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I bought a Markbass GV couple weeks ago for £599. Larger pole pieces are very hot but really adds to the tone. Needs a setup but still sounds great out the box. 5 string is great, low B isn’t too loose sounding/playing which you can get sometimes. It’s much brighter sounding than my Fender AM Elite Jazz 4 also!
Scott, I loved the review and I already won... I got to see a talented musician play an amazing instrument! It sounded fantastic. If I played, it wouldn't sound nearly as nice. Thank you for posting this video!
Scott, I don't know if you were aware, the Markbass instrument range has been significantly increased with the recent introduction of the "Gloxy" range. The Gloxy is available in both 4 and 5 string versions, has most of the features of the JP models, including the same body/neck/pickup style, the same fabulous preamp (with no gain change when switching between active/passive!), but at a considerably more affordable price. The perfect function band bass, versatile for all the genres we all have to cover, and won't break the bank!
P body + Jazzy MB pickups, great preamp (unique in the market) and great build quality, gig bag included, all less priced than a fairly overpriced mexican Fender. Asian assembly, pickup and electronics Made in Italy, and last but not the least: Markbass factory controlled one piece by one piece before delivering. Italians do it better :)))
If you get the possibility to find and buy a Squire jazz bass standard 2007 MI Indonesia for about 150-200 euros, do buy it, with only some adjustments and setting them up, it sounds and plays killer.
I own 2 markbass basses one markbass jp Gold and The markbass jp Black lady and i really love them for 2500 dollar its sound like it worth the double of the price
Hi Scott, been watching your videos on UA-cam for some time now, I haven't signed up to your course as I haven't got a bass, but hopefully that should all change soon. I've been a pipeband drummer all my life and it's time for a change, I seriously can't wait to learnt the bass mate. Keep up the great videos 👌
Oh man, that lick around 9 minutes is killing! If I were to win that bass, I'd sign up for a couple of years at SBL, hoping to become able to do just that!
After starting to play bass I bought a cheap Tokai J-bass and at first the two volumes did seem to add versatility... However pretty soon I found out that with a band it's just not handy. Sometimes I need to fade a note out (typically at the end of the song) and that's somewhat annoying with the two volumes. And after that the carefully crafted settings are lost. The settings also get lost when I want to mute the instrument by turning the volume all the way down. I also realized that the subtle tonal differences created with the two volumes gets easily lost under the other instruments. After a while I changed one of the pots to a 3-way pickup selector switch and wired the rest of the pots as master volime and master tone... Oh... And then changed one of the pots for a push pull one and wired it so that puulling it up puts the picups in series (that one makes a pretty big difference). I mostly use both pickups in parallel and tone all the way up though.
By the way, the tone control is also a switch. When you pull it out, the bass switches from active to passive, as if it was a Fender jazz bass. You'll be surprised how good the bass sounds in passive mode.
GREAT question, Jason! Unfortunately, I spend zeroooo time setting them up (my schedule is jam packed with SBL stuff that gone are the days I have time to fiddle around setting up basses… although I wish I did, lol), fortunately they all come set up pretty well.
GREAT question, Jason! Unfortunately, I spend zeroooo time setting them up (my schedule is jam packed with SBL stuff that gone are the days I have time to fiddle around setting up basses… although I wish I did, lol), fortunately they all come set up pretty well.
Can’t speak for Scott, but I can generally get a nice bass (like pro-level, but not necessarily super high-end boutique stuff) how I want it in a half hour or so. Less nice ones will usually need some fret and nut work, so two or three hours or thereabouts.
I just picked up a used markbass mustang style short scale bass in mark bass yellow from guitar center. Haven’t found it anywhere online I don’t know how rare it is but it plays and sounds great! I actually came in to pick up a 5 string and noticed it sitting on the used gear rack. Ended up returning the 5 string and keeping the Markbass.
