Markbass Little Mark Tube 800

Markbass has convinced us again! This Little Mark Tube 800 is a hybrid amplifier, with the warmth and rich sound of a tube preamp. Yet you can also choose to use the solid state preamplifier ... or a mix of both!

On the front panel are two inputs with separate gain controls: a 1/4 "jack and a combo jack that can handle either an XLR or a jack cable. Additional features include switchable 48V phantom power for the XLR input, solid-state / tube mix. control, four band equalizer, VLE and VPF filters, line out level control, pre - post EQ switch for the XLR out (on the rear panel) and mute control (push - pull on the master button). All in all an amplifier with quite a few balls and which will almost literally blow most bass players over.

• Hybrid bass amp head
• Tube-driven preamplifier
• Transistor power amplifier
• Power: 500W at 8 Ohm, 800W at 4 Ohm
• Input 1: impedance: 500 Kohm
• Input 2: balanced, impedance 500 Kohm
• Impedance fx loop: 33 Kohm
• Gain 1: -60 dB to +23 dB
• Gain 2: -60 dB to +23 dB
• Mixer
• Master volume
• Line out level
• Ground lift (switch on the back)
• Pre / post equalizer (switch on the back)
• Mute (pull out / push in the master volume knob)
• 4 band equalizer
• Low: center frequency: 40 Hz; level: ± 16 dB
• Low mid: center frequency: 360 Hz, level: ± 16 dB
• High mid: center frequency: 800 Hz, level: ± 16 dB
• High: center frequency: 10 kHz: ± 16 dB
• VPF (variable pre-shape filter): center frequency 380 Hz
• Vintage simulation (frequency range 250 Hz-20 kHz)
• Line out: XLR balanced (100 Kohm)
• Effects loop unbalanced: 2 x 1/4 ”(6.35 mm) jack input and output (return and send)
• Tuner out unbalanced: 1 x 1/4 ”jack (6.35 mm)
• Speaker output: 1 x lockable conn. / 1 x 1/4 ”(6.35 mm)
• Dimensions: 276 x 256 x 71 mm (WxDxH)
• Weight: 2.97 kg