Anybody had experience mixing Markbass heads with Hartke Cabs?

[charliethornton]

Just bought a Little Mark Tube and I need a cab... I need something affordable, portable and temporary until I can afford a more high end cab... Hartke?

[0175westwood29]

played a lm2 thru my 112 hydrive the other day very nice indeed! hartke give a very nice growl and crisp sound.

also i wouldnt call hartke low end, if you go for there hydrive cabs you'll find that they are really nice cabs.

andy

[Prime_BASS]

The bassist from Maximum to the Hormone uses a SD1200 with a hydrive 4x10 I think (from videos I've seen)

[Lozz196]

I`ve had - albeit very temporarily - a Hartke Hydrive 410, and I wouldn`t class it as low-end. It was very crisp, clear and punchy, which wasn`t for me - hence me only having it for a short while. Having been bowled over completely by Markbass gear, and having had a Little Mark Tube with a Markbass 410, I`d look at one of their cabs. Evil Undead is selling a Markbass 212 on here for £550. Not much more than a new Hydrive 410.:

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/190422-ftfs-markbass-new-york-122-2x12/page__p__1901666__hl__markbass__fromsearch__1#entry1901666

[Dood]

I've ran an MB F1 with a pair of Hartke 4.5XL cabs - brilliant sound! Nice and deep but with great projection. I'd also jump in and say that Hartke cabs (XL range I've used or years) are great and certainly not low end.

[skychaserhigh]

I used hartke cabs for 10 years or so , used them with a lm2 for a while too. Always gave me a good sound and never let me down. My xl 4x10 cab will be up for sale soon and will be sorry to see it go but it's really surplus tomy needs at the moment.

[Lozz196]

Darn fine cabs, the Hartke XLs. Prefer them to the Hydrives.

[scalpy]

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I occasionally run my LMT500 into an ancient american 410XL, no tweeter. Sounds way, way better than it should and it's tons of fun. Old XLs are bargains if you can pick one up (which reminds me- it's bit of a bertha to lift.)