@@johnsausage I don't, haha! I suppose if I did, I'd find a way. A volume pedal, I'm sure, would work just as well (likely better). Honestly, my personal preference is single volume, single tone (or EQ if active), and a selector switch like my Ernie Ball Music Man Sterlings have, which is how I also wired my P/J partscaster Warmoth Jazz basses (fretted and fretless, both have '88 Japanese Jazz Bass Special necks with an oil finish and flame maple over alder Warmoth Dinky J bodies likewise oil finished. I defretted the fretless and inlaid maple fretlines, and they both have EMG GZR P/J pickups and a rotary selector switch). I like things pretty simple, and I'm a little OCD, so I like knowing exactly how much of one pickup or another I'm blending in. With a switch, it's 100%, and I can adjust the tone with attack, with two volumes, it's a repeatable set quantity and I can REALLY fine tune it (though I wouldn't find it necessary very often). I will say that I once had a Fernandes bass that I strung and tuned B-D for a heavy rock band I was in, I put EMGs in it and their factory wiring had a pan pot. I didn't bother cutting their harness up since it was a 3- or 4- song bass and I didn't care enough, and it was REALLY easy to just tweak on the fly for any weird room sounds I didn't like without having to mess with my amp EQ or anything, just favoring one pickup more than another would usually do the trick. In that way, I can't deny its usefulness.
I have never liked the two volume controls on a J bass. I found it difficult to keep the same tone in the middle of playing a song, because I needed change the over all volume of the bass instead of each pick up. Maybe I'm crazy, but I would add a master volume knob controlling both pick up. I guess I could have used the master volume control on the amp head. Hmmm
Most regular jbasses have this issue. That's why I got rid of my 1996 celebrate 50 yrs one. Such beastly hum as well, if not having the same volume on both.
What about their 2x10 bass cabs or just 2x10 bass cabs in general. I personally am considering a downsize to that configuration paired with one of these new super lightweight bass heads. Using just a single 2x10 for smaller gigs and chaining both 2x10’s as necessary. Your thoughts?
I do wonder about the body tone. I have two 70's Jazz basses one ash maple 78 (weight 1 ton) and one alder ebony ( 8.5 lbs). and they sound way different. Maybe I'm getting old, but I don't think of Mark Bass as a back in the day company.
Did Mark Bass make a bass = MusicMan amp? I understand that the MusicMan was a guitar amp. But its such a great amp. Now we have a bass amp company making a awesome bass. I likey... Love when the industry gets weird. Good things happen!
It's pretty hard to judge the looks of the instrument with such a heavy color correction. May be it would be beneficial to lay back with Bayesque Teal&Orange galore at least for reviews, don't you think?
This only affects the color of the bass and nothing else regarding the looks of it, i’m sure Scott just prefers to keep some aesthetic consistency in the colors regarding his videos whether it’s a review or a more standard lesson, in the end for this kind of video all that really matters is getting a clean and defined sound out of the bass and showing the shape clearly, everything else is just a technicality
At first I was hoping for your Fodera, but now I think I'm hoping for this instead! loving that battered white finish! Is the neck more P bass or Jazz bass on this beauty?
My eyes tell me it’s definitely closer to a Jazz-type neck profile based on the width at the nut, but it’s obviously tough to say since it’s hard to see the actual shape of the neck on video
This bass was trashed on Talkbass and rightly so. Most unrealistic relic job ever. Pretty bad for an Italian company. Luckily Scott plays really well like always.
Hey Scott, try the Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas JJV. It’s a P bass body with Jazz pickups, thin neck that’s roasted maple with a licensed Fender P-Bass headstock (since Fender owns Charvel). It runs around $1,000. It’s a 5 string, hence the name JJV, but they make a 4 string version but it’s a PJ configuration. I have the JJV and love it, but sadly there’s few UA-cam videos of it.
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Blown AWAY -- did NOT see this coming, didn't expect to fall in love... WOW!
I think the Mark Bass yellow hat was a nice touch.
Lol, glad ya spotted it! 💪
I bought a Markbass GV couple weeks ago for £599. Larger pole pieces are very hot but really adds to the tone. Needs a setup but still sounds great out the box. 5 string is great, low B isn’t too loose sounding/playing which you can get sometimes. It’s much brighter sounding than my Fender AM Elite Jazz 4 also!
Thanks for the review Scott!
Watching for the review but mostly to watch Scott jam
Nice, I like it. Clean looking, not overly ornamented...and, most importantly - it sounds great.
What a beauty! PBass with JBass pickups!!! Boom! Mind blown! Snap, pop, and thumps!
