Hi,
Predicament: Which Markbass head to get?
The Markbass Little Mark Tube or the Markbass Little Mark Rocker.
Both are around the 650-700 mark, both kick out 500 watts @ 4 ohms, both have the same EQ section, both have tubes in them somewhere.
The only difference, as far as I can tell, is the way the tube 'blend' is controlled:
Little Mark Tube: 'Mix' Control from full solid state to full 'tube' sound.
Little Rocker: 'Tube Drive' Control which only controls drive......obviously.
My question is which would be 'better' overall?
Does the Rocker already have the tube sound before the drive is kicked in? Is only being able to 'drive' the tubes a problem? I know that Markbass amps are known for being warm sounding anyway.....
This is the predicament I find myself in. The obvious answer is to try them both but I have nowhere locally or within reasonable distance to try them so I'm asking you, the good people of Bass Chat, for your opinions. I know Markbass is very popular on here so I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this topic for me.
Here are the German YouTube reviews, I know they are in German but they give a good indication of the kind of sounds you can get from these bad boys:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6iqwo828es"]MarkBass Little Mark Rocker 500[/url]
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDhTTAZjJyo&feature=related"]MarkBass Little Mark Tube[/url]