Markbass K1 Combo - the new K(ing) on the block?

[la bam]

That stack looks great!

[HazBeen]

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1500916882' post='3341075']
So what qualifies as good looking in your books, then?! If you say "Barefaced" I'm gonna say "should have gone to specsavers"
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No, we are in full agreement there. Barefaced also scores high on the fugly scale. If we are talking combo stacks, I like the look of a Mesa Walkabout/Scout combination. But I am not THAT shallow, function over form so I would even suffer a Barefaced or Markbass stack

[franzbassist]

I think I might take the Markbass badges off. They are silly large

Edited August 22, 2017 by walbassist

[yorks5stringer]

Done a few Festival gigs recently with a House P.A. and Soundie and without fail, when they see my MB combo, be it the Minimark 802 or CMD121P they say 'Good, no problems there'!

Edited July 25, 2017 by yorks5stringer

[Al Krow]

[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1500985256' post='3341470']
No, we are in full agreement there. Barefaced also scores high on the fugly scale. If we are talking combo stacks, I like the look of a Mesa Walkabout/Scout combination. But I am not THAT shallow, function over form so I would even suffer a Barefaced or Markbass stack
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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1500985825' post='3341476']
Done a few Festival gigs recently with a House P.A. and Soundie and without fail, when they see my MB combo, be it the Minimark 802 or CMD121P they say 'Good, no problems there'!
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Yup have had a full 3 years of positive gigging with my MB combo - never let me down once, and at 500W it has never lacked for headroom. And nah, they're far from ugly!

Function over form, agreed and always. But it doesn't have to be either / or does it? And when the engineers and design team get function and form working together, they're onto a winner. So if Alex designs his Gen 4 as good looking Barefaced cabs, well count me in for sure!

[CameronJ]

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1500985583' post='3341473']
I think I might take the Markbass badges off. They are silly large
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Now that you mention it, they are pretty massive! Looks much better with just the smaller Alain Caron badges.

[Treb]

That looks like a killer stack, very nice rig.

The logos are stuck on with double sided sticky foam that's fairly easy to remove. I removed the full-size logos from my NY804's, looks much better now.

Edited July 25, 2017 by Treb

[franzbassist]

Badges are off. Much better methinks

[CameronJ]

Yep, looks great. Good work!

[yorks5stringer]

I bought a second hand Randy Jackson 115 Cab from a well-known bass gear shop that 'someone' had removed the Mark Bass badge from... had to buy some really sticky double sided tape to re-attach it as it kept on falling off due to the vibrations!

[franzbassist]

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1501014780' post='3341856']
I bought a second hand Randy Jackson 115 Cab from a well-known bass gear shop that 'someone' had removed the Mark Bass badge from[/quote]

[CameronJ]

Oh dear...was that you by any chance Gareth?

[HazBeen]

No denying they look better without the SHOUTY logo

[Al Krow]

[quote name='HazBeen' timestamp='1501088768' post='3342433']
No denying they look better without the SHOUTY logo
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Next thing you know, you'll be trying them out, finding yourself massively impressed, parting with a wedge of cash, wowing your band mates with your new authoritative tone and effortless headroom, find audiences thinking you're the bees' knees and becoming a devotee...

[M@23]

Haven't thought about going back to Markbass for years... this does look good though.

[HazBeen]

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1501089709' post='3342440']
Next thing you know, you'll be trying them out, finding yourself massively impressed, parting with a wedge of cash, wowing your band mates with your new authoritative tone and effortless headroom, find audiences thinking you're the bees' knees and becoming a devotee...
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I actually used to have a LM800 head that I gigged for about a year. Horrid in appearance but it worked well enough. My back would love me parting ways with my Mesa Venture and 2 Tecamp L212's but I need enough speakers to keep up with my guitardist and drummer. So perhaps I will own a MB head again in future, but not with speakers in small enclosures... hourses for courses and such.

[yorks5stringer]

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1501017403' post='3341885']

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[franzbassist]

Small badge works well.

Edited February 15, 2018 by walbassist

[Dan Dare]

On ‎31‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 21:49, Chris2112 said:

Markbass really do rule the roost for bass amplification these days.

I like MB a lot, but Aguilar ain't bad either.