Al Krow

@mcnach you also mentioned elsewhere that the Spark Boost sounded better with some basses than others. Which basses does it work well with and which not? I've found that the J bridge pup on my Yammys produces a fair bit more sustain and bite with some of my drives than the P pup.

Yammy store in London seems to be having a bit of a sale on, although the prices of basses not in the sale seem to have gone up and some of them eye wateringly so!

You gonna post a YT clip of the band doing this I hope? Now that you've started the ball rolling on commenting about the appearance of other folks' posts, how come your posts are all double spaced compared to everyone else's eh, eh? 😁

Well, even if you have previously owned just about every bit of bass gear that's been available, it's good to that see you still have attitude ... of a Yammy kind anyway 😀

Just connecting a couple of dots... Any cab that delivers a meaty low end is going to be putting out more in the low frequency range, and those low-f waves are also the higher energy ones. So I guess it's not surprising that the F112 can soak up the watts and needs to be partnered with a decent powered amp to get the most out of it. @xgsjx gave the relationship of RMS power at 4 ohms => 2/3 RMS power at 8 ohms earlier in this thread. That would broadly tie in with Marcus Limited 800 amp, we've just been discussing on another thread, delivering 800W at 4ohm = 500W at 8ohm (per its spec sheet), and my DG M900 delivering 900+ W at 4ohms = circa 600W at 8ohms (although the manual states 500W at 8ohms which is a little confusing). Should do the trick

Marcus Limited 800 = 500W at 8 ohms. That's going to pair very well with some excellent 8 ohm cabs! Particularly those that soak up watts fearlessly

@jazzyvee great post thanks. I was in the queue behind you for that Dubster 2 last year In addition to the two uses you mentioned, I suspect it could also work well for synth bass.

They'd be better off buying ACG, Ashdown, Barefaced, Chowny, Laney, Marshall or Shuker (which other Brit brands am I missing?) if they had any sense!

Yup bad news for us UK bassists! But great news for American, Japanese and European tourists and the UK tourist industry

Just looking at your band pass chart - is that the actual one for the 'Millerizer'? It seems to be inverted to what I would be expecting from a VPF mid scoop type filter i.e. I would be expecting a cut between 5 kHz and 12 kHz (and therefore a relative boost of the lows and the highs).

Yup - that's very much my conclusion too! I think we're in agreement that the new Marcus Limited range has finally nailed it on the EQ centre-point front and I look forward to buying Fretmeister's new amp off him when he's getting his next 'must have now' toy 😂

Good stuff - I look forward to getting your thoughts on it once you've had a chance to put it through its paces. For me, it's always nice to have something a bit tonally varied - it just seems to keep everything from going stale. I find that particularly with my Yammy and Ibby basses. I think you're going to get some of that tonal variety / keeping things fresh with your M900 and MB heads. Enjoy!

Haha! Is that a BF SC you have by any chance? If so, that would be far too BC clone if you've got both the same amp and cab as me and are now thinking about going MBass - I previously had the LM3 😁 So you going to push the button on the Marcus Limited or going to hold off for the GK Legacy?

@3below and @Raggy - not wanting to go off piste on a FS thread, but am really interested to know whether your BF Dubsters are: - the v1 or v2? - what else you pair yours with? - whether you're getting any low end boominess on your sets and if so how you have dealt with that? If you've got any clips uploaded of the Dubster being used, that would be fantastic - couldn't find anything much at all on YouTube!

Thanks dB, that makes good sense and I'll try to get with the jargon! 😁 So I guess I'm not into 'clanky' drive tones which is at the core of this pedal, but much more into meaty growl. Although having said that, I am a huge fan of Geddy!!

The new Marcus Limited range seems to have dealt with ALL the EQ shortcomings that were gripes for me with the old LM3. The LM3 had the bass EQ centre set too low at 40Hz, a massive 'hole' between high-mid centre EQ and treble EQ, and with the treble EQ being centred at a less than useful 10kHz. The EQ centre points and semi-para mids look like just the ticket on this new model - so I think it's going to be their best D class head yet. It should give you a bit more of that Markbass warmth to contrast with the clean tone of your DG M900 and I suspect you're going to love it Btw - if you're wanting that top end zing for slap, do your cabs have a tweeter?

I'll let others with more expertise than me to revert on how band pass filters work...but in relation to your Q: Comments on the net suggest that the 'Old School' and 'Millerizer' controls are just a relabelling of the previous Markbass 'VLE' and 'VPF' filters found on the LM3 . That would obviously make good commercial sense for MBass to be recycling existing tech! VLE = was a treble roll-off and the VPF a mid-scoop - which is the classic setting for slap bass. So if they have swapped the Millerizer for a Semi Para mid EQ, that should give you a fair bit more control and you'll still be able to mid scoop to your heart's content

Cheers Dosi. Agreed the DG pedals are more inherently mid-scooped and fizzy and this pedal doesn't have that baked in in the same way. The fizz I'm referring to, is there where the drive is fully engaged and the high pushed above 2pm e.g. can be heard between 3.20 to 3.35 on your review (and elsewhere). That's the particular tone I'm not a fan of, for my style of playing, but others may be. This pedal can obviously do a fair bit otherwise, but the 'core drive tone' is essentially a fizzy one, would you agree? I can therefore understand your preference for setting this to light overdrive. Btw - I thought your by-passed tone was really good

@Dosi Y'Anarchy - hey thanks for pulling that together and sharing with us! It's a really useful format review - you get a really good sense of what the pedal is capable of.

Looks interesting. Anyone going? Couple of cool offerings from Boss already announced (SY-1 and RC-10R pedals), both of which I suspect I'm going to end up getting! Been a long time since I've bought any Boss kit and it really does feel like they have upped their game recently. If you spot anything that's of interest to us BC'ers please do share them on this thread.

Yeah fair do's. But my simple view is that life's too short - if you're not loving it and in fact it's become a chore, is it worth the grief? In my books bass, bandmates and indeed Basschat are all supposed to be fun and when they cease to be, move on. As Chris profoundly said, there's always golf... 😄

Having recently got a Fearless 112 cab which seems to be able to eat low end for breakfast(!) I thought I'd give the Mastotron as a pure sub generator a spin. Set all the other dials to 'off' / clean and switched the 'Subs' from my usual 2 to 3. Well I'm a convert: this clean sub setting justifies the entry price for the Mastotron by itself! Combine with my Mesa M6 amp's 'pull deep' on bass EQ and WOW - that's one BIG low end!! DOD Meatbox eat your heart out - this set up is actually gonna be 'usable' without recourse to PA sub woofers!