Scott, I loved the review and I already won... I got to see a talented musician play an amazing instrument! It sounded fantastic. If I played, it wouldn't sound nearly as nice. Thank you for posting this video!
Scott, I don't know if you were aware, the Markbass instrument range has been significantly increased with the recent introduction of the "Gloxy" range. The Gloxy is available in both 4 and 5 string versions, has most of the features of the JP models, including the same body/neck/pickup style, the same fabulous preamp (with no gain change when switching between active/passive!), but at a considerably more affordable price. The perfect function band bass, versatile for all the genres we all have to cover, and won't break the bank!
P body + Jazzy MB pickups, great preamp (unique in the market) and great build quality, gig bag included, all less priced than a fairly overpriced mexican Fender. Asian assembly, pickup and electronics Made in Italy, and last but not the least: Markbass factory controlled one piece by one piece before delivering. Italians do it better :)))
This bass sounds beautiful jeez
Just based on brand loyalty, I’d buy one.
Markbass has always done right by me.
Can’t wait to try one.
If you get the possibility to find and buy a Squire jazz bass standard 2007 MI Indonesia for about 150-200 euros, do buy it, with only some adjustments and setting them up, it sounds and plays killer.
Finally a proper Markbass review! Looking and sounding very good
That's a great sounding bass with very cool features!!!
I own 2 markbass basses one markbass jp Gold and The markbass jp Black lady and i really love them for 2500 dollar its sound like it worth the double of the price
MarkBass is killer. Always making great gear!
Hi Scott, been watching your videos on UA-cam for some time now, I haven't signed up to your course as I haven't got a bass, but hopefully that should all change soon. I've been a pipeband drummer all my life and it's time for a change, I seriously can't wait to learnt the bass mate. Keep up the great videos 👌
Check out Chiara Bianchi from Italy! She plays a lot of funky stuff on this model and it´s fantastic!
Nice review Scott!
OMG... finally a true combination P/J bass. I built a similar Frankenbass combining a Squire jazz and a Fender p
Oh man, that lick around 9 minutes is killing! If I were to win that bass, I'd sign up for a couple of years at SBL, hoping to become able to do just that!
Glad you liked it, Antoine 🙌
Gear is good 👍. Gear is fun 👍. Nothing beats practicing more. 💪
The review was simple, concise and understandable while displaying the instruments build characteristics and tone capabilities. Thank you, great job.
UH oh...........if those basses are anything like those amps,then they're gonna be a beast!!! Because those amps are badass mother......
After starting to play bass I bought a cheap Tokai J-bass and at first the two volumes did seem to add versatility... However pretty soon I found out that with a band it's just not handy. Sometimes I need to fade a note out (typically at the end of the song) and that's somewhat annoying with the two volumes. And after that the carefully crafted settings are lost. The settings also get lost when I want to mute the instrument by turning the volume all the way down. I also realized that the subtle tonal differences created with the two volumes gets easily lost under the other instruments. After a while I changed one of the pots to a 3-way pickup selector switch and wired the rest of the pots as master volime and master tone... Oh... And then changed one of the pots for a push pull one and wired it so that puulling it up puts the picups in series (that one makes a pretty big difference). I mostly use both pickups in parallel and tone all the way up though.
You made me feel better about my life choices
A P and J with a JB style Markbass, love it
By the way, the tone control is also a switch. When you pull it out, the bass switches from active to passive, as if it was a Fender jazz bass. You'll be surprised how good the bass sounds in passive mode.
Scott, just wondering when you get these new basses to demo for us, how much time do you spend on setting up to your liking?
GREAT question, Jason! Unfortunately, I spend zeroooo time setting them up (my schedule is jam packed with SBL stuff that gone are the days I have time to fiddle around setting up basses… although I wish I did, lol), fortunately they all come set up pretty well.
GREAT question, Jason! Unfortunately, I spend zeroooo time setting them up (my schedule is jam packed with SBL stuff that gone are the days I have time to fiddle around setting up basses… although I wish I did, lol), fortunately they all come set up pretty well.
Good question mate! 🤟🏻
Can’t speak for Scott, but I can generally get a nice bass (like pro-level, but not necessarily super high-end boutique stuff) how I want it in a half hour or so. Less nice ones will usually need some fret and nut work, so two or three hours or thereabouts.
