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It is from the tweeters themselves unfortunately, they have their own volume control knob on the side of the cabs (a clear sign that markbass know fine well that they are way too loud) but turning the tweeters all the way is the only way to totally eliminate the hiss, but you lose a lot of brightness and attack. Yeah I didn't think of it that way, I suppose it's only gonna eliminate any noise going into the cabs so if the issue is the tweeters then there really isn't anything to be done Just twigged the sheer stupidity of the question really.

hi guys, I recently bougt a new Mark Bass rig, (little rocker500 / traveller 2x10 and 1x15) mainly for its portability, but I'm getting a good punchy sound out of it. HOWEVER... good as the Piezo tweeters sound, they hiss like something not right! Would I be able to mask the background hiss with a noisegate pedal for parts when I'm not playing? I've heard about surpressors "sapping tone" from peoples bass sounds. Anyone used a noisegate for this application before? Cheers guys

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1419455236' post='2640230'] Could be purr-fect, but I'd reflect on it for a little while... [/quote] Just want to return to this post as this comment was criminally overlooked.

I've come to the decision that it's all just me trying to fit a square peg in a round hole! The solution being (which makes an excellent excuse!) is to just revert back to 4 strings for my bands material, and use my 5 string for my own stuff/learning other bands songs... so since it's not up to scratch I guess I'll just have to buy a new 4 string!

Hey man, I would be interested in getting in on this! Can't see the issue numbers or whatever on the pics but I'll just name who's on the covers of the one's I'd like if that's ok... 1) Robert Trujillo 2) Randy Jackson 3) John Paul Jones 4) Paul Chambers 5) Anthony Jackson if that is cool? awesome of you to just give them away, I'm assuming you just want paying for the postage?

I think when I originally did it I didn't want to tune up past standard tuning because I figured the tension wouldn't be good on the bass (since I'd never heard of the idea of tuning up lol) but on reflection half a step really wouldn't make that much of a difference lol. I just read an article where a guy is "up-tuning" his bass using hipshots, so he has his bass in standard tuning and tunes the hipshots to half a step up, definitely think I will have to invest in some of those! I would be able to play my bands material much easier then just revert back to standard tuning on the fly to play along with songs I wanna learn! Don't suppose anyone has done this before?

A low G! Dear god... the concept intrigues and boggles at the same time lol

I guess I'd have to give it a bash and see how it sounds and feels!

Thanks Molan, that is good to know! There is a music shop in Newcastle that sells these I'm thinking of getting from since it's a pig of a job finding anyone close enough on the forums to buy off. And I'm assuming all of the ones bought new from the shop with be Indonesian made? Good to hear good reviews, I like the idea of the 2 x 212 cabs, but wondering what the difference is between the NY and traveller series? I'll have to make my decision in the shop obviously, but upon looking at them there seems no difference aside from looks and the fact the NY is ironically lighter than the traveller series!

Hi Guys, weird question, I got a5 string bass last year, first and foremost because I just liked the bass and it was a big improvement on my old 4 string. Also my bands guitarists play in a low tuning (we are a metal band after all!) of C standard. So in theory, with the extra low string I should be able to reach lower notes with ease and without having to get the bass set up for a different tuning... Oh how wrong I was! Although I don't claim to be an amazing bassist by any stretch of the imagination, I can play my bands material with ease once learned, but playing C standard riffs in a metal band on a low B string seems utterly impossible! String skipping between the low B and the EAD strings is ridiculous, I would have to have either two hands or hold a world record for freakishly large hands. Obviously if I wasn't just a muppet with a bass I'd have been able to know how hard it would have been before I bought it... time to swot up on some musical theory lmao. So since discovering the difficulties I have reverted to tuning my low B up to C and the other 4 strings down 2 steps. The 5 string has still come in handy for out more proggy and technical parts for soloing and tapping sections including the G string, but I can't help but feel I've got a 5 string bass for no reason, or like a mug that can't play has bass right lol. Is this sort of set up also likely to damage my bass in the long run? I haven't noticed any drastic issues with the intonation since using it but will it warp my neck or anything? Considering selling my old 4 string and replacing it with a good one (or one with a high E) and retiring my 5 string for recreational use... Rant Over. Any thoughts? And happy new year to all! (Yep what sort of saddo is on basschat at 20 past 1 New years Day morning I hear you ask! A man's gotta work!)

I've used a pick for ages as I broke my middle finger on my right hand and it's a bit bent lol! When I try and play fingerstyle I end up hooking the string all the time, but you just have to make it work for you. Thankfully since I'm in a metal band some of the riffs are far easier with a pick due to the fast tremolo picking etc and the extra attack is a bonus. I guess I should try harder to work around my ailment though lol. Know you are not alone!

Cool, thanks for the responses. I have often wondered how much difference there is, I'm currently using a 4x10 and 1x15 combo and I hate it, the 1x15 is so boomy and farty its horrible but I assumed this was due to it generally just being a rubbish make of cab more than anything. Does the size of speaker really make that little difference? I read a review on this cab and it claimed that it lacked bottom end but sounded better when paired with the 151p ... Guess it's all just BS! How do you like these cabs M@23? Serving you well?