Mark King (Level 42) Gear Run

The legendary Mark King of Level 42 talk us through his rather TC-centric pedalboard!
Flashback Delay: www.tcelectronic.com/flashback-delay
Vortex flanger: www.tcelectronic.com/vortex-flanger
Hall of Fame Reverb: www.tcelectronic.com/hall-of-fame-reverb
Corona Chorus: www.tcelectronic.com/corona-chorus
Learn more about Mark: www.tcelectronic.com/mark-king

[@brucelee9750]

Mark King in my own opinion is one of the most talented musicians of all time. Not only is he an incredible bassist, but to sing aswell as playing some of the most complex bass lines, puts him on another page. Total respect to the legend he really is. 🙏👏👏👏👏👏

[@takedashingen2834]

Mark King is 42 Levels above everyone else for me. Really the best of the best.

[@scottwheeler6807]

I was lucky enough to play this bass and have a good ol chat with mr king .. top bloke 👍

[@saulwatson]

One of the nicest fellas I've ever had the pleasure to meet. A true musical inspiration and man can he play!!

[@gregoriphilips4426]

Undoubtedly

[@benmiddleton9984]

Mark King and Victor Wooten. Two of the greatest bassists that ever lived.

[@mdwayne741]

Definitely.

[@briankierman8335]

stanley clark

[@tcelectronic]

So glad to read that you all dig it so much, guys :-)

[@MrTkeddo]

Saw Level 42 in 1981supporting Light of the world and still love them Mark King is a legend and a funny guy too.

[@RolandoMoralesGuitarFactory]

One of the most great musicians...I really love the LEVEL42 work and Mark is the King>>>>

[@jasonfreshwater6138]

He really is a top top musician. Naturally gifted individual. I had the pleasure of seeing him live and he is absolutely amazing

[@margix1172]

Best Bass player AND singer!!!!! Totally AMAZING!!! And LEVEL 42 one of the best band EVER!

[@malcolmtent86]

best singer? uh, no. Adequate, maybe.

[@margix1172]

@@malcolmtent86 I meant one of the best singer in the bass players world, for sure Glenn hughes is a better singer but he is also a worse bassist.

[@OneHope4Heaven]

2:11-2:39... WOW.... My Favorite kinda thing (aside from his groovin jazz-funk rhythms) - the way Mark, THE KING, comes up with those gorgeous intervals! If that's not a song already, I wish he'd turn it into one! It's exquisite!

[@jamesstanley2619]

I was just thinking the sane thing!!! Iv listen too this section like 50 times

[@rhys79]

@onehope4heaven591 @jamesstanley2619 It’s part of a prog song he wrote in the 80’s called ‘The Essential’. Absolutely brilliant track!

[@jamesstanley2619]

@@rhys79 I listened to it but didn’t hear it in there for some reason

[@simonhodgetts6530]

Sounds a little like some of his playing on his first solo album - Influences - it’s brilliant, and worth a listen!

[@shavemymind]

badman for real. Mark has ruled for years. cool dude. nice man. cool pedals.

[@JS-pd7lg]

It's truly unbelievable how good he is at slapping

[@itsjustme8947]

The most insured thumb in the industry, lol!

[@dazza42UK]

I could just listen to MK noodling around forever.

[@tcelectronic]

We all could, Damon, we all could! :-)

[@dazza42UK]

I love the bit he plays from The Essential. Do you have any more of him?

[@peterhotton635]

Best bass player in the world

[@ultimatebasses]

I first saw Level 42 at Massey Hall 🇨🇦 in the 80's. I'd love fly over to England when i retire and catch them doing a few local shows.

[@MrRedrocket42]

Even with all the great bassists on the scene these days, Mark King is still mesmerizing. The TC effects sound fantastic!

