Tell me about the Peavey Mark series bass heads

[Gone Fission]

I keep seeing them come up as a recommendation for a cheap good bass amp and they do keep coming up super cheap in the usual channels.

So what do they sound like? Anything that goes well with them? Pedal friendly? Anything they're allergic to? Should I just keep saving pennies for a V4 or similar?

(I've got a Dearmond Pilot with active electronics and 35" scale and on the way is an Epiphone Allen Woody RumbleKat with 30.5" scale. Cab is a TL-806 loaded with an original EVM-12L.)

[theavondon]

The only one i've ever tried electrocuted me ALL THE TIME. But, hey, someone else probably digs em.

[Gone Fission]

The only one i've ever tried electrocuted me ALL THE TIME. But, hey, someone else probably digs em.

For the very same reason, perhaps.

[Fuzz_Pi]

A V4 would be 20000 times better than any Peavey dick box, it's better to save for something good rather than to be wasting cash on a piece of shit
that could've gone towards something great in the first place. Having a good amp is really the most essential thing to getting a good tone, no amount of
pedals in the world can save a shitty turd amp.

We had one of these at my old high school, I recall it having one sound, and that was exploding buzzing fart (overloading speaker), even with my old shit
mim jazz bass with stone cold output. Also the input jack had what my little brother calls "jack-itis" where you have to wiggle the fuckin thing until u find
a spot where it works, annoying as shit, has happened to all my ipods so far

[futuresailors]

Can't tell if troll?

I've got a Mark VIII that's pretty nifty. I'd liken them to the bass version of a Jazz Chorus if you know what I mean.

[devnulljp]

I had a MkIII, and I still can't hear out of my left ear

[theavondon]

I had a MkIII, and I still can't hear out of my left ear

FWIW, the MKIII I was using was quite mid-y and loud and kinda more the amp equivalent of a blunt weapon until it became a smoky, unpredictable danger to mankind.

[devnulljp]

I had a MkIII, and I still can't hear out of my left ear

FWIW, the MKIII I was using was quite mid-y and loud and kinda more the amp equivalent of a blunt weapon until it became a smoky, unpredictable danger to mankind.

I had it biamped into a 2x15 and a 4x12. Sitting next to a Trace Elliot AH250 into an 8x10.
'Twas fucking loud.

[Derelict78]

I have heard good things I LOVE my tko 65 and I have been wondering if the mark series has a similar tone stack. Out of all my amps my TKO sounds the best just not loud enough for anything but home practice and running my mids/highs.

[grindonomicon]

I'd spend the extra $50-100 and buy an old Sunn or Acoustic solid state bass head before an old Peavey. Tho any of the three will last forever with a little TLC.