Markbass VS Ampeg SVT

[jps]

PS - the Markbass head fits in my gig bag. Let's see an SVT do THAT!

Oh, I could get an SVT in a gig bag, but would the bag hold, that's the real question.

You might need this to hold it.

[marc61]

Yeah, you would need that bag, and a chiropractor that gives wholesale rates for repeat customers.

btw soundman at tonights gig loved that I brought the Markbass. Ran it through the clubs SVT bottom..sounded great

[gibsonlp]

Ampeg won, at least for me
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[jps]

Oy! My back!!!

Congrats, Gil.

[johnallg]

Anyone seen this current pricing??!!

http://www.carvinguitars.com/products/s ... duct=BR810

Any good?

[rickenbrother]

That's a really good price on that Carvin cab! I had tried a Carvin bass cab several years ago in one of their stores. I thought it sounded pretty good until I played the B string on one of their 5 string basses. They've revamped their cabs a couple of times since. Something about a company having to revamp the line over and over makes me cautious about buying their products.

[DBR]

I used to have an SVT rig that I carried up & down stairs. Would not own one again. They weigh in at 85 lbs and that is just for the head let alone another 85 lbs for the cab. I am using combos these days although I just got some new PA gear and each cab weighs well over 100 lbs due to the fact of the powered speakers...I just couldn't get a better sound out of the PA though. Go Figure. At least if I do a Bass gig, I won't have that much weight to lug around.

[morrow]

I gave up hauling the fridge around years ago . I loved the sound , but not the hassle . These days I'm very happy with the old school thump a GK with a single ported fifteen delivers . I normally just play mid sized rooms and the volumes needed are not excessive .

No desire whatsoever to go back to the fridge .

[woodyng]

for me,although size and weight clearly favors markbass,the really big factor is i seem to have an inordinately hard time figuring out the tonal control options on the svt series in general-i tend to do a lot of knob twiddling and not have it translate into audible changes.my little ampeg sb12 with one vol,bass,and treble -no problem-just wish it was 300 watts instead of 30. markbass controls are very simply laid out,and when you change a setting on one knob,you immediately hear a tonal change,making it easier to get what you want from it. i would like to check out a markbass with the 2 preamps (tube/ss) to see what kind of tube sounds it can provide.

[henry5]

I know this is MB vs Ampeg, but I recently used a friend's LMK (which he swears by) in rehearsal using my '72 4001, A/B-ing it with my Ashdown ABM500. I couldn't get that big, clanging, grinding "dirty 1000lb grand piano" sound using the MB, whatever I did. It sounded nice, but that was the problem. I was hoping to get one to replace the Ashdown, but unless using a Sansamp in front works, the Ashdown won't be going anywhere soon. The LMK did sound great for my more modern basses though; I require a different tone from those. The owner of the MB preferred the sound of the MB/4001 combination, but I thought that (as someone here said about their Ampeg) the Ashdown captured more of what I hear acoustically from the Rick. It just sounded much bigger and more aggressive (which of course isn't what everyone is after).

[gibsonlp]

I am not really going to haul my SVT anywhere, I don't really understand this fixation with "it is really heavy".
What's wrong with keeping it for rehearsals and recordings?

[sloop_john_b]

If you're not moving it, then you made the right choice.

[rickaddict]

I know this is MB vs Ampeg, but I recently used a friend's LMK (which he swears by) in rehearsal using my '72 4001, A/B-ing it with my Ashdown ABM500. I couldn't get that big, clanging, grinding "dirty 1000lb grand piano" sound using the MB, whatever I did. It sounded nice, but that was the problem. I was hoping to get one to replace the Ashdown, but unless using a Sansamp in front works, the Ashdown won't be going anywhere soon. The LMK did sound great for my more modern basses though; I require a different tone from those. The owner of the MB preferred the sound of the MB/4001 combination, but I thought that (as someone here said about their Ampeg) the Ashdown captured more of what I hear acoustically from the Rick. It just sounded much bigger and more aggressive (which of course isn't what everyone is after).

Thanks for this, Shaun. I played through an Ashdown once and really liked it, but it's been 7 or 8 years now. I remember more than one Ashdown vs. Ampeg thread here, but it seems like it's been years. These days it's all Markbass vs. Ampeg. I probably should find a dealer and give Ashdown another listen.

[rickaddict]

If you're not moving it, then you made the right choice.

+1

The weight of your amp becomes much more important when you have to carry it up and down your basement stairs two or three times a week.

My Ampegs sound really nice, but I can't carry them by myself.

[henry5]

I know this is MB vs Ampeg, but I recently used a friend's LMK (which he swears by) in rehearsal using my '72 4001, A/B-ing it with my Ashdown ABM500. I couldn't get that big, clanging, grinding "dirty 1000lb grand piano" sound using the MB, whatever I did. It sounded nice, but that was the problem. I was hoping to get one to replace the Ashdown, but unless using a Sansamp in front works, the Ashdown won't be going anywhere soon. The LMK did sound great for my more modern basses though; I require a different tone from those. The owner of the MB preferred the sound of the MB/4001 combination, but I thought that (as someone here said about their Ampeg) the Ashdown captured more of what I hear acoustically from the Rick. It just sounded much bigger and more aggressive (which of course isn't what everyone is after).

Thanks for this, Shaun. I played through an Ashdown once and really liked it, but it's been 7 or 8 years now. I remember more than one Ashdown vs. Ampeg thread here, but it seems like it's been years. These days it's all Markbass vs. Ampeg. I probably should find a dealer and give Ashdown another listen.

They're certainly worth a listen Jeff, although the above might not be true for another player. I admit I do eq quite heavily whereas most people who use MB seem to keep the eq fairly flat; unfortunately that doesn't really work for me.