Sounds great! Hope I win this one. 🤞
That stenback though............ Damnn
that line at 8:45 is absolutely wicked
Thanks for the review Scott. Not my kind of axe, but nice overall!
They feel very real good and sound amazing.. it’s great bang for the buck.
👍👍👍
That’s a beautiful beast! Good sounding machine!
Oh very nice work. Sounds great. 😊Sprouse.
Man this bass so damn good looking.
That sound was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You should check out the CHARVEL PRO-MOD SAN DIMAS BASS JJ V 🤙🏼
Sounds nice.
So for all who think that the wood matter its doesnt... pickups the postion of them the scale active or passive will change the sound ❤
This is great, the one to get is the rare Gold one that will be sold out soon!!!!!
New here and enjoyed the video. Serious question, why the glove? Just curious.
Fantastic machine!
Man, sounds insane!
“Well they sure SOUND good-“ (notices its Scott playing) “-oh.”
Great sound!!!
Ooooo that Stenbeck ! yup Im in
Looks and sounds awesome!
I like you videos man
Nice Bass. I'm Waiting Review from Gev Delano
cant find any specs on the neck size. also if they made a PJ config i would be all in on this bass!
I never win in contest or drawings, but that F bass is totally me. Best wishes, and blessings to the winners of any of these beauties.
How many Markbass logos can we fit on a bass.......Lots!
Looks great. Sounds great.
I just picked up a used markbass mustang style short scale bass in mark bass yellow from guitar center. Haven’t found it anywhere online I don’t know how rare it is but it plays and sounds great! I actually came in to pick up a 5 string and noticed it sitting on the used gear rack. Ended up returning the 5 string and keeping the Markbass.
Great review!
I’m with you, two volumes is VASTLY better and easier to use than a pan pot. I’ll never understand why some prefer a pan.
How do you fade out or do a tremolo effect with the knobs when you use both pickups? Doesn't work at all :D. That's why I prefer pan :D
@@johnsausage I don't, haha! I suppose if I did, I'd find a way. A volume pedal, I'm sure, would work just as well (likely better). Honestly, my personal preference is single volume, single tone (or EQ if active), and a selector switch like my Ernie Ball Music Man Sterlings have, which is how I also wired my P/J partscaster Warmoth Jazz basses (fretted and fretless, both have '88 Japanese Jazz Bass Special necks with an oil finish and flame maple over alder Warmoth Dinky J bodies likewise oil finished. I defretted the fretless and inlaid maple fretlines, and they both have EMG GZR P/J pickups and a rotary selector switch). I like things pretty simple, and I'm a little OCD, so I like knowing exactly how much of one pickup or another I'm blending in. With a switch, it's 100%, and I can adjust the tone with attack, with two volumes, it's a repeatable set quantity and I can REALLY fine tune it (though I wouldn't find it necessary very often). I will say that I once had a Fernandes bass that I strung and tuned B-D for a heavy rock band I was in, I put EMGs in it and their factory wiring had a pan pot. I didn't bother cutting their harness up since it was a 3- or 4- song bass and I didn't care enough, and it was REALLY easy to just tweak on the fly for any weird room sounds I didn't like without having to mess with my amp EQ or anything, just favoring one pickup more than another would usually do the trick. In that way, I can't deny its usefulness.
Learning to fly a lot of info. Bass has a nice sound
I need this bass !!!
I need markbassss
Lol that description of the difference in 70s and 80s bass sounds was beautifully vague
I have never liked the two volume controls on a J bass. I found it difficult to keep the same tone in the middle of playing a song, because I needed change the over all volume of the bass instead of each pick up. Maybe I'm crazy, but I would add a master volume knob controlling both pick up. I guess I could have used the master volume control on the amp head. Hmmm
Most regular jbasses have this issue. That's why I got rid of my 1996 celebrate 50 yrs one. Such beastly hum as well, if not having the same volume on both.
Anybody know what brand of glove Scott uses or something similar?
Hi Scott..great review & explanation!..this 70's config sounds growly & much of a J-Bass..not sure if I like the finish & weight😉..thanks bass bro!👏✌️
I feel like all the hardware being made in house makes sense. An amp company would have no issue stamping metal parts, they're set up for it.
