Portable cab to go nicely with a MarkBass Little Mark Tube...?

[charliethornton]

Just about to buy a markbass little mark tube cause i just love them! But I need a portable cab to go nicely with it, any suggestions?

[Lozz196]

Depends on how portable is portable? Having paired an LMT with a Markbass 410 (the 104HR) I`d recommend checking out Markbass cabs. The sound of the LMT through the 410 was great. So if a 410 is too big, either a pair of 112s, or 210s, or a single 212 (there was a Markbass 212 on here a while back, Evil Undead was selling it, don`t know if still available).

[stinson]

Barefaced Compact goes very nicely with my LMII. Had a Schroeder 1212 before that, also very good combo.

[Muzz]

The Little Mark and the Schroeder stuff is a great matchup, so, as Lozz says, is the Markbass 410 - had both liked both a lot.

[niceguyhomer]

I wasn't sure about my newly acquired MB 104HF which I use with a LMII. It kinda sounded a bit middy and at the same time a bit wooly soloed but yesterday, I had the chance to hear my rig out front in a live band situation (I lent it to another bassist) and fook me it sounded fantastic in the mix. Warm, fat, punchy...all those things.

There's a lot of people who like MB heads (I've had 5 including the Tube) but dis their cabs but I'd recommend them for live work cos they sound great in the mix IMHO/IME.

It's quite easy to lift too.

[GreeneKing]

I've a LM tube (the 500 with the analog power amp). Mines paired with an EAD Foundation 212 and sounds kinda awesome.

[Prime_BASS]

I'd recommend any of the barefaced line. The MB traveller 210 p is a very nice can but I couldn't get on with the rear ports outside of big open stages.

MB heads seem to go very well with sealed cabs, I use mine with either an Ampeg 806HE or the SVT210AV's.

[molan]

I have a Traveller 2x10 and it's a great cab for small gigs or rehearsals. It works brilliantly if paired with an MB 4x10 for bigger gigs as well.

[Lozz196]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' timestamp='1355778584' post='1902720']
I wasn't sure about my newly acquired MB 104HF which I use with a LMII. It kinda sounded a bit middy and at the same time a bit wooly soloed but yesterday, I had the chance to hear my rig out front in a live band situation (I lent it to another bassist) and fook me it sounded fantastic in the mix. Warm, fat, punchy...all those things.

There's a lot of people who like MB heads (I've had 5 including the Tube) but dis their cabs but I'd recommend them for live work cos they sound great in the mix IMHO/IME.

It's quite easy to lift too.
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That`s exactly what I think. On their own, the amp/cab combination sounds ok, nothing special, but in the mix, well it sits just right. Also get that "felt as well as heard" thing going on.

[JTUK]

Never heard a good Markbas rig..... but I think they use good drivers, it seems.
If you must go Markbass, don't do what a lot round here think they can do..which is match up a MB cab..or most cabs for that matter,
with a single driver and expect it to compete tonally with a pr of gtrs and their 212 stacks.

The least you should do is pr up the Markbass cabs and then you'll stand a chance.
I prefer the 10's they use, rather than their 12's and 15's which struggle with range, IME.

Edited December 18, 2012 by JTUK

[franzbassist]

You could do a lot worse than the Markbass NY151RJ cab I'm selling here on BC....

[alstocko]

I use an Epifani UL2-112 with my LMT 500. Match made in heaven (Matt Garrison and Herbie Flowers both use them!)