Markbass Little Mark Rocker 58R 500W Bass Amplifier Head

The Little Mark's international success is driven by its versatile sound, suitable for all styles of music. It's also an amp chosen by ROCK bassists, so we decided to make a more aggressive version – adding custom designed and footswitchable drive circuitry for a wide range of onboard overdrive and distortion sounds. And just like our other amps in the 58R series, the LITTLE MARK 58R ROCKER's new design features all the connections and controls on the front panel, keeping a clean rear panel with only power and speaker connectors – this offers optimal ergonomics making everything more practical, all in an ultralight, high build quality chassis for a super portable package.

KEY POINTS

DRIVE AND BLEND CONTROLS
Rock bassists love Little Mark heads, however the awesome drive section of this new model makes the Little Mark 58R Rocker better than ever for rock! The amount of drive, ranging from crunchy overdrive to aggressive distortion, is controlled by the DRIVE pot and a switch allows you to select between two types of drive. The BLEND control mixes between CLEAN and DISTORTED sounds.

NEW EQ SETTING / 3-WAY SWITCH / OLD SCHOOL
The 4 Band EQ of the Little Mark 58R Rocker has new centre frequencies which are all tuned to offer a balanced tone that slices through the mix. It also features a 3 way rotary switch that dial in 2 useful EQ presets to quickly select a true FLAT setting, or a CUT setting that has boosted low and highs with scooped mids. The third option on the switch allows you to use an optional Dual Footswitch to control the DRIVE/BLEND section or the CUT EQ preset. The OLD SCHOOL control cuts a wider and wider range of frequencies as you dial it up to easily shape an old style vintage tone.

MODERN CLASSIC WINNING AESTHETIC
This new amp features all the connections and controls on the front panel – including a convenient mute switch, along with the DI level control knob that allows for precise control of the signal sent to your mixer/PAwith a Pre-Post EQ switch to set the XLR's output routing to before or after your EQ as required. This leaves only the speaker out and AC power socket on the rear panel, ensuring everything is practical with a winning aesthetic.

MUTE
The Mute function is one of our most requested features, enabling silent tuning or intrument swaps.

MPT - Mark Proprietary Technology
Many other bass amps on the market use power amps that are not specifically designed for bass. At Markbass, Marco De Virgiliis invested heavily in R&D to develop proprietary power amp technology in house. Our MPT power amp was built from the ground up to respect and elevate the inherent tone of your instrument.

ECO-FRIENDLY
We build sustainability into our products – we think it's time to think about the future; focusing not only on our products, but also the natural environment that surrounds their production.

BEST QUALITY, RIGHT PRICE
The new series of products MB58R have an incredible value proposition: high quality and innovation at the right price.

TECHNICAL FEATURES

• PREAMP: SOLID STATE
• POWER AMP: MPT
• POWER: 500W@4ohm / 300W@8ohm
• EQ:
• • LOW: center frequency 68 Hz; level ±16 dB
  • LOW MID: center frequency 360 Hz; level ±16 dB
  • MID HIG: center frequency 800 Hz; level ±16 dB
  • HIGH center frequency 10 KHz; level ±16 dB)
• CONTROLS:
• • DRIVE (with TYPE 1 / TYPE 2 switch)
  • BLEND (CLEAN counter-clockwise / DISTORTED clockwise)
  • 3-WAY SWITCH (OLD/CUT/FSW)
• OTHERS:
• • BALANCED DI OUT with level control
  • SEND/ RETURN | PRE/POST EQ – GND switches
  • FSW (optional dual footswitch for DRIVE and CUT EQ preset)
• DIMENSIONS: 10.87”/ 27.6 cm (w); 3.27”/ 8.3 cm (h); 10.08”/ 25.6 cm(d)
• WEIGHT: 4.4 lbs /2 Kg