[@silversurfer647]

I would love to hear " Good Man In A Storm" , by this group, only with Gary Husband or Phil Gould, live of course. With those sound effects on bass. 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@RO-qb9zv]

It’s taken me 2 years for this clip to come to my feed, worth the wait Mark. 🙏😀

[@kmecha7]

Mark King=God of Bass

[@oliveroneill1388]

I love that he uses , just foot pedals and very basic ones , and not them thinny rack mounted effects units . I like the simplicity of the ground pedals, t.c are fab . Boss , too. Fair play to mark, a gifted player , and gives his time to us mere mortals ...

[@kenh.5848]

And this is just him fooling around. Amazing!!

[@radioflitercairplanes1715]

Mark could be playing for 15 minutes and I would crawl for 15 days to get there ! The man has inspired me and I'm sure countless others to play Bass or just dig music. At the very top of my bucket list is to meet this amazing Bass player , shake his hand and if I'm really on a roll , get his autograph on one of my Bass guitars I bought new , three weeks after I heard him for the first time in 1985 !

[@LoveMeetingLove]

I have met him 12 years ago at The Hague Jazz, shook his hand, got his autograph, but I forgot the most important thing. To be on a picture with him. I had the camera in my hand, but I was a bit flabbergasted. It all happened in such a short time. Now he is the only favorite bass player missing in my photo frame!

[@danzreggae]

True legend right here

[@protonprotonfix5749]

Is this cool or not. Man! I could listen to him all day and night. What a great musician!

[@gideonerosa3608]

Mark King have the singular way for bass player. So nice.

[@MrTitobo]

Mark, i love it 👍👍👍 🇩🇪

[@judebrown2672]

Genius. I knew a family member through work. Top bloke.

[@Gerardjhughes]

best bass player on this earth still

[@leveilleurnonsilencieux2681]

best bass player /singer yes ! but not bass player only ! some bass players are far more good ! but mark sings at the same time, here, he is unique

[@yutani2225]

Absolutely. I saw him in the eightees at the Frankfurter Music Fair first and i was shocked. He reinvents for me how to play bass.

[@yutani2225]

Show me a virtuos bass player he can play like him AND singing like him? Thats the difference! Of course there are thousands of extraordinary bass player outside.

[@michaelb.42112]

BEST EVER.

[@mdwayne741]

He is sooo good.

[@MELLYBOY58]

You'll never live to see another one like him ✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@monicamalakian237]

Really interesting vid! I have always wondered what all the pedals do. He is so amazing. I could watch him for hours and hours and never tire!

[@lawrencelevinson]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Kresnov]

Sooo into his music, love MK

[@Raezioo]

My god, the thing he told about using your Flashback as a practice tool is the best thing ever. Nothing is more boring than having to slap to the rhythm of a metronome! This is way more funky haha!

[@peekaboo4390]

Use a drum machine.

[@Schumanized]

I love this guy!!!

[@gabryaelharrisson9852]

The guy is one of a kind !!

[@nigelwilliams4954]

A great insight into the best bass player 👏

[@jeangomez3947]

master of ,master

[@samuelsmall5243]

Mark is a National Treasure...

[@danielpalmersofficial]

Mark King is top of the world, I love him!! ✌️😙

[@JWS1968]

Never been a Level 42 fan but I am a Mark King fan he seems a genuinely nice fella.

[@jeffsmith2145]

I saw in an interview with him were he said that he used to play drums, and contributes that skill to his style of bass playing.

[@MrBoimkeren]

The legend

[@theyoungupstarts1243]

Great tippers all around! I like the tape to keep them insolent knobs from being knobs.

[@fuzmaginty5822]

the king of bass

[@newworldpuppet]

Mark has amazed me for decades...and he still does!

[@kasimsultonfan]

Nice little chunk from "Influences" at 2.12. Tremendous record.

[@jamesstanley2619]

What song is this section from

[@andy42x]

​@@jamesstanley2619I think it's somewhere in the middle of the long track called The Essential

[@danielelise7348]

I think Polish bassist,Wojtek Pilichowski is a huge fan of Mark King,his style is so similar!

[@WildWildWeasel]

He inspired himself on Mark's style.

[@franckmeunier499]

my hero!!!

