The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Bass Amps & Effects => Topic started by: Grog on January 23, 2016, 09:29:23 AM
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Musicians Friend sent me another 20% off total purchase coupon, I held tough until the day before it was going to expire, then caved. I haven't moved my TNT 150 with Black Widow speaker for a few years. As I get older, it seems to gain weight LOL. Craigslist had a listing for a New York 112 for $400, for $24 more I could buy a new one, free shipping from MF. I've had my (2) New York 115's with the Little Mark III for about two years & have been real happy with them, it handles all of the EB basses & even did well with the new EB five string. Being a little concerned about what to do if the head craps out, I didn't think it would be a bad idea to have a second head. The 20% off coupon gave me a killer deal on the LM 250, Same amp as the Little Mark III at half the power. There may be better setups out there for tone, but I still think Markbass has the best tone at the least amount of weight. At this stage of my life, that's important.......... I'll give it a workout at practice next Tuesday. I sure did rattle the hell out of my basement. The Markbass is only half the weight of the Peavey TNT 150. It's off to the guitar show in March............
(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af119/Grog_03/LM250%20NY121_zps7baujazn.jpg) (http://s999.photobucket.com/user/Grog_03/media/LM250%20NY121_zps7baujazn.jpg.html)
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Being a little concerned about what to do if the head craps out, I didn't think it would be a bad idea to have a second head.
I worry about that too with these class D heads. My current setup uses a TH500 w/1 or 2 112 cabs, and notice I keep a Genz GBE600 in my rack next to it... Just in case :)
Your Markbass setup looks great.
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k125/0chromium0/forums/amps/0116160757b_1.jpg)
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You can afford it, so why not? Look at it as a lightweight insurance policy that hopefully you won't need.
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I can afford it now. I'm planning on retiring within the year. I'll have over three years of buying private medical insurance for both my wife & I. That will likely put the kibosh on extra toys.
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i have a 120-watt Hartke as my backup. It will do what I need to do in most cases.
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The big fella has worked well, but that little head still makes me nervous. My last head weighed about the same as this head & one of the 15" speakers.
(http://i999.photobucket.com/albums/af119/Grog_03/LMIII-2NY151B_zpsf88f5078.jpg) (http://s999.photobucket.com/user/Grog_03/media/LMIII-2NY151B_zpsf88f5078.jpg.html)