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So a new pedal day, an Ashdown Geezer Butler Pedal of Doom. Now I’m not a particular fan of Geezer or Black Sabbath but am a big fan of Ashdown and this pedal looked on paper to do what I want - that is one good clean Ashdown tone, with the ability to add in a touch of drive/gain. And it does! At nearly £300 it’s not cheap, but it does have two separate channels each with their own independent eq (apart from shared treble) plus the Doom which can be applied on each so essentially four different sounds available. But the main reason for getting this was having a preamp/DI that could give me that lovely Ashdown tone for gigs where the rig is provided, as I’ve found recently that although I’ve used Tech21 gear for years my ears have gone off it, preferring more traditional amp sounds. I’m yet to use it in a band setting, I do have gigs on Thu & Fri but I’m using my ABM600 for those so I won’t have a chance to use it with a band before the return period is up so I’m gonna have to make sure I’m totally satisfied with it, but first impressions are good.

I’ve had the 112, 115, 210 and 410 of the RM range, and although the cabs have cloth front (not my preference) they weren’t flimsy at all, pretty decent really. I took both the 112 and 115 in trades so never used those in a band setting but both sounded fine in home practice.

I started on bass and then some 6 months later got a guitar so I kind of learned both at the same time. I’m still not very good at lead but am - when practicing for a while - a pretty decent rhythm guitarist.

Definitely, I used my ABM600 with many different cabs over the years of gigging on shared line-up/shared backline gigs. Admittedly audience always got front of house but irrespective of what cab I was using the ABM600 was always powerful enough for on-stage sound, and we played some pretty big venues/stages.

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head with Ashdown, the ABM600 will do exactly what you’re after. Also pairs well with Barefaced cabs.

Dammit!

In my classic rock band a guy tried out for us using one of these. He sounded like Nemo, Captain of the Underwater Show. Use whatever effects you choose sparingly.

Nice bass, congrats. The 2013-16 range are my faves, agree re the necks, they’re chunkers which suit me nicely. I’ve Dunlop flats - strung through - on one of mine, they suit the bass nicely imo.

Six String Traitor! But seriously, nice guitar and if your current calling is the skinny strings then best to follow it, I’ve done it a couple of times, always come back to bass but it was fun doing the guitar thing.

I’ve had a few of these over the years, all bought used, never any problems with them. And when I was reading up on them before getting my first I don’t recall anyone saying they had any issues.

Bought tickets last night for a double headliner at Wembley on 04 Feb, Black Stone Cherry and The Darkness

I`ve a couple of routines, as below, but when starting up just to warm up have a few exercises I run through. First routine is if just keeping my hand in so to speak then I just play along to fave songs on Youtube. Second is if for a gig, as we don`t rehearse that much I`ll get the set list and play through it a few times on the week of the gig. Practice set-up is whichever bass into an Ampeg SCRDI into an Mini Ashdown Stack, which only has one 1x10 cab connected. I don`t practice at anything above normal watching TV volumes, but I`ve put some foam underneath the cab to hopefully isolate it a tad from the floor.

Great rig, the DBS range was very under-rated and under-appreciated imo

Boo-Hiss!!!!!!!

That AVRI Jazz looks great

Another isolated track where the actual bass sound is much more scratchy & gainy than would be expected. Seems all these pros that we love & revere knew a bit about less than clean bass sounds.

Whichever makes you smile the most once plugged In & playing. If that happens with both equally then I’d go for the RH750 due to its versatility.

At the London Bass Guitar Show a few years back I tried out a bass and, trusty pick in hand, played Warhead by The UK Subs. I was amazed to have a good few people watching me, couldn’t work out if they appreciated someone who wasn’t slapping or were horrified at such ruffian behaviour though.

Bet they deliver a clean sound…..

All good thanks Karl, hope same your end. Another pedal that might be worth looking at is the TC Spark Booster (full size one, not Mini).

Sansamp for me - most of my gigs are shared rigs so I get my eq from it at those anyway, when I do use my own rig the Sansamp is in line as a just in case.

I reckon that would work pretty well Karl.

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