Little Mark III head - £250 - *WITHDRAWN* £500 Bath

[Jakester]

Edit: going to withdraw this for now as no interest and have sold my other backup amp. 
 

 

For sale: Mark Bass CMD121P, NY121 extension cab and/or LMIII amp head.

 

Only the Little Mark III head is still for sale! £250 + £15 postage. 

 

So: I bought a Mark Bass CMD121P combo from someone (who shall remain nameless) off here in 2019, and also a NY121 extension cab off someone else at the same time. 

 

Unfortunately the Combo II head developed an intermittent fault with it cutting out, or volume dropping every so often. Interestingly the seller never replied to my messages about it....

 

It is not a 'regular' fault - it wouldn't happen every time it was used, more like once every 2 - 3 times - but just enough that I ended up carrying a spare amp head with me just in case. Sometimes the volume dropped really low; other times it would cut out entirely. It wasn't predictable which one it would be. 

 

I sent it to Real Electronics who said there was nothing wrong with it, but replaced all the pots and charged me £180 for the privilege (thread here):
 

 

In the end I gave up with sending it back to Real only for them to charge me an arm and a leg again, so I bought a second-hand LMIII head and dropped it into the combo chassis. It's been absolutely fine since then. The Combo Head II ended up on a shelf. 

 

However, I've ended up with a pair of Barefaced One10s and a different head, so the MB stuff is now surplus to requirements. 

 

So, I am selling the following:

 

CMD121P 1x12" combo - SOLD

NY121 1x12" cab - SOLD

Little Mark III head

 

I have taken the LMIII out of the combo and reinstalled the Combo Head II. Ideally, I would like the lot to go as one (and I can reinstall the LMIII for anyone that wants it). 

 

The combo has a Hotcovers padded cover. The NY121 has a Roqsolid dust cover. I've unplugged the tweeter in the combo (a common mod) but I can reconnect it if you wanted. 

 

I'm thinking the following pricing:

 

If you wanted the CMD121P with the LMIII head reinstalled (and the Combo Head II thrown in) - £450

 

If you wanted the lot:  CMD121P + LMIII + NY121 cab - £700

 

If you wanted each bit separately:

 

CMD121P w/Combo Head II (i.e. the original head with an intermittent fault) - £SOLD (so basically a 1x12" cab with a free head thrown in)

NY121 cab - £SOLD

LMIII head - £250 + £15 postage

 

I'll include a Speakon to jack with a female to female adaptor so any head can be used with the CMD121P as a 'normal' cab (it has a male jack wired into the speaker for use with the Combo Head II). 

 

I very much want to sell it all together so happy to consider reasonable offers for the lot. if someone takes the combo and cab but doesn't want the amp, happy to sell that separately but not until the other stuff has gone. 

 

Edit: I've some interest for each item separately, so it sounds like that may be the best way to go, so happy to consider offers for each part separately. 

 

Collection only in Bath or surrounds - happy to meet reasonably locally (Bristol, M4ish etc).

 

Not really looking for trades ATM other than a Helix Stomp as PX against this stuff. 

 

 

With finger (not included)

 

 

Why couldn't he have stuck the sticker on the rear panel!!

 

 

 

Oh, another finger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited September 25 by Jakester

[spongebob]

Got any pics? 😉

[PaulHornBass]

With the heads opened up as pictured, are the pots accessible for cleaning out any pesky dust that may accumulate over time?

[Jakester]

11 minutes ago, PaulHornBass said:

With the heads opened up as pictured, are the pots accessible for cleaning out any pesky dust that may accumulate over time?

 

Not sure - the Combo Head II has been put back in and the casing put back on the LMIII. It's not hard to take either out/off though if you wanted to. 

[Mediocre Polymath]

On 28/08/2024 at 12:37, PaulHornBass said:

With the heads opened up as pictured, are the pots accessible for cleaning out any pesky dust that may accumulate over time?

If the yellow-faceplate markbass gear has the same overall design as my LM250 Black line head, then the pots are small sealed units. When they get scratchy and shite, you have to desolder them and put in new ones as they can't really be cleaned. It's a pain, but the preamp board is at least relatively easy to remove.

[fretmeister]

Dumb question - can any MB head of that size be slotted into the combo?

Can it be a LM Tube for example, instead of a regular LM?

[Jakester]

12 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

Dumb question - can any MB head of that size be slotted into the combo?

Can it be a LM Tube for example, instead of a regular LM?

 

Don't know about 'any', but certainly the LM-sized ones can - so if it's on the same chassis, it should be fine. 

 

Looks like the dimensions are the same for both: 

https://www.markbass.it/product/little-mark-tube-800/

https://www.markbass.it/product/little-mark-iii/

 

You may need to remove the 'lid' of the LMT and install the 'holders' from the CH2 but it should work. 

[Jakester]

NY121 cab currently on hold...

[Jakester]

NY121 cab and CMD121P combo sold - just the LMIII still available.