Kev

Cheers buddy

I hope my little comment didn't give that impression, and my apologies if it did! Open discussion (without getting personal) very much welcome and I for one am very keen to hear what Dawsons' have to say for themselves!

Now that's interesting, you own an 801 and an 802? Any particular reason for owning both? I'v decided to go for.....the CMD121p! Ordered and should be with me next week! Reason being the cost; cheapest I was getting the Micromark for in the UK was £450; for £250 more I have been able to by a much more flexible amp and not sacrificed much at all in conveniance of size/weight, and this way I have the power and volume if I need it. The 802 just seemed far too expensive for what you got, so that never made the cut. I shall report back

One of two Markbass combos I am looking at, glad to here you like it!

Rosetti are great. Bizzarely, the Schaller lock on the top horn my Ricky wasn't cut correctly and didn't fit my straplocks (bottom one fine, weirdly!). Contacted Rosetti, within a few days a new Schaller set was sent to me FOC

Thanks for your comments Ed, really appreciated. I had an LMII a few years ago and found myself leaving the EQ flat and just using the VPF and VLE. I know the 801 does not have the VLE, but I can't imagine the lack of tone control with bother me too much. I have a B7K that can be used as a 4 band preamp if needs be I am now finding myself looking at the cmd 121p, not exactly massive in comparison and plenty of power should I ever need it. Decisions!

Let's stay on topic and play nicely guys and gals please Have Dawsons responded to your complaint yet? And more importantly, any news on the Amp?

Done

[quote name='rubis' timestamp='1393453358' post='2380622'] .......or the CMD JB Players School combo ? [/quote] That seems like a bit of a budget MB amp, using a lesser quality speaker cone and weaker power amp than the Mini CMD's; If I was going down that route I would probably buy a CMD121P as I prefer 12's to 15's [quote name='Ed_S' timestamp='1393457121' post='2380682'] I've only gone up to about 3/4 on the master but that was certainly loud and still clear. Given the way it responds to different basses I own, I get the feeling there might be some mileage in using a clean boost before the input to get maximum volume from passive or lower output basses, but I'm yet to try that out. [/quote] Cool Volume doesn't really concern me really, I just want a speaker than sounds as full and rich as possible at low volumes..and one that doesn't fart out should I choose to turn it up

[quote name='Marco Markbass' timestamp='1393446530' post='2380497'] If you caan try to put the Micromark 801 on another cabinet like 2x10 and you will check, naturally this for small gig for home it dounds in perfect way and also to study thanks his aux in. Naturally my topic is because i made it. [/quote] Hi Marco, nice to see you on the forum! Are there any plans to upgrade/update the 801 any time soon, as I notice few UK stores stock them?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1393445001' post='2380469'] You can't gig a 1 x 8 45 watt combo. That just won't work. There's a GK 200 watt 112 combo in the Sale section right now which might. [/quote] No intention to gig at all. This is purely for home practice, and 'full whack' is for when the neighbours are out

The 'full' sound was certainly something I was looking for, and I assume from the cone's 200w handling the sound is still crystal clear at full whack?

It was a good amp, but I fancied something different and to be honest I still do

As my status update indicates, I am looking for a small practice amp for use at home or relatively quiet jams only. The market seems to be completely inundated with micro combos these days, however the Markbass 801 has caught my eye and Thomann sells for about £350, which seems to be cheaper than anywhere else, It's tiny, but how does it sound? 45w doesn't sound much, but anything that sounds better than running through my Hitachi HiFi will be an improvement! I am also looking at things like the Roland Bass Cube and Ampeg offerings, but they all seem to be trying to be big amps with big sound and falling short, whereas the Markbass seems to be happy being what it is! I find PJB a little too clean (currently selling one of their larger combos) so not really interested in them. Any other suggestions please feel free to help me! Budget is the £300-£400 mark.

Lovely again, do they still do AG? Here is my 2010 4003 JG, I love it [URL=http://s75.photobucket.com/user/KevMan69/media/photo2_zpse9d8459f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i287/KevMan69/photo2_zpse9d8459f.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

The Flex Steels sound interesting, are they worth the extra money?

[quote name='edstraker123' timestamp='1393179858' post='2377049'] HI Kev, Don' t want to compromise a potential sale but it was less than this with an almost new hard case,as new Levy's leather strap, TM Stevens lead and a tuning fork !. It was badly listed on ebay , it only said bass guitar in the listing header no mention of Spector and said collection only although the seller was really accommodating and allowed me to arrange my own courier. It was an absolute bargain for what I paid but I fancy a fretless so this will probably be the one of the ones to go as I like 4 strings better. [/quote] The market is slow at the moment for everything, but if you got it under £300 and it is mint then that's a decent deal

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1393191993' post='2377259'] Been travelling all day to pick this one up... Presenting my 1980 4001 in Azure-glow Sounds spot on, I'm just disappointed it's a bit late to be turning things up. Neck is dead straight and a pretty low action. More than a handful of 'Mojo', but nothing hideous. Very nice to play, the neck is nice and slim and smooth, and I'm finding the sweet spot with the neck pup on full and the bridge on half. I'm going to get it to Julian Mullan for a full service and fix-up. Thinking about some nice chrome flats. At the moment it's wearing yukky Roto stainless cheese graters. Very happy [/quote] Very nice!

I think £300 would be about right for a mint condition example, how much did you pay if you don't mind sharing?

Terrible time to sell gear at the moment, some silly bargains knocking about for sure. Certainly a time to keep hold of your stuff until the market picks up!

Out with the SSII, in with the 4003