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GBassNorth said:
Pat is about 20 minutes south of my house. If you time it right I might even have a bass body to drop off with him for finishing. Would be neat to treat him to lunch that day as a thanks for all the great work he’s done. He’s a bass player in a local band here and has a couple of nice amps and cabs in his shop. I’ve not heard his band play but he’s such a modest guy, I’d imagine he’s a very good player.
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Who is Pat?
 
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Count Bassie said:
I think Markbass sounds like plastic. That's my from-the-gut impression. No sir, I don't like 'em.
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They're not very warm sounding to me. The thing that impressed me about the amp at the club was that it could really punch out the low notes, it's a 300 watt single 15" combo. Everytime I use a house amp out here I miss my Ampegs.
 
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PaleAngel_90 said:
Who is Pat?
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I think I have been waiting decades for this opportunity, thank you… ;)
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
I always knew if I played bass I'd start with a Thunderbird. I just wish someone had talked to me early on about playing bass instead of guitar.
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me too, but I probably wouldn’t have listened… isn’t that attitude just right for a badass Tbird slinger? ;)

anyway, I can get the greatest range of killer tones from the Thunderbird where others seem more like one trick ponies, granted I am really new at bass. Still, I get my most convincing James Jamerson tone with the Simmons TBird and some foam. Funk, rock, it sits better than anything else I’ve tried for my use. I can even cop this tone perfectly from some Spanish rock I grew up listening to:



Hope others enjoy the bass line!
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
Yeah, I ruled them out on price, too. If I were making a good living at music, sure. But it's just a side thing for me.
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There are other amps in that price range that are used by many pro's like Aguilar, Orange, Ashdown and Mesa which all have a good track record. I haven't seen many Markbass amps being used either pro or amateur.
 
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GBassNorth said:
Pat is about 20 minutes south of my house. If you time it right I might even have a bass body to drop off with him for finishing. Would be neat to treat him to lunch that day as a thanks for all the great work he’s done. He’s a bass player in a local band here and has a couple of nice amps and cabs in his shop. I’ve not heard his band play but he’s such a modest guy, I’d imagine he’s a very good player.
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Yah, I knew he plays bass in a band for fun. I can't imagine him having a lot of spare time running his biz. And yes, buying him lunch would be a plan. He doesn't drink alcohol though - something to remember. :)
 
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AlexMG said:
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I think I have been waiting decades for this opportunity, thank you… ;)
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I used to laugh at "It's Pat" skits on SNL and tried to watch the Pat movie... couldn't sit through it it was so bad. On the other hand, I really liked Al Franken's movie "Stuart Saves His Family" from an SNL skit - but Al's a much funnier comedian.

Stuart Saves His Family

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GBassNorth said:
I’m certainly lovin mine…
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I find that the dedicated tone and volume control for each individual pickup is the secret sauce. Maybe not the fastest bass to adjust on the fly when gigging, but then again I rarely ever messed with my tone settings on stage past the sound check anyway. The tonal flexibility of three independently controlled pickups does make for a fantastic studio bass.
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Centerfold bass. There is something of a dirty feeling while looking that tends to linger a while. :smug:
 
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GonePlaid said:
Two gigs in two nights. Hadda use substitutes(both our regular guitarists outta town). Was not fun. A lotta "what song/what key" raggidiness. At least one venue was a bit disappointed that we were unable to do some of our 'normal' [stuff]. Plus the guitar man was too loud. Very good player, but... If it had been up to me(it wasn't), I'd have cancelled both gigs rather than-potentially-pi$$ing off the one venue. Oh, well.
Used two different basses, same amp-see pic. Couldn't seem to get the tone I wanted out of either set up.:banghead:
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hate those…..sorry..:thumbsdown:
 
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bobyoung53 said:
They're not very warm sounding to me. The thing that impressed me about the amp at the club was that it could really punch out the low notes, it's a 300 watt single 15" combo. Everytime I use a house amp out here I miss my Ampegs.
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Sometimes I feel like an outlier in this club :rolleyes: Don't like Gibson Thunderbird neck profiles, or the neck-dive (I'm not changing my strap height to accommodate them), the looks with black pickups; HATE the NR looks, never bonded with my Lull T5 (gave it 3 years). I love the sound of Chinabuckers. I really like Markbass LittleMark amps (since 2005,) and Markbass cabs (2 210s and 2 112s, allows for 3 different combinations, all good). I like the looks of Dingwall Drocs over the Dbirds. Good thing ya'll are so tolerant.
 
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