@@theprezenz All three of these amps are impressively loud. I didn’t crank them up to compare all the way. No real reason too. Volume will not be an issue though. No noticeable drop in volume either when using the DI out. Cheers!
My ears like Fender Rumble 350 the most. The other two sound good. Mark Bass sounds brittle & crunchy to me. New Rumble sounds compressed like most Class D combos. Thanks for posting.
The way you eqd the mb sounded like there was barely any bass in it on the clean sound. Ive used markbass amps for awhile now so obviously id choose the mb but the fender bass amps arent anything to shake your head at they sound great.
We already know it's MarkBass all the way. Of course, I may be biased from all the money I've dropped on them. Nice vid. Reminds me why the Rumble 350 was my second choice.
Do we? I bought a Markbass and returned it a week later. Been using a Fender Rumble 500 and Fender 2x10 extention cab. Sounds way better to my ears. I have compared my Rumble to a Genzler rig. I did like the Genzler slightly more than my Rumble (mainly for its slightly sharper attack and clarity)... but not $2000 worth more. I would also love to compare to a Mesa Boogie rig. But as for Markbass... no, I just do not like the sound of Markbass amps I've tried or heard here on RU-vid. For me and the way I play bass and what I want to hear out of my bass, just not a good match. I know they are quality amps and a lot of players swoon over them, but just not my thing I guess.
Thanks, I run a rumble 500 with ext fender 1x15 cab,the mids and lows do the job,but the higher notes up the frets have a noticeable lack of sustain compared to valve amps.Using Fender jazz 2016?I think
I wouldn't want to record the 500 in any of those examples. The Mark Bass sounded awful clean, but sounded the best distorted on just the mic. The 350 sounded the best clean, not just the best but the best by a mile, and with the DI sounded just as good as the Mark Bass distorted. The octave sounded like crap on all of them, but that's to be blamed on the pedal IMO so I'd just throw that test out. That leaves the 350 as the clear winner to my ears.
The cleans sound somewhat brittle and lower volume with Markbass, is it less compressed? I wanted to like MB most, because I own a 2x10 Ninja 500 combo, but honestly it sounded the worst here
We’ll maybe worst isn’t the way to look at it. Perhaps you prefer the rounder sounds of the Fender. Also realize I dialed in the tones for where I felt they sounded best. Cheers!
We’ll the rumble is 500 watts so in theory it would be the loudest. In reality you would never need to crank any of them all the way up since you would be connected directly to the mixing desk. You only need enough stage volume. Cheers!
Argh! I have my opinion from listening to my spearkers...and my diminishing ears... However, I wanted your opinion. I liked the Mark. Not fond of any of the D.I. INPUT sounds compared to the mic'd sound.
I think they all have their place. Speakers can make a big difference as well. I didn’t really hear anything truly amazing different from the mark to the fender. That being said, if you want a bit more fine tuning the Mark bass amp has a bit more tweak ability in that regard.nothing that a good eq pedal couldn’t help with though. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
