I'm with Fender32 here. Although I don't think Ochre is the best way to describe the MB color; Ochre is a very unsaturated color and is more of an orangey brown in it's truest sense.
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The time has come! Markbass MegaThread!
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I'll tell you what, Saxnbass - I like your way of spelling it better than mine
! I should have run the spell-checker first, it is "ochre", not "ocre".If I'm gonna be pedantic about the colour, better get the spelling right, too :scowl: .
In French, it's "ocre".
Don't know if this is due to my computer screen calibration, but the more I look at my LMII or at my 102P, the more I find them to be closer to my "markbass" colour than to the orange one. And even on the photo I posted here, the colour appears way more orange than what it appears to be in reality (which means amp at 5 feet from me at this time).
Don't know if this is due to my computer screen calibration, but the more I look at my LMII or at my 102P, the more I find them to be closer to my "markbass" colour than to the orange one. And even on the photo I posted here, the colour appears way more orange than what it appears to be in reality (which means amp at 5 feet from me at this time).
I cant help with the cone but my LMII is at work and we have a few Pantone swatch's so ill try and match the colour up.
not that it will mean anything but im interested to see what i come up with.
not that it will mean anything but im interested to see what i come up with.
The best way to get a good colour match would be to obviously have a pantone swatch and match it up with the eye. The problem with computers and judging colour on screen is that PC and Macs have different gamma settings etc, not to mention a persons own personal screen preferences. One other option might be to download one of the encoded pdf magazine articles on Mark Basses website and get a cmyk mix from one of them for comparison. Again though, the colour may be affected due to compression settings and the like.
These pics are pretty accurate represantation of the color of my combo.
The "Markbass" logo looks more yellow. The speaker is more difficult to judge, since there is a black grid in front of it. It looks different from the logo, but I guess it is just because of the grid.
The "Markbass" logo looks more yellow. The speaker is more difficult to judge, since there is a black grid in front of it. It looks different from the logo, but I guess it is just because of the grid.
These pics are pretty accurate represantation of the color of my combo.
The "Markbass" logo looks more yellow. The speaker is more difficult to judge, since there is a black grid in front of it. It looks different from the logo, but I guess it is just because of the grid.
That combo looks great - is it the mini cmd12" one? hows it sound on its own in a gigging situation?
Chris
These pics are pretty accurate represantation of the color of my combo.
The "Markbass" logo looks more yellow. The speaker is more difficult to judge, since there is a black grid in front of it. It looks different from the logo, but I guess it is just because of the grid.
BTW, your 535 is AWESOME.
how is the low end - does it carry in a venue and hold its authority in a larger room?
Never tried in a really big room... Played mostly by itself with my Rob Allen Mouse in a kind of quiet band (2 acoustic guitars, percussion).
In this config, sounded better than my GK1001 II head with my Bergantino 112. (same band, same venue).
Thanks. It is for sale...
Unfortunately, I just voided the moneybox for a stunning Tobias Killer B5 and the Markbass stack.
I gigged my LMII for the first time last night at a small/medium size venue, and here is my report. I used my Trace cabs, the amp was set flat for the most part, with some VLE (9:00) and VPF (9:00). It sounded awesome by itself in the room prior to the gig, but less powerful than my AH350SMX Trace head. I used no P.A. support purposely for the trial gig. The gain was at 1:00 and the master volume at 11:00 o-clock for gig volume with the band. I only run the Trace amp at "2" or about 9:00 o-clock with the gain set the same. All in all, the LmII did the job, but not with the authority af the T.E. head. The M.B. amp is very neutral, and does not "cut-thru" the mix as well as the Trace. I tried to E.Q. in some more mids, but it gets very nasal sounding. I would say the LMII is a great amp for smaller venues, but cant run with the lead sled at the volumes we play sometimes. It definately needs to be in the P.A. mix. Im not dissing the M.B. amp, and it was not pushed hard, so it had more power to give, but the T.E. "heavy as hell" head will swallow the lightweight in terms of raw power and headroom, and is "loud and clear" without P.A. support at the same club. That is interesting considering the T.E.s 350 watt rating and the LMIIs 500 watts. In conclusion, I love the weight of the M.B, but the lil bit of dirt in the Trace tube pre-amp really adds something to the sound when live. Ill probably keep the M.B as a practice/small venue amp, but the trace will be the weapon of choice for chest thumping power, or outdoors. The other band members like both amps, but also felt the Trace was more audible in the mix at the same volume, maybe some more playin around with the E.Q., i'll keep you all posted!
John
John
Will try, but i like the little bit of pre-filter sound i get, at least in the rehearsal room. I have two gigs this week, so ill try live and let you know the difference!
John
I think the VPF killed your tone. It tends to take out the "cut-through" frequencies. The VLE can get a little out of control as well. But I found that using the VLE in conjunction with the High frequency control worked for me. the VPF too out too much punch and tone.
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