[@slender6990]

Love the Chelsea boots, Mark :-)

[@chriscuthbertson]

He's a slap machine

[@tylerwesley6176]

Cool dude

[@jakestevens1270]

I love how us brits say "you know" after every sentence

[@craigcotter7476]

English. Americans call us 'brits'

[@terrycapewell2222]

Dear Lord I wish I was a fraction as good as him !

[@ectorzeronne]

Adoro esses caras!

[@juanjavierm]

Only absolutely and extremely talented guys would be able to improvise what here it shows from 2:11 to 2:39....it's unbelieveble....

[@alexmasters2531]

I love this bit, but it's not improvised - it is a section from 'the essential' from Mark's solo effort 'Influences', which is one my favorites... unbelievable tune!

[@jamesstanley2619]

Bro I have replayed that section so many times ! It’s amazing

[@johnevans1724]

Man Mark really likes playing The Essential.

[@Sanson101]

what settings is he using on the flashback pedal????? thanks tc for wonderfull gear!

[@rennug3151]

1 of 2 my fav basist him and victor wooten

[@Sanson101]

whats the flashback setting Mark is using?? got them all but vortex but goona get it now! thanks tc !!!

[@charliescott-manning8310]

what song was he playing when he used the chorus?

[@jamesschofield6693]

Better start working on the filter pedal TC...

[@bassthumper7331]

My Man Crush

[@Sanson101]

TC guys never got an answer..am a TC electrinics pedals freak fan and need the flashback delay Mark is using in this video....!!! please!!!!

[@lakshitharathnayake6893]

👍👍👍👍❤️❤️

[@SEBBY_SHREDZ_BOI]

I really want to hear Mark play the “Seinfeld” theme.

[@lucastutoriais8731]

o tiozao toca heim :-)

[@svenlabots1869]

2:14..."the corona chorus'....?

[@sophielam]

Is the behind the nut section on a headless bass of Mark's original idea?

[@tcelectronic]

Great question, we'd have to ask him!

[@MellonVegan]

Do you mean the use of a zero fret? I really just invested a minute into googling that and just skimmed the bits I saw (so no guarantee) but I think I read that it was Steinberger's idea (who've been around since 79) whereas Mark didn't start playing headless until later and with Status, of course.

[@MellonVegan]

Nvm what I just said, only just saw that bit on a pic of his signature, that actually is quite unique.

[@DuxJerome]

It IS his idea. Its called a bending well.

[@johnnhello4913]

.... What about the rest of the pedals?

[@witnit7490]

Jaco just appeared out of those notes.

[@LRS905]

What is that bass, a Status?

[@MellonVegan]

Looks like his Status signature bass.

[@jimclaypool2662]

No compressor??

[@tcelectronic]

It's built into his Blacksmith amp 🙂

[@silversurfer647]

Mark King, aka, #BigCheesyFeet. Let's start something. Lol. 😆😆😆😆🙂

[@silversurfer647]

😄😄😄😄😄

[@forbiddencat5396]

His wife is his thumbs

[@silversurfer647]

# BigCheesyFeet

[@keedygoatley4575]

It's amazing how just when you think you've heard the best bass player in the world 🌎 along comes someone else 😂😂😂😂

[@batmandeltaforce]

Funk Meister... you need Tap Tempo:)

[@craftmania000]

3:50 when you leave discord

[@allistrata]

He still makes me wet my knickers 😍

[@bluespirat]

to much hungry marc

[@hancyber]

He said that good for practice? Is that part for practice then it's mean that he is a demigod

[@user-uc4yb6he9m]

いやどうなっとんねん

[@jeffreychatman4376]

Big cheesy feet? LOL

[@Depp601]

No 1 ------- :) :) :)

[@ArmAMajor]

There is only 1 real pedal for funk and thats the Qtron.

[@silversurfer647]

Big cheesy feet foot pedals by TC ELECTRONICS.😆😆

[@leelifeson9150]

He’s a great guy but anyone who says he’s a great bass player has never studied great bass players! Just watch victor wooton and you’ll see mark is a average ..