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[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1347739909' post='1804584'] ring them, though squinting at the serial number suggests '09 ? [/quote] I had a look, thought it looked like 03? [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1347739985' post='1804587'] May of whatever year it is! It's reasonably recent based on the way the neck is made up. [/quote] When did they stop using the brass nut? Also the headstock is more sculpted than newer ones. I really should know this as I've owned a few SS1's I'm thinking its a bit older.

Genz NeoX 2x12 are great cabs. Vrey powerful and light. I used one with a Markbass F1 and it sounded the bizz!

[quote name='GetYourFunkOut93' timestamp='1341924773' post='1726255'] Nice one, So defo worth the buy? Cheers for the info [/quote] Yeah I'd say so but its always good to try one out if you can. If you can, get yourself to Bassdirect and try a Markbass and some Genz and other heads too.

Impressed with mine! Lots of headroom, more power than I really need. I like Markbass amps, always have. I had an F1 before I had to pretty much sell everything and vowed I'd get another when I could afford to. Thomann were doing these at a really good price so I thought I'd try one out and I'm glad I did. I've only used it in anger twice, one gig being a large and loud pub gig and it sounded great through the Genz cabs.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/markbass_little_mark_tube_800.htm Theres some good prices on Thomann at the moment. Bought mine from them and really getting on well with it.

It could be something to do with being Korean or Indonesian made (assuming its a Sykline). I'd be a little worried about being asked though...

This was the bass I used when trying my new Genz cabs, it was lovely! I'm very envious of you! I owned a PM 4 before some years ago and I had forgotten just how good Sandbergs are. Great choice of bass there.

Very happy with these cabs at last nights gig! Firstly the venue is one I've played many times with various different setups. Quite a large room which tends to soaks up the sound and usually quite busy. Most bands struggle to be heard clearly and just sound dull, distant and muddy. My band used our larger pa so as the drums can go through it and was probably almost at its limit. Guitars and bass is back line only. Two lead guitarists have pretty large rigs and rarely need pa support. So anyhow, big busy and noisy venue and the bass cut through lovely. I needed to tame the bass a bit, standing 25' from the stage I was quite surprised how deep it sounded but still clear and not what I would describe as muddy. After a bit more eq twiddling I got a pretty darn good sound, basically a Markbass set almost flat with the bass and low mid cut a little. I use a little VLE and some VPF to warm the sound a little but nothing over the top. I could hear everything I played clearly. Lows seemed tight, no nasty mids and on the occasions where I venture up the dusty end of the neck it all sounded so clear and strong. These cabs are an absolute bargain in my opinion. I've owned cabs at twice the price which have been no better. Even being non Neo their not exactly heavy and being quite compact I found I had no trouble carting them from the public carpark behind the pub to the stage. What I use would be overkill for some and I'm pretty sure I could have used the 1x15 and a 2x10 or even 2 2x15s (the 15" is a great little cab) and it would have been fine. Overall, very impressed.

Mark bought my ashdown cab off me and drove all the way up from darkest london to meet up at Northampton. Great guy to deal with and a pleasure to meet!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1341066178' post='1713413'] Jelous I would not mind trying a 1x10 at some point. [/quote] Do it! The build quality is up there with the pricier Genz cabs too. Just having a mess with the 1x15 on its own. I dont remember 15" cabs ever sounding this good. lively and bright even without using the tweeter and with the tweeter on the low setting it souds a very good gigable cab. loud, punchy, crisp and clear.

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1340984640' post='1712468'] Erm, thinking about it, maybe the pics and notes are enough for the mo..... lol [/quote] Ok, I'll keep hold of the DNA! Well I've just got back from Bassdirect with a 4x10 and a 1x15. Playing them in the shop i was amazed with the 2x10, it had so much balls. The 4x10 was obviously a bigger sound alltogether but hooking it up with the 1x15 really flicked my switch! lovely rich punchy sound. I used a Markbass F1. For the money these are outstanding. I'll be using them later at a gig and I'll let you know how it goes.

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1340958405' post='1711928'] I expect lots of detailed notes, pictures, measurements, statistical analysis, maybe some DNA samples. T [/quote] I'll let you know how it goes. I'll send some DNA samples in the post if you like!

I'm planning a visit to BassDirect on Saturday to try these out. I'm potentially after a 4x10 although I'd certainly like to try whatever Focus cabs Mark has in stock.

Funny aint it? The first thing I did when I got my large EBS rig years ago (HD650 2x12 4x10) was to get shot of the Stingray. I hated the sound of it. All hiss and fizz and no warmth, and that was with the tweeters almost off! I played through a Markbass amp belonging to a guy on this forum and thought to myself 'wow'! Thats exactly what I want to hear. Just wondering, were you using the the VLE at all on the Markbass? I found that it dose a great job of taking away any of the hifi fizzy stuff.