I used the markbass amps for a long time and always used the filters otherwise I couldn’t get the sound I wanted, the pedal could be all you need (I want one now 😁) ,I’ll be interested to hear how you get on, I’ve kinda gone back in time, at the moment I’m using an , Ashdown mag 300 EVO lll head , with markbass Ny 115’s , with a bit of compression, and really loving the sound
The UB40 band sounds like good fun , I really like some of earl Falconers basslines, Kingston town being one of my favourites 🙂