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Published on 08/13/13 at 17:10Description from the website Markbass:
SPEAKER
1x6 "
TWEETER
optional "sattelite" tweeter, not included
IMPEDANCE
8 ohms
SPEAKER POWER HANDLING
50W RMS (AES Standard)
AMP OUTPUT POWER
50W @ 8 ohm
PREAMP:
solid state
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
70 Hz to 8 kHz
SENSITIVITY
100 dB SPL
WEIGHT
9.26 lbs / 4.2 kg
HEIGHT
8.86 in. / 22.5 cm
WIDTH
8.86 in. / 22.5 cm
DEPTH
8.62 in. / 21.9 cm
Connection level:
An auxiliary input, headphone output, DI output, a tweeter output, a switch "ground lift".
Two knobs:
_Volume
_VLE (Vintage low emulator: it acts like a tone, it reduces the treble / high mids)
UTILIZATION
I do not think you can do more easily and efficiently.
The manual is of no use, if one has already played on an amp at least once in his life.
The sound is superb, very well defined. I do not even serve me VLE.
SOUNDS
This amp suits both my style of music (Jazz, Swing), it allows me to jamer, anywhere, anytime, as long as I can plug it in, of course.
A guitar (Ibanez af 85 vls), it produces a fabulous jazz, although it is a bass amp. A bass is a great support to play with acoustic musicians on bass, for bosser, make intimate sessions, it's great. There is a lack of serious, of course, but it is inherent in the fact that, yes, it is a HP 6'' there in the creature, not a 15''.
But precisely this format can take it everywhere, unfortunately, I have not yet found a backpack that can hold it. I have not really tried to be honest.
The sound of the instrument is very well respected. My Streamer Stage II sounds great in it.
It must still do not ask the impossible: 50W, 50W it's still playing with a drummer is in the field of illusion. Unless someone says drummer is sensitive and full of sweetness, which is in fact very rare in drummers.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for about 6 months. I already tried a lot of amps, and I have been sawn.
I owned the MINIMARK few years, and I thought it was a bastard size: too heavy to be transported 2km without feeling badly effects, not powerful enough to play electrified group, unless making music " gently. " It is not impossible, but will have to try to convince a musician to play more softly, you will soon understand that doing the same thing with a group is purely illusory.
So this full stack amp wonder my Markbass 500, I sometimes reluctant to get off the top of my 3 floors.
What I like the most is its size and weight. The sound it delivers is beautiful.
What I like least ... My three floors without elevator! : (((
on the other hand, as new, it's amp is expensive. And Phil Jones offers the interesting things that look for less. In nine, at least.
But I do not care, I bought OCCAZ. And I think I do it again this choice, unless Phil Jones ...
SPEAKER
1x6 "
TWEETER
optional "sattelite" tweeter, not included
IMPEDANCE
8 ohms
SPEAKER POWER HANDLING
50W RMS (AES Standard)
AMP OUTPUT POWER
50W @ 8 ohm
PREAMP:
solid state
FREQUENCY RESPONSE
70 Hz to 8 kHz
SENSITIVITY
100 dB SPL
WEIGHT
9.26 lbs / 4.2 kg
HEIGHT
8.86 in. / 22.5 cm
WIDTH
8.86 in. / 22.5 cm
DEPTH
8.62 in. / 21.9 cm
Connection level:
An auxiliary input, headphone output, DI output, a tweeter output, a switch "ground lift".
Two knobs:
_Volume
_VLE (Vintage low emulator: it acts like a tone, it reduces the treble / high mids)
UTILIZATION
I do not think you can do more easily and efficiently.
The manual is of no use, if one has already played on an amp at least once in his life.
The sound is superb, very well defined. I do not even serve me VLE.
SOUNDS
This amp suits both my style of music (Jazz, Swing), it allows me to jamer, anywhere, anytime, as long as I can plug it in, of course.
A guitar (Ibanez af 85 vls), it produces a fabulous jazz, although it is a bass amp. A bass is a great support to play with acoustic musicians on bass, for bosser, make intimate sessions, it's great. There is a lack of serious, of course, but it is inherent in the fact that, yes, it is a HP 6'' there in the creature, not a 15''.
But precisely this format can take it everywhere, unfortunately, I have not yet found a backpack that can hold it. I have not really tried to be honest.
The sound of the instrument is very well respected. My Streamer Stage II sounds great in it.
It must still do not ask the impossible: 50W, 50W it's still playing with a drummer is in the field of illusion. Unless someone says drummer is sensitive and full of sweetness, which is in fact very rare in drummers.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for about 6 months. I already tried a lot of amps, and I have been sawn.
I owned the MINIMARK few years, and I thought it was a bastard size: too heavy to be transported 2km without feeling badly effects, not powerful enough to play electrified group, unless making music " gently. " It is not impossible, but will have to try to convince a musician to play more softly, you will soon understand that doing the same thing with a group is purely illusory.
So this full stack amp wonder my Markbass 500, I sometimes reluctant to get off the top of my 3 floors.
What I like the most is its size and weight. The sound it delivers is beautiful.
What I like least ... My three floors without elevator! : (((
on the other hand, as new, it's amp is expensive. And Phil Jones offers the interesting things that look for less. In nine, at least.
But I do not care, I bought OCCAZ. And I think I do it again this choice, unless Phil Jones ...