Markbass Micromark 801

Pretty amazing

First new amp I've bought for many years after having mainly large set ups. I'm amazed at the sound that comes out of something so small. You get proper bass. Not quite to the level of a big dub sound system but very adequate for the volume level, which is also surprisingly loud for it's size. I use it with a 1990 MIJ P bass with emg Geezer Butler pic ups. 2 knobs on the bass, 2 on the amp but everything you need. Sounds great even to my old deaf ears.

Great sound, but....

As far as sound goes, this amp needs no further review from me. We are talking about an incredible amplifier.

But it has a flaw which saddened me and I realized that probably not much attention was paid to the build quality. And I explain... At first I played with the amp on a carpet and everything was fine. But a few days ago I placed it on a desk and I could see how it was constantly moving while playing. There I realized that in one of its corners it had at least a 4 mm difference compared to the opposite one, as a result of which it is not stable on a flat surface. This is unacceptable for a bass amp.

Amazing amp

I had Boss Katana 110, but bought this for another room. This amp is so much better than Katana. It sounds much better in every way, without myriad of tone options which all sound worse in Katana. What a bliss just to plug and play without messing with all the knobs! Also it looks super cool, especially compared to Katana. Almost forgot, Katana weighs like Japan.

How do they do it?

I can only imagine Markbass put magic pixies inside and sprinkle fairy dust over these amps. You won't believe the bottom end you can generate out of this tiny 30cm cube. Don't understand it at all. Perfect for small gigs (you'd have to drive it too hard over a drummer but there's an output for front of house/monitor mix so you're really sorted anyway). Sounds great. Who wants to hump an 8x10 around these days anyway? Move with the times-small is beautiful!

Good but there are better out there

Bought this some time ago for acoustic sessions. Surprisingly warm sound with a considerable amount of punch. Eventually moved it on due to lack of power, also not much in the way of equalization or tonal options. Other manufacturers are cramming a lot more oomph to similar sizes combos .

I love this amp!

It's a very nice and portable amp. Sure it's tiny, but damn it's powerful! I used it in many different occasions, from my studio room at home, to the rehearsal space, to various gigs.

Since it doesn't have any equalisation I always use it in combination with my fishman platinum stage preamp, both with e-bass and double bass. It just works!

I live in the Netherlands and I always travel by bike within the city. With this amp I'm able to just fit it in the front of my bike and... Voilà! No problems of transportation whatsoever!

Sure, it's not something I would use for bigger stages, it works very nice for "semi acoustic" concerts and it can fill the room with its sound. But If you're playing with a very loud drummer or you need intense low frequencies this might not be what you're looking for!

Overall a must have!

Great for practice in a small room.

This combo is light and well built. It gives a natural sound.

It is not too loud, so it's great for practice at home.

Doesn't have many features, but I never needed them.

Great sound & easy to carry

Was looking for a mobile bass amp for my Cort B4 Plus and I'm very happy with my purchase so far. The Markbass Micro 801 been in use too often yet, but it's fairly light and has a great sound. I'm new to bass guitars & amps but it was easy to set up and feels high quality.

Perfect bass amp for bedroom practice!

what a beautiful amp for bedroom practice, sound is so pleasant although the lack of Low-mid-hi controls is a bit annoying, you can still figure out if you like it and you play through it.

Excellent little combo for practice and even quieter band jams

Very solidly built, quiet cooling fan and extremely simple user interface, noiseless signal. Has a lot of power for its size and sounds surprisingly big, although still a bit boxy. Offers everything you need for home practice (headphones and mp3 input) and even more. Nothing that would really bother me, maybe I would place some inputs and controls differently (e.g. phones input, speaker switch, on/off switch). Bearing in mind, that not so much bigger and more expensive, while much more capable Markbass Marcus Miller CMD 101 Micro 60 is now available, I would consider that one as well!