2pods Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) Arrived today in very good time from Promenade Music. It's everything I hoped it would be, and sounds amazing It's very versatile, but I'm probably preaching to the choir here. It's the version 4, Indonesian model. Given my health situation (Fibromyalgia and CFS) it's a wee bit hefty for me to lift (I know, totally weak, but even my bass is heavy enough to hurt at the moment), but weighs a lot less than my previous amps and cabs, but still sounds like a fair sized rig. It's sound and "heft" is easily comparable with my last Ashdown EVOII and mini cab. I love everything about it except for the awkward location of the DI out etc (underneath). For some reason I'd got it into my head it would be at the back of the cab However, if I'm ever in a position to gig again, a spare cab would solve that. I'll have to get some sort of cover for it, as our cats are eyeing the carpet covering already. Do the older versions of the Markbass covers fit this version too ? Edited July 13, 2022 by 2pods 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassmanPaul Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I hope it works well for you. Enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Great little amps, easily giggable on their own, congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) Enjoy. To answer your question, the cab is the same size as the earlier versions so I see no reason for the cover not to fit. If you go for a Roqsolid one, you can send them your measurements and they will make to that size but they usually have a pattern with the standard dimensions anyway. Re the DI, it is a pain but whenever I have gone through a PA, the soundy has found the socket and plugged it in, they are used to this model. Edited July 14, 2022 by yorks5stringer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Interestingly, the last time I used my CMD121P the sound engineer didn't bother to DI it, he just put a mic in front of it and listening back to the recording that was made that night, he got a very good sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I just put a short, noticeably-coloured XLR patch cable into the DI-out, leave it coiled in the back and tell the sound tech to plug their cable into that - saves on irritation and potential damage. Pretty cool that, going by the date on the back, your amp seems to be from March next year! 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 They've changed it! - the VLE is now " Old School" is it? and the VPF is gone in favour of a preshape. Balanced input has also gone but footswitch has appeared. and a mute switch at long last. Did they do anything about the hissy horn? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) They've changed it! - the VLE is now " Old School" is it? and the VPF is gone in favour of a preshape. Balanced input has also gone but footswitch has appeared. and a mute switch at long last. Did they do anything about the hissy horn? It's hornless, as it's the tweeter version (maybe Dairy version ) Can't say I've noticed it, but I haven't ran it at any great volume so far. Did the input jack socket always light up ? Yeah, the date thing is a bit strange. I didn't notice if it was delivered in a De Lorean though Wouldn't mind finding out though... Edited July 15, 2022 by 2pods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 minute ago, 2pods said: It's hornless, as it's the tweeter version (maybe Dairy version ) Sorry I meant tweeter. I disconnected it on mine (previous version) as did many others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pods Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 So far it's OK to put up with, though I may feel differently after a while. Time will tell. Still can't believe how good the sound is from something as small as that. Though I did have a baby EA iAMP350 combo that had really good sound. That was about the same size, but much, much, heavier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 The more recent versions have a light up jack socket, my CMD MM 101 has it from 2019. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 7 hours ago, Ed_S said: I just put a short, noticeably-coloured XLR patch cable into the DI-out, leave it coiled in the back and tell the sound tech to plug their cable into that - saves on irritation and potential damage. Pretty cool that, going by the date on the back, your amp seems to be from March next year! 🙂 Good idea that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueno Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Great thread. I had a Mark I and should never have sold it, but I didn’t know I was about to be approached by a new band. I remember playing a mini festival organised by Matamp, who also provided the PA. The Matamp engineer took one look at it and said “I’m glad someone here has a decent amp”. I wasn’t that glad… he made everyone else plug into it… Enjoy the amp. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebadon2000 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Their new '58' series combo's have DI out and EFX loop on front/top panel and offer version with 'Hi-Fi' voice coil tweeter Congrats on new amp; I have version before IV Series and it preforms well above it's size, weight, great tone and good value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossyrocks Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I must check these out, I’m about 15 minutes walk from Promenade Music. BTW, they must have sent this one back from the future through some sort of portal, the back panel has a date of 03-2023 ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tut Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 2 hours ago, ossyrocks said: I must check these out, I’m about 15 minutes walk from Promenade Music. BTW, they must have sent this one back from the future through some sort of portal, the back panel has a date of 03-2023 ! Hope that’s not the ‘best before’ date! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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