Markbass CMD JB Players School 200W 1x15 Bass Combo Amp Black

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my best combo yet

first of all I despise combos, but I had no choice.So it's the markbass vs the new fender rumble, vs the gk mb115 combo. throw the gk out right away no matter how good it did or didn't sound because of it's lack of versatility. the GK lacks the capability of adding an extension speaker. There's only contour on/off and no degree af choices and NO EFFECTS LOOP.The new fender rumble almost had it all but the versatility of the markbass won out. The rumble had a nice modern tone and a nice vintage tone but the markbass could give an even bigger tone. both combos allow for an extension speaker in order to get the amps at 4 ohms and full power.The winning points for the markbass are tone, portability (all have that},and versitility! Even though the warranty may be voided I just had to slide that 250 blackline head out of its cradle. Surprize! No lid! No problem as I had a casing made of 1" mdf that holds the head perfectly. my drummer at church listens to me thru his own headset setup and of all the amps I've played the blackline 250 gives cleanest signal to him. Our churches pf 500 head cant touch it. Not only is the di better but the tone settings are much easier to navigate when setting up your tone. The pf 500 cant fill out the sound spectrum. Maybe I have it mismatched to the the 4 ohm svt 410 but the blackline 250 sounds way bigger than the pf 500. I was suprised that there was enough headroom from the 250 but our band and the choir at full tilt was no problem for the blackline 250. So when I go out I'll take the combo {as seperates of course} and in bigger vinues I use the 15 and the new fender rumble 112 cab and the sound is suprisingly full and not drowned out by my group of 5 sngers, 2 guitars, keys, and a powerful drummer. The 4 band eq is close to perfect and the vle {presence} and vpf {shape} really set this eq setup apart. While GK's rb and mb heads have presence and contour knobs {great} but its not as warm as the markbass. I still love GK but it may be in backup mode in the future, of course to go up to the 500 watt lm iii will take some saving and GK's cabs to my taste are still preferred but when it comes to amplification, right now its markbass for me. And no preamp tubes necessary, The low mid, vle and vpf get the job done. PS, to perfct this i did replace the 200 watt rms driver with a 350 watt that has a 96 spl and no no problem with a 350 watt amp.