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[quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1417489508' post='2620960']We're all bass players on this forum covering all styles, shapes and sizes [b]but so many complain about this subject,[/b] it really gets my goat. I've been a pro engineer for nearly 15 years [...] [/quote] ... maybe you could start by acknowledging that there MAY be something wrong for many, after all. Or do you think they complain because they really like complaining? when someone starts quoting their experience/credentials as a way to "impress" and attempt to negate other people's experiences, that's a major turn off. You may be a great sound engineer, but I hope I don't have to work with you, by the way you talk (and I get along famously with 99.9% of them - mutual respect is the key and you sound jaded and lacking in respect... but maybe it was just a bad day ).

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1417981148' post='2625728'] says precision boy....lol [/quote] snitch!

I love it, sold all other octavers after I got this one. The tracking is the best by far, better than the Aguilar Octamizer, which was pretty good, and light years away from the OC-2, whose tracking just drove me crazy. I find it a bit "cleaner" than the OC-2, but it's still very nice. The EBS Octabass was my favourite together with the MarkBass, ended up selling it purely because the MarkBass is nearly flawless in tracking, but the EBS is a really cool sounding octaver too, and also very good tracking (just not as good as the MB). I get it to track really well even on a low E with Stingray, Jazz (with J-Retro) and Precision... At the low E it glitches if sustained, but the G can be held pretty well, and lower. The OC2 would go mental below A is held for more than a fraction of a second. Check this demo, it's similar to what I get: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/markbass-mb-octaver-demo.838847/"]http://www.talkbass.com/threads/markbass-mb-octaver-demo.838847/[/url]

[quote name='scoobystig' timestamp='1417560600' post='2621863'] Yes you need 12v with at least 1.5a But you need negative centre pin same as the boss pedal power supplies, this is indicated by the small picture above the " made in China" The Link to the one on amazon doesn't say what it is, but normally they are positive centre pin I'll try and find one [/quote] I doubt the compressore actually *needs* 1.5A!!! The super booster pedal also indicated in the manual a supply of 12V and something crazy like that for the current, but it actually uses 60mA. (actually, the superbooster also works very well at 9V!) edit: a quick check reveals it needs 600mA (it's a valve compressor)... so anything above that and you'll be ok.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1417979495' post='2625717'] Thats unfair, I think there is maybe two or three people out of all the thousands that likes me, lol [/quote] Nah, that was before you ditched the Stingray for a Fender

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1417954985' post='2625353'] Not too sure of that. You see any number of huge gigs where there is a monitor feeding lyrics etc to band members - mainly the singer but technology like that is present everywhere. [u][b]You may not see it but it's often there.[/b][/u] Nathan East plummeted in my estimation when I saw him reading a 12 bar. [/quote] And that's ok. I'm not against players using something to help them if they want to, as long as it is done in a way that it's not obtrusive and the players look like they're actually involved with the audience.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1417954442' post='2625344'] Out of anything an audience is going to notice during the gig, charts are the last thing I'd worry about. [/quote] It's part of the visual impact of your band... it really would be a turn off for me, as an audience member. I'd rather see a band that's not perfect technically but who are engaging and entertaining, rather than a perfect one musically, and stands get in the way, for me.

Brass and woodwind players don't engage??? But they do!!! Seriously, covers band? A regular player and not just a quick dep for one night? Lose the stands.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1417875585' post='2624767'] I have to keep up the pretence even if I have not gigged an MM bass for weeks now [/quote] Shut up, the EBMM Police are onto us... (haven't played anything but my Precision for about 6 weeks now )

[quote name='Johnm93' timestamp='1417814624' post='2624355'] Have you used one...? [/quote] The demos are terrible!!! "and here's an identical guitar without the O-port, listen" - USE THE SAME GUITAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't one of the points they make how easy and quick it is to install and uninstall?

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1417789298' post='2624051'] Woah, eardrum alert! I never had mine on more than 10 0`clock - with gain set to just clip on the very loudest notes. [/quote] I guess my band is louder than yours naa naa naa naa naaah It won't sound THAT loud 10-20 metres away. That little amp is great, but is not a wizard that can bend the laws of physics

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1417789878' post='2624061'] Read the info. These cabs work just as well horizontally as vertically. [/quote] I'll have to listen to believe it. I can't imagine getting the same definition onstage from two very low speakers on the ground at knee level, than from a stack that comes at least to chest level, no matter what the blurb says. It just goes contrary to every experience I've had.

