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Well, finally back and able to post from my Mac, not my iPhone. Joy. Anyway, lets try and establish form out collective experience how the various members of the Littlemark family differ. We have: 500 watters LM3 LMtube LMRocker LM250 250 watter and 800watt fully digital: LM800 LMtube 800 Personally I have used LM3 and LM2 - great, big warm clean. No possibility of grit. And most folk seem to use and rave about these. However, I would be keen to know a bit about the ones with tubes, and indeed the rocker. Anyone got one and could chip in their honest thoughts? Chris

cool. Sorry for the thread hijack. Anyone used a Littlemark Rocker....actually, new thread alert...

What are the LM tube ones like? Can they do the classic MB clean, and also have the tube blended for a bit of grit?

I always liked the heads. very nice. Had many a happy gig with Littlemarks and BDDI's......BDDii? what is the plural lol?

Mobile web made 2 threads can a mod pl merge them?

Bloody mobile web posted topic twice can a mod please merge?

So, I'm sat outside my caravan in Cornwall musing over a few things. I am midway through a rig change which came about through a shift to drums seeing me sell some gear to free cash for drum stuff. However I am now bassing full time and want to put together my ideal rig. I am liking my new BF Compact so far, and a couple more gigs will likely see me sure. However, like alot of folk on here I have been through a few heads ( mainly markbass to be fair - lm 2 and 3, ta501 and f1) and I keep reading about the other new micro head options. And then we read about folk chopping and changing, or even singing the praises of a particular head only to see in their sig that they have moved on to something else. FS section sees a fairly regular set of amps cropping up ( shuttles, streamliner, tc heads etc) but not quite as many markbass, ashdown Abm and others. Maybe this should tell me something. I want a rig that I can forget about, that is loud, portable and versatile. So in all honestly who is truly happy with their rig having used it for a good while without feeling the need to change?

So, I'm sat outside my caravan in Cornwall musing over a few things. I am midway through a rig change which came about through a shift to drums seeing me sell some gear to free cash for drum stuff. However I am now bassing full time and want to put together my ideal rig. I am liking my new BF Compact so far, and a couple more gigs will likely see me sure. However, like alot of folk on here I have been through a few heads ( mainly markbass to be fair - lm 2 and 3, ta501 and f1) and I keep reading about the other new micro head options. And then we read about folk chopping and changing, or even singing the praises of a particular head only to see in their sig that they have moved on to something else. FS section sees a fairly regular set of amps cropping up ( shuttles, streamliner, tc heads etc) but not quite as many markbass, ashdown Abm and others. Maybe this should tell me something. I want a rig that I can forget about, that is loud, portable and versatile. So in all honestly who is truly happy with their rig having used it for a good while without feeling the need to change?

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1326863' date='Aug 4 2011, 01:06 PM']In the Jan issue they tested the MarkBass F500 and found it to be pretty close to the advertised spec.[/quote] Lol not long sold my F1...

In fact.. Terror excepted, which of the other small heads give out the full proper watts?

It does not exactly inspire me to try one out to be honest. Dont like an over compressed tone. Who knows though - my Abm might do something similar for all I know...

In the final analysis the Ashdown may well be the head for me. I like it's depth and easy adjustability, but I keep getting drawn to the terror bass by great reviews, and previous good exp with their guitar stuff. Has anyone used both and thus feels able to do a comparison? Thanks Chris

Ok, last night was in a fairly large hall, typical wedding gig. Set up on stage, with PA support. It sounded great, plenty of top bite, big lows and good mids. Really it was great, nothing else to say really. I could hear myself in a loud band, and the PA did it's job. Not as big sounding as my abm410, but not far off at all. It would nor have quite been enough without Pa support, but everything was in the Pa as we always do and it was a big hall. Good stuff

There is a used compact fs on here. Might be worth a punt?

It's tomorrow Dave. Yep it's not tiny but that's not a prob at all. As you can see it's 19" wide and it's 13"'deep so it has a smaller footprint than a normal big cab and that it what counts. Very easy lift. If it's not loud enough I'll get a midget to go on top.

[quote name='chris_b' post='1312483' date='Jul 22 2011, 10:49 AM']I'm glad the cab is working well in Notts set up. So, it looks like people who don't own a piece of equipment [i]can[/i] come up with good advice and recommendations after all![/quote] Not sure I get that reference re the recommendations etc? However, it is working well so far. Needs gigging though. And I will only fully recommend it after this - otherwise it goes back under Alex's policy. We shall see,

How was the randy j head mate?

Well, here is my new one. Might swop the head out yet, not sure. [attachment=85263:DSCF1042.JPG]

[quote name='Sibob' post='1311951' date='Jul 21 2011, 07:34 PM']Yus, I didn't want to hijack the thread....but figure we both got them today, so its ok lol It'll be at the SE bash. Little bit like the Vintage...except I can cut it in half Si[/quote] No worries two together looks ace. Question really is 2 compacts or a compactandmidget lol.

What a line - just been doing it with a student. Proper Jamerson. I am sure you all know this, but hey, I enjoyed teaching it. Lovely stuff.