I happened to come across this, it's pretty cool

Good luck with the sales of your preamps. Unfortunately, FX-1's here in the Alembic Club go for around $750 to $795. I bought one here last April for $750 in pristine condition.

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Having been paying close attention .. since the world was young ...

I'm stealing that.  (Or if you're ever down this way, I'll buy you a coffee.)

And you're more than welcome to.
If i ever get down to Salisbury to visit the old man again (which I might not, as he's 94 and quite decrepit), I'll certainly try to talk Senior Management into a detour; I'd love to have a cup with you!

Peter

Chalie!
Good to hear from you, hope all is well.
Good luck with your sales and, of course, keep it low and stay outta treble! 😃

The Brothers - 03/10/20 - Madison Square Garden - Nugs - "Dreams"

Hello everyone,
I have 2 F1-X's for sale in beautiful condition, always kept in a rack. 2,000 a piece. Photos to come.
My home email is bajarone123@comcast.net


Chalie.
Post Script shipping included but I won't ship overseas.

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on February 23, 2026, 08:44:49 AM
Having been paying close attention .. since the world was young ...

I'm stealing that.  (Or if you're ever down this way, I'll buy you a coffee.)

Quotehink this was one of their main selling points early on in that you could set your tone controls for the room and use the VLE/VPF controls to shape your sound.

i dunno about all that.  i finally quit trying to make sense out of what they do and just kept twiddling the knobs till the sound i wanted (or some reasonable facimile thereof) started coming out.  since i run split pickups most of the time (i.e. stereo mode) those settings are radically different for both amps in the stack.  took a lotta twiddiling to dial them in.  obviously both signal paths are different, with different speaker cabs so it'a less science than it is art (or some reasonable facimile thereof).  really questionalbe utility to me, simple tone controls would probably suffice but i didn't buy these amps for thier tonal clairity, and niether should you.  imho  ymmv.  they do pack a lotta punch in a little package and are relatively affordable, which is probably why i see alot of them in rental studios and open mic nights.

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What does 'old school' do? (I'm imagining a number of ways this could be applied...)

The Old School control is a filter to cut the highs. I think they use to call it the VLE filter.

Interesting. Kinda' like a rotary 'bright' switch. There's some really cool stuff out there anymore. I had a Mesa Subway D-800 until recently. It had a 'Voicing' pot. I just left it all the way to the "flat" setting. My supposition was that it emulated 'tube-y' warmth when attenuated.

I don't know much about Markbass amps other than the practice combo I own and that uses traditional bass, mid and treble tone controls so take this with a grain of salt. From my understanding the VLE/Old School control is a shelf EQ for the highs. Some Markbass amps also have a control called Scoop (old name VPF?) which is also a filter to attenuate the mids while boosting the lows and highs. I think this was one of their main selling points early on in that you could set your tone controls for the room and use the VLE/VPF controls to shape your sound.

I can't see the extra photos that you mentioned on the website, but the bass I had (76-250) had a wire under the fretboard for red LEDs, you could see it entering under the fretboard in the truss rod hole on the E string side.  I miss that bass...