What about their 2x10 bass cabs or just 2x10 bass cabs in general. I personally am considering a downsize to that configuration paired with one of these new super lightweight bass heads. Using just a single 2x10 for smaller gigs and chaining both 2x10’s as necessary. Your thoughts?
That's my setup. Mark Bass 250 Black Line. Peavey 2x10 cab.
I have 2x10 markbass only and I really like it. My bass is a 5 string G&L
Its just me, or this bass sound a little distorted? Mainly até the neck pu?
These knobs (600 of them) looks like something from 2001 by Stanley Kubrick. Would you bring this to a gig, Scott? Seems like a cool bass
Awesome great music playing guitar 🎸 so sound great audio
Aahhh I'm a guitarist and I think bass is a very great and capable instrument I just had one question why do you wear that glove in your right hand
Anyone noticed Scott doing a killer thumbs up slap?
Why is the Mark bass missing 4 screws at the pick ups? Might be shadows...
Markbass orgoglio italiano
Single coils?
Amazing Sir
What is the difference between JF1 and JP1? From the website seems like F may stand for Val di Fiemme spruce
That's it, Different wood combination!
I do wonder about the body tone. I have two 70's Jazz basses one ash maple 78 (weight 1 ton) and one alder ebony ( 8.5 lbs). and they sound way different. Maybe I'm getting old, but I don't think of Mark Bass as a back in the day company.
Now if it had a couple of reverse P bass pickups like Lee Sklar's "Frankenstein" mmmmhhhmm 😊
Did Mark Bass make a bass = MusicMan amp? I understand that the MusicMan was a guitar amp. But its such a great amp. Now we have a bass amp company making a awesome bass. I likey... Love when the industry gets weird. Good things happen!
Does people with free entry in the giveaway ever win any bass?
Could be a scam🤣🤣🤣
Yes, are good .))
It's pretty hard to judge the looks of the instrument with such a heavy color correction. May be it would be beneficial to lay back with Bayesque Teal&Orange galore at least for reviews, don't you think?
This only affects the color of the bass and nothing else regarding the looks of it, i’m sure Scott just prefers to keep some aesthetic consistency in the colors regarding his videos whether it’s a review or a more standard lesson, in the end for this kind of video all that really matters is getting a clean and defined sound out of the bass and showing the shape clearly, everything else is just a technicality
good luck , everyone in the upcoming giveaway, lets get some strings in some new hands and grow the rhythm section of the world a little more!
Joe Dart Signature Markbass and Bass Amp??????
I dont get the hate surounding markbass product, I think their amps sounds really good
Ist look´s very nice
At first I was hoping for your Fodera, but now I think I'm hoping for this instead! loving that battered white finish! Is the neck more P bass or Jazz bass on this beauty?
My eyes tell me it’s definitely closer to a Jazz-type neck profile based on the width at the nut, but it’s obviously tough to say since it’s hard to see the actual shape of the neck on video
Does it come without logos?
no :)))
For $2.500 for this bass I expected a LOT more from MarkBass. Sticking to Spector ftm.
It sounds good...
This bass was trashed on Talkbass and rightly so. Most unrealistic relic job ever. Pretty bad for an Italian company. Luckily Scott plays really well like always.
Playing a Markbass bass on a Fender amp...
Quoting John Lennon, "strange days indeed"
Fuck me I nearly feel of my seat with the price I will stick to my Sire.
looks similar to 90's BLADE basses.
Hard to take you seriously with the " Where's Waldo" look. Just joking Scott. I do appreciate your reviews that points out the nuances of each bass.
Hey Scott, try the Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas JJV. It’s a P bass body with Jazz pickups, thin neck that’s roasted maple with a licensed Fender P-Bass headstock (since Fender owns Charvel). It runs around $1,000. It’s a 5 string, hence the name JJV, but they make a 4 string version but it’s a PJ configuration. I have the JJV and love it, but sadly there’s few UA-cam videos of it.
Battered bass? Is it wi chips n mushy peas?? 😋
I didn't aactually like the sound that much, looks cool but for 2K much better options
i had no idea these were so expensive. looks like maybe a 900 dollar instrument
It’s a bummer that it’s so expensive.