both sound fantastic through the D4 and support the guitar (12 string acoustic) better than any other amp I've played.

Clearly, we are loving different things in tiny amps, and to that I say, vive le difference!
:woot:
"Vibes are different"?
 
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You guys are confusing. 1935? How is that relevant? Suzi Q? She's only 72.
:wideyed:

- Confusius is not the best name to make clear statements, not even around 500 BC

- Relativity is a joke invented by Galileo Galilei in 1600 AC but that is irrelevant now.

- The man with the cat and the box started his experiment in 1935 AC.

This does not change the fact that the cat is dead.
If she was meant to survive until now, she would have been crushed on day one by the amount of food she needed to cover this period.

- When Suzie "Q" came out of the box.... I can't answer that.
 
As the proud member no.184 of this club, I give myself the right to post the video I just made of my currently favorite combo amp GK Fusion 112, where I demonstrate the sound of the amp alone, independent cabs Orange OBC112 and Markbass 102P Trv, as well as a combination of GK+Orange and GK+Mark as an extension cabinets.

Hope You will found it interesting and useful if You're in a hunt for a small light extension cabinet :).

 
As the proud member no.184 of this club, I give myself the right to post the video I just made of my currently favorite combo amp GK Fusion 112, where I demonstrate the sound of the amp alone, independent cabs Orange OBC112 and Markbass 102P Trv, as well as a combination of GK+Orange and GK+Mark as an extension cabinets.

Hope You will found it interesting and useful if You're in a hunt for a small light extension cabinet :).


Great demo.:thumbsup:
 
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