JohnFitzgerald

When a good friend made the offer of this at a price that I really couldn't refuse, I had to. 

I've always liked the idea of these and I'm really liking it so far. It seems to have wider spacing than my other basses, but that's ok. Anyway, it's nothing too fancy, but I'm awfully please to have it.

 

Marko's work is genius, and the addition of the pickups just add to it all.

I have one of his 6 strings and since I bought, I've never played any of my other basses. This is a chance to get your hands on a unique instrument.

 

I'm reminded of how Trace Elliot came to exist. they build PA systems and moved that approach into building highly capable bass rigs.

It's not their fault that everyone abused the pre shape and graphic.

That's when that whole hifi bass sound came from.

19 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

I had one and it was quite pokey yet easy to carry. I did find it was voiced differently to my other MB combos and I struggled to get much treble out of the  EQ which just just VPF and VLE. I did a  review of the 801 and 802 in the reviews section.It does seem more suited to acoustic and double basses tonally ( to my ears)

I was however  impressed with the new Marcus Miller 101 combo I tried recently which is a 10" speaker and only 60 watts  but nice and small. It sounded immense for such a small power output.

The 802 will not give you the headroom of your current rig which with the extra speaker gives you the full 250 watts.

If you wish to stick with MB, try a CMD 121 P which on its own is around 300 watts or 500 with an extension. It's my go-to for home practice and small gigs

Thanks for the insight, that's very useful.
I had envisaged the 802 for use with my acoustic band.
If I'm being honest, the current combo isn't a difficult lift either.

I'll check out the Marcus Miller 101 too.

2 minutes ago, naxos10 said:

The cab kit price is on page 21 John.

Thank you !

Folks,

What page would the details and pricing be on ?

I'm currently toying with the idea of getting one of the above.
I currently have a Markbass JB combo, the 1x15" and a matching NY 151 Blackline qx15" cab.

It's a compact 2x15" setup, but I'd like something that's even more compact and an ideal casual pickup for the increasing number of acoustic gigs I do these days.

Does anyone have any experience with them ? 

It's this guy here :-

It would be as an alternative to this, my current setup :-

18 minutes ago, owen said:

I traded an early Overwater original shape for a set of EMG jazz pickups. We feel your pain. 

I had one of those, in a brownish colour. We've all done things that we look back on and wonder why, just why...

On ‎12‎/‎04‎/‎2019 at 04:16, Bassislife16 said:

I had a Headless full carbon MPU a few years back, 4 stringer, light as a feather with a single EMG and BTC pre, selling that bass for rent was the single most stupid move of my life. I miss it dearly. 

I'll help you out here.

Early 90s, I sold a Wal for £350.

Yep...

Oh, I'm glad you approve !!!

That means a lot to me. 😎

It's a beloved instrument.

It'll be coming to many great gigs in the future.

I do love this bass. The singlecut seems more normal than I might have imagined.

Here it is with my other 6, a Fame badged Mayones.
I must get a family shot with the 4 string Fame in there too.

 

On ‎31‎/‎03‎/‎2019 at 23:31, Matte_black said:

Strange to see a non-carbonfiber bass made by Marko 😉

Anyway he's good at it, no doubt! Just don't understand the reason for the mismatched color tuners. 😄

Customer asked for it, same as the black / gold bridge.
I wouldn't have asked for that but will never change it, all part of the story.

11 hours ago, bigsmokebass said:

What a beauty, would love to hear how this sounds! 😁

It's a bit lively, but has a trick up its sleeve.
As well as the three band active, it also has an old fashioned passive tone pot.
Just for taming it.

(But I still sound like me. Whatever that is.)

11 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Congratulations on that beauty John.

 

Seeing various items getting moved on by your good self this last wee while had me wondering. Now I see it all went to a worthy cause 😎

David, 

It all makes sense now, I hope.

😉

Owen,

If it's anything like this one, which I'm sure it will be, the quality will be amazing.

Dave,

It's actually a pendant which I'd seen whilst looking for an abalone bear of any sort. 

Given the back story, I'll get one and see if it fits / works.

I'd never heard of this beer, but now I've looked, that's the exact logo, as yo said. 

I'll look into this.

Up to this point, I was thinking of this.
 

1 minute ago, FinnDave said:

You need a Finnish bear - google Karhu, the Finnish for bear and also the name of a leading brand of beer there. I have the Karhu (beer) logo tattooed on my left arm as a   reminder of the years I lived in that fine country.

Dave, 

That's EXACTLY what I'd been thinking off.

An inlaid Abalone bear.

I'm feeling immensely fortunate.

After some toing and froing with the seller (all very good natured) I've snagged this bass.
Built by Marko Ursin, a Finnish Luthier, it was a custom build in 2009 for the original owner, who I've just bought it from.
I'd never really imagined having a single cut, but this was just so nice.
I'm still getting used to the Aguilar OBP3 / Bartolini G6 combo, but it's such a responsive bass.

I'd felt fortunate owning my Fame / Mayones 6 string, but this is every bit as special.

Given it's A Finnish bass, crafted by a gent by the name of Ursin, it might gain an appropriate headstock logo.
Finnish national animal is the bear and Ursin, must be derived from Ursine, for bear.

I'm more than happy with the added 'presence' that these bring.
If they're a little bright, I'll handle that with palm muting or the tone control.

In my case, they're on the fretless below. 

It has an ebony fingerboard, that may help in the response. 

I don't know, it's not an area I'm familiar with.

 

1 hour ago, EBS_freak said:

Not really no - the XR channel settings would be for your core tone... it would be a bit clunky otherwise.

You can pick scenes and settings for a show, yes. But I wouldn't use it like that, because I'm scared...

Blue silk, colour coded ends.

just to add to the above, there are many great channel setups that you can download from other users, if you use X Air Edit.

I use one of the fx processors on the X18 to give me a bit of delay for natural chorusing on my fretless.
In stereo, on the in ears, you can image how lush it sounds.