Markbass STU 1000 head deal

[petecarlton]

Don't know if this is of interest to anyone, but they're knocking 300 euros off the price of the STU Amp 1000 head on their site as they're discontinuing the model.  Link here:

 

https://www.markstore.it/product/mb-stu-amp-1000/

 

I haven't checked out shipping costs, etc., but I doubt if they add up to more than the saving!  Of course, you'd need a plug adapter for use in the UK.

[fretmeister]

"100V; 120V; 230V; 240V – 50/60Hz (tension set inside the equipment)
WARNING: The MARKBASS CASA is manufactured to be used in the country where they have been sold, and it is factory preset to that country’s voltage. So make sure you’re sending the correct voltage to your amp before you connect it to the AC power."

 

I realise that EU is mostly 230V and the UK is still actually 240V but that the allowable margins are quite wide (about 230 to 250V in the UK) but I wonder if there would be any warranty cover for power related issues.

 

I'd like to try one - looks very much like the old Hartke HA3500 that Stu used for years.

[BassmanPaul]

I'd more interested  if  the  unit could handle a 2 ohm load. In this day and age I  would have thought that an Amp Designer would consider that.

 

Edited Monday at 19:40 by BassmanPaul

[petecarlton]

10 hours ago, BassmanPaul said:

I'd more interested  if  the  unit could handle a 2 ohm load. In this day and age I  would have thought that an Amp Designer would consider that.

 

Perhaps that’s why it’s being discontinued? It’s no longer for “this day and age”.  

 

14 hours ago, fretmeister said:

"100V; 120V; 230V; 240V – 50/60Hz (tension set inside the equipment)
WARNING: The MARKBASS CASA is manufactured to be used in the country where they have been sold, and it is factory preset to that country’s voltage. So make sure you’re sending the correct voltage to your amp before you connect it to the AC power."

 

I realise that EU is mostly 230V and the UK is still actually 240V but that the allowable margins are quite wide (about 230 to 250V in the UK) but I wonder if there would be any warranty cover for power related issues.

 

I'd like to try one - looks very much like the old Hartke HA3500 that Stu used for years.

I don’t think it’s normally a problem, having lived for several years in France using British electrical equipment and vice versa, but I have no idea about the warranty thing, tbh.