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1417785978' post='2624004'] Well I tried it in the shop and the bloke let me put it next to my orange terror bass to compare, terror bass was definitely more dirty and full, but the mark bass was very sweet, and volume wise I cranked them both up and again there wasn't much between them, they're similar up to 12 o'clock and then much extra on either after that, anyway I got the mark bass, I think I will probably get the extension cab at some point in the future, they're not silly money picked up second hand, band camp on Monday for some mark bass funk, let's see how it gets on. [/quote] The MarkBass doesn't really get much louder (if at all) with the volume past 1 o'clock or so, by the way.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1417782267' post='2623945'] Aaarrgghhh.... no! Then the badges would be the wrong way round Thought I'd mention it before WoT did... [/quote] although... if you floor people with your amazing tone, then it'll look ok to them

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1417777466' post='2623882'] That's interesting. I seem to recall reading that the whole point of having the G string machine on the other side was to eliminate a presumed weakness in the Precision design for a weaker G string. [/quote] Not sure there's anything weak about a G-string in a Precision! I like the 3+1 visually, and that it allows for a shorter headstock and a much shorter length of string after the nut to reach the post... but I doubt it does anything to change whether it's weak or not.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1417777608' post='2623884'] If I owned this cab I'd have 2, and I'd be stacking them horizontally. A flat solid surface isn't guaranteed and vertical isn't always a safe option for many of the gigs I do. [/quote] would you do that to claim more stage space to yourself? cunning! :thumbsup" not sure it'd be much good, soundwise, compared to a vertical stack.

[quote name='bakerster135' timestamp='1417781349' post='2623923'] Just to add to this, the Darklighter is essentially a Tubescreamer with improvements, and the Knightfall is based on the (now discontinued) Voodoo Labs Overdrive (which was pretty much identical to the Fulltone OCD). [/quote] The Darklighter might be based on the Tubescreamer, I don't know, but it sounds a LOT better. I wouldn't know it's based on it from its sound. I'm actually waiting for my "Raging Bull" pedal (should be posted today ) which is a Darklighter with a bunch of extra things (the artwork reflects the Darklighter provenance... pics coming soon )

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1417771935' post='2623816'] Oh I just thrash hell out it playing Punk Rock with a pick, so I guess it's pushing it a bit to say I play a Bass guitar [/quote]

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1417567243' post='2621943'] i just don't get it.. its almost like a cult. anything that is said against Music Man is blaspheme. its very odd.. even Fender die hards don't do this.. I'm not going to give you a link to the thread for fear of reprisals. Does Ernie give out some sort of drugs with his basses that indoctrinates you.? its actually quite annoying. [/quote] I know... It's weird indeed. I don't know why certain brands attract that type of "cult mentality". I love my MMs... but I never liked the EBMM forum for that reason.

Amazing deal!!! By the way, the "Combo Head II" is essentially the LM3 head, not the LM2 as one might imagine. In other words, it's the current version. £270???

[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1417729256' post='2623618'] For me it had to be Oopsdabassist's Steampunk. Great design that would have me GASing like crazy if I saw it in a shop. [/quote] Yup, that's what I thought too.

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1417539948' post='2621513'] I'm wondering whether this would would cut it live, bars with a couple of hundred people in? Or whether that would need and extension can, my orange terror combo can gig a pretty big hall at a push, can this? [/quote] You'd definitely want an extension cab then. What kind of band is it?

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1417533957' post='2621447'] As the title says, anyone got one of these? I had the CMD102 a while back but moved it on and I'm considering this as a good lightweight option, I'm trying one on Friday but that is not like playing with a full band, does this cut it for live performances in pups or halls? [/quote] It is VERY good, but it depends what for. I have used one many times, as stage monitor. It is a great stage monitor (unless you have a very big stage). If you put it on a stand it will not have much "oomph", but couple it to the floor/wall, and it sounds quite good (to me) and it does the job. I bought it as a solution to hear myself on stage when it was not practical or desirable for me to bring a bigger rig and I still wanted to guarantee I would enjoy playing. It's so portable, I can take it anywhere. It is not very loud, 'though, if you intend to use it as the sole carrier of bass in a room, unless you're accompanying acoustic instruments or something of that kind. The cab is tiny. Look at that cube, it is small, right? Well, half of it is taken by the amp and there's a void in the back... it's a small small cab. Loud for what it is, but I can't think many gigs you could do with just it. I have used mine with a variety of extension cabs. The smallest one was a Schroeder mini 10R. Together I have played small pub gigs with full band (drums, three guitars and brass). Not earth shattering, but well capable. The MarkBass extension will probably do a similar job and work well in small bars etc. I have used my CMD121P alone once outdoors. I had a wall behind me, and we were not being very loud. Drummer played a reduced kit and wasn't been loud, brass was unamplified, a small PA carried vocals, and the guitars ran on three small amplifiers. Our "area" was about 15m x 15m (that's where the people would be watching us). We had a good volume for a street performance, the bass could be heard very clearly, but that's not festival volume. So, it's pretty versatile. I used it with a Barefaced Compact cab, and that was pretty cool. Enough for a good size pub and being asked to turn down a bit Again, not earth-shattering, but it definitely had oomph. I like it. It's a good sounding amp, small, light, portable... I've taken it to festivals, I've taken it to radio shows, I've taken it to street performances, pubs and bigger stages at proper music venues... It works. As a stage monitor, it does a great job unless the stage is bigger than the stages most of us play (not sure where you play, 'though). To carry the room, however... it's a small cabinet with a single 12", bear that in mind and don't expect miracles. However, it sounds better and louder than you'd imagine by looking at its diminutive size.