Markbass
Mark Bass is an Italian bass - amplifier brand. The devices are manufactured by the Parsek company in San Giovanni Teatino , Italy .
history
In 1996, Marco De Virgiliis, who had previously worked in the amplifier industry, started at Parsek, where he did the majority of the marketing, support and sales. He met Sterling Ball in the late 1990s and worked on Music Man's Audiophile series of amplifiers . He began to install neodymium speakers in loudspeaker housings as one of the first. This was done in collaboration with B & C Speakers in Italy, with whom Markbass has equipped his cabinets since the beginning. In 2001 he started the “Markbass” brand with Parsek.
equipment
A typical feature of the Markbass amplifiers is the yellow-black color combination of the amps and cabinets, in which the speaker cones are yellow. Another special feature is the extremely low weight of the speakers thanks to the neodymium speakers and the small size of the tops, which are very compact thanks to Class D technology . In addition to the amplifiers, there are also Markbass effect pedals for electric basses and software for the PC that simulates bass amplifiers, making it unnecessary to take the instrument in the studio.
Markbass has developed an amplifier series called "MoMark", in which the individual components can be combined as desired. Based on a housing with integrated output stage with selectable power, various modules are available for the preamp , the equalizer section and the output stage control.
The most famous Markbass users are Jeff Berlin , Alain Caron , Hadrien Feraud , Franck Hermanny , Tom Kennedy , Marcus Miller , Robbie Shakespeare , and Craig Young .
Awards
| year | source | product | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The UK's Guitar and Bass magazine | CMD 102P combo | Best bass amp of 2005 |
| 2005 | Guitar Part magazine of France | CMD 103H combo | Amp of the Year |
| 2007 | Musikmesse International Press Award | CMD 121H Cab | MIPA Award |
| 2008 | Bass Player magazine | Classic Series | Editor's Award |
| 2008 | Bass Player magazine | Little Mark II | Bass Player Reader's Choice Award (Best Bass Head) |
| 2009 | Winter NAMM 2009 | Micromark | "Best of Show" MacsimumNews Award |
| 2009 | ISP Music magazine of Spain | F1 | ISP Music Selected Product and ISP Music Recommended Price |
| 2009 | ISP Music magazine of Spain | Classic Series | ISP Music Selected Product Award |
| 2009 | Bass Player magazine | Little Mark II | Bass Player Reader's Choice Award (Best Bass Head) |
| 2009 | Bass Player magazine | MoMark | Editor's Award |
| 2010 | Top Guitar Magazine of Poland | Great Synth and Riverbero | Top Gear Award |
| 2010 | Bass Player magazine | F500 and New York 604 | Editor Award |
| 2010 | Bestcovery.com | Markbass Chorus Flanger | # 1 bass chorus pedal on the market |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Marco De Virgiliis on instituteofbass.com. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 23, 2014 ; accessed on May 23, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Markbass Artists on markbass.it. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 23, 2014 ; accessed on May 23, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MIPA Award Winners 2007. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 19, 2013 ; accessed on May 16, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Best Bass Pedals on bestcovery.com. Retrieved May 16, 2014 .
