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Hi Phil, one speaker sounds loud and normal and the other 3 sound quieter and cannot cope with any bottom end. (hence compressed) I wouldn't bother replacing them anyway, I'd rather flog the cab 'as is' cheers

Ok fellow bass chatters, here's the rub. I've recently changed my bass gear to ampeg PF500 and markbass cabs because after 10 years of Hartke and recently playing with a friends band with a keyboard player, my sound just seemed awful. I use an old P bass with a HA3500 head into a USA made TP410. The cab has been really well looked after but for the past 3 years has lived in the van. Now I read somewhere on this site, that the ally coned speakers don't like the temperature change and it affects them. I get sound from all 4 speakers but 3 of them sound compressed. I want to sell the cab as I now have new gear, I'm not bothered about getting top dollar, just want to get shot of it . How can I tell if the drivers are shot, (physically as opposed to audibly) your thoughts please folks thanks Sting (in my tribute band anyway)

well my first gig with the lightweight cabs was great. stacked the 2 cabs up (first time I've stacked anything in nearly 20 years) and got some fantastic wallop. best of all I can carry the 1x15 std cab with one hand.

interesting list of stuff here, I started in 1981 with Tempest SG shaped bass. (same as a Kay) 2 years later and late 70's Fender Musicmaster 6 months later, Manson Explorer bass, then in 1986 traded that for an Aria SB-R150 then when I started gigging hard they came and went, Vox white shadow fretless another aria, with P & J p/ups Gibson EB0 late 70s P bass, maple board mid 70s P bass, rosewood board Hamer Scarab Hohner steinberger copy Washburn B-2A Guild B301 Jaydee Mark King Rick 4001 '62 P bass '62 re-issue P bass '75 P bass, which I bought in 1990 and am still gigging with (this shows you the time line Status 4000 another Manson explorer with an abelone tiger inlaid into it another Jap P bass that was it till about 2000, all I had was the 75 P bass then came, Fender P bass Lyte Musicman SUB Fender Sting bass Hofner contempory violin bass fender jazz bass special Fender japan, 70's reissue maple board fretless squier Jazz stripped back to wood and oiled (to look like Stings old jazz) retrovibe rv4 *icken*acker copy. (sold just 2 weeks ago) I think that's it. I'm in a Police tribute band, hence the fretless and Sting bass. my number 1 is still my 75. Used it last night. an incredible bass. I wish I had pictures of them all

lanterns is a horror John, luckily haven't played there for years. I figure these cabs are cheap enough and if I don't get on with them I'm sure I can move them on easily enough. fingers crossed they'll do what I want. We're starting to DI the bass on nearly all the gigs now. I think you'll love the pa John. The bass sounded great thru it at the frenchman on thursday (with police tribute)

just a quick update. Decideded against the mark traveller cabs as too many people say they are bottom end lite. decided that I needed to try the club series, then remembered my local music shop had a s/h 1x15 std mark. went there to have a look/listen. he also had a club 115. how much Dave? I asked. £250 each cab. so obviously I bought them both. got a gig tonight depping for some friends, so I'll try my hartke ha3500 through them. order my ampeg PF500 next week. now looking for club 2x10

[quote name='StraightSix' timestamp='1333634594' post='1604593'] Let's reverse the question - why do you thing mixing speaker sizes is good...? [/quote] always done it in the past with good results. I'm not an anorak when it comes to my bass sound but some of the best sounds I've heard at my level, (I'm a pub and club player) have been with 15s and 10s. I find 15s too middley sounding and 10s lack a little thump. I'm trying to get the best of both worlds without back breaking consequences.

Help!!! don't we mix 10s and 15s anymore. what's changed and when, (I've obviously spent too long playing guitars) JT, yes, ampeg into mark bass. It did sound incredible and you've met my wife, she's got short arms so we want the smaller cabs , that way she can lift them about on her own. I thought the mix of the 2 sizes is good. please, more info

just a quick update. I wanted to try the pf500 and the MB500 side by side through mark cabs. I did. ampeg wins hands down on tone. it's a little heavier, but that sound really suits my playing. I once recoreded a promotional track for my amp company (I used to make valve guitars amps with a friend of mine) with Chris Tsangarides (Gary moore, malmsteen, judas priest and anyone in between) and he plugged my trusty old P bass into an ampeg valve di box. Every since then I've wanted to go Ampeg. It's appears the best price for the cabs is Thomann. 115 TP and 210TP cheers chaps

cool, it's Teggy's birthday gig. there's so much gear out there. it's almost fun updating gear, haven't done it for ages

ah ok, scrub that. I was looking at an obviously old GK web page. it's just the mb500. it was a great sounding amp. definately interested in one of these, I'd like to try the ampeg PF500 too. trip to GAK coming up shortly methinks

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1332584492' post='1590243'] Well I`ve got the GK MB500, had it since December last year, and do 3 hour rehearsals, 2 hour gigs, and not had a problem with it. Apparently there were issues with the previous incarnation, the MB2 - 500, but these are reported to have been addressed with the new MB500. Had an Orange Terror - great amp, really loud, dial in some great break up, or massive driven filth, but the eq isn`t the most versatile. Had a TC Electronics Classic 450. Great amp. On-board compressor is great, and the Tubetone control allows anything from crystal clean when off, through valve-type breakup, to pure driven filth. Had an Ampeg PF500. Tonally, my fave out of the lot, but it wasn`t right for one of my bands. Little bit heavier than the others, though still fits in an over-shoulder bag easily. Nice on-board compressor. For pure versatility, out of the above I`d choose the TC Classic 450. For personal preference on tone, the Ampeg. But I`ve gone GK as it fits my punk covers band the best, and it`s half the size and weight of a laptop, so fits in my leads box. I was advised to try the Genz Benz Streamliner 600. That too is meant to be very versatile. Genz get a lot of love on here, got to be worth checking out. [/quote] Lozz, how do I know that's it's a mk3 MB500. Gak have the mb500 for £415

what do you use JT?

hey chaps, this is all useful stuff. glad the cabs have some love

As the title says. I'm fairly set on mark bass traveller 2x10 and 1x15 but its the amp head. A while back I tried a gallien Kruger head. small and very light with drive knob, which let you dial in a lovely edge. I love the edge you can get on valve ampegs. I read about this GK and just read reliability issues. so, where next. Orange bass terror? Mark bass little rocker, some sort of Genz Benz? I don't want to use any outboard pedals, just my bass, amp and cab. I gig in a police tribute band and do a few deps. But also my other pub actually has my wife playing bass and I play guitar, hence the reason we want to go lightweight. It's for when she goes out depping. For the past 10 years we've been using Hartke HA3500 and 4x10 or 1x15 cabs and we've been very happy. But I'm just about to blow 3K on a lightweight QSC PA system and lightening the bass gear is next. If I could reduced the weight of my guitar cab i would but as of yet I've not tried. your thoughts and comments are appreciated