MarkBass make Basses Now? But are they any good?

Markbass has a proven record of making high-quality, lightweight bass amps, and the Italian company’s colourful speaker cabs have worked their way into the rigs of many top-name players.

However, Markbass also produce a number of basses - there are seven different series available - and the MB JF1 is the very first I’ve tracked down. In this video I’m going to find out how good it really is.

As always, see you in the shed…

Scott :)

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[ringthane]

Blown AWAY -- did NOT see this coming, didn't expect to fall in love... WOW!

[brettroberts]

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!

[Mojoke]

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!

[jasonbannan]

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?

[acledfloyd]

I think the Mark Bass yellow hat was a nice touch.

[jamesbenoit]

Nice, I like it. Clean looking, not overly ornamented...and, most importantly - it sounds great.

[Elektronijaenis]

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.

[jamesmichel]

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.

[HiImSeanIPlayBass]

Just based on brand loyalty, I’d buy one.
Markbass has always done right by me.
Can’t wait to try one.

[makumbolindo]

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.

[jeremiahwilliams]

UH those basses are anything like those amps, then they're gonna be a beast!!! Because those amps are badass

[SteveWeltman]

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!

[szrnkabela]

Check out Chiara Bianchi from Italy! She plays a lot of funky stuff on this model and it´s fantastic!

[nicholasskridla]

What a beauty! PBass with JBass pickups!!! Boom! Mind blown! Snap, pop, and thumps!

[Bassic]

That's a great sounding bass with very cool features!!!

[dannydirtD]

Hi Scott, been watching your videos on YouTube 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 👌

[davidvitale]

Gear is good 👍. Gear is fun 👍. Nothing beats practicing more. 💪

[raeloupied]

OMG... finally a true combination P/J bass. I built a similar Frankenbass combining a Squire jazz and a Fender p

[recordlabeldao]

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