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I concur, probably better than pearl actually.

Pearl. I would almost always usually say black, but that bass needs the pearl guard.

Yup, 32" is medium scale, isn't it?

Here's my little rig. Gallien Krueger Legacy 500 into a couple of Barefaced One10s.

How about this little beauty? https://www.acguitars.co.uk/project/0434harlotmkii5-32/

Or maybe wicker?

Love a Boosh reference. Nice board too dude!

A friend of mine drank so much coffee he had to go to hospital!

As a designer, albeit not of amps, I could not agree more!

I reckon a trim control, rather than a pad is a much more sensible idea, as it would allow you to get the optimum response from the input. I doubt a little pot for this would take up any more room than a pad switch too. I do agree that less is more here though, I've never used a send/return in my life

I've always found tone stacks frustrating and confusing, I personally feel that they are irrelevant these days thanks to more modern active eqs. With a tone stack, as long as you're happy with your tone form the bass and amp, it's doesn't matter, but if you need to do a bit more tone sculpting, I'd bet most folks end up using a preamp pedal. Even if you have a PHD in tone stacks, you're still working with extremely limited tools.

So no spiritual successor to the Trace Twin Valve?...

Well that's a bit tasty!

I think they got lost purely because they were a little heavy compared to the Class D offering in it's big brother. There's also a difference between the MAG power supply and the ABM, which is actually quite audible, I think the RM220 had the MAG PSU. If Ashdown could make a head the size of two of the RM ones on top of each other with the ABM power supply, I think they would do well.

It would, especially if they could make it look like this!

I was meaning the Class D modules. I had a MiBass 2.0, which sounded lovely, but lacked the power of more recent Class D amps from Ashdown and other manufacturers, even ones rated to be lower in output. The ABM NEO 400 had the very same Class D power supply. The 1000 is a very different beastie though. I also think some of the ABM EVO3s fell through the gaps as a result of them being made overseas unlike most of the other versions of the ABM, might have just been a bad batch? I'd love to see a mini ABM, in a lunchbox format, something along the lines of an Orange Terror Bass, but I imagine it would need to be a lot bigger for the heat sinks and air flow purposes, especially with a proper old school lump of iron power supply. I doubt that Ashdown would be willing to lose any of the features of the ABM for this kind of thing, as technically, it would no longer be an ABM if you start messing with the recipe...

Yup, both @Merton and I have been on Mark's back about this for a long while now. It's not something they're keen to do sadly. I know there was an ABM NEO a while back but that wasn't much smaller and had one of the older, not so good class D power stages, things have come a long way since then. I really think a downsized ABM with a compact but old school solid state power stage would sell so so well...

That is absolutely stunning mate! You must be delighted! Congratulations, and have a good gig! Eude

I think the only really unique thing in the marketplace here is that they are pushing the environmental angle, which is certainly a big plus in my book. Lightweight cabs, nothing new, however if they can build them better than GR, they score a point. Naming convention akin to the madness of how Chinese firms name their armies of mobile phones? Lose a point. The rest is just hot air. They do make good stuff, and I wish them all the best, I just felt after such a build up, things fell a bit short.

It's astounding. You'd better get it insured @Merton

That's a peach @ead

Attendees / Gear list 1. MacDaddy - Custom Shukers / Rob Allen Mouse / Peavey Vypyr VIP III 2. Binky Bass - Binky 10 string, USA Conklin 8 string, ACG 9 string, 3 x ACG 6 strings, Reiver 7 string (geeeetar), GR Bass Dual 1400 & GR Bass AT410+, Helix LT, Pinegrove straps, Richter straps etc. 3. Cetera - Spector (USA NS2 & NS2X, Euro Classic, Euro LX (w/Haz),Euro 'Rachel Bolan', Pulse II ) Wal Mk1 'Geddy Lee', Fender FSR PJ with East pre, Hamer Impact, Pedulla Buzz 4 fretless and maybe Jackson TBird, GK400RB, GK Legacy 800 & Tech21 VT500 Heads, Genz Benz Neox212 cab. 4. Frank Blank - Jabba short scale fretted, ACG SS Recurve, Ibanez SRC6, QSC K12.2, HX Stomp. 5. Merton - various ACGs, Zoots, Conway Instruments basses, Glockenklang Blue Rock, Barefaced Two10/One10 6. Eude - ACG Finn SC Classic 6 string, ACG RetroB 5, ACG TKO Modern 4, ACG ChubstRR Mikro 6 string, 2 X ACG Mule 4 strings (on loan from ACG), GK Legacy 500, 1 or 2 Barefaced One10 Cabs, Dod 250(r) modded with @Sibob

Loads of options out there, I've got a Rockboard and I just stuck the power supply to the underside with velcro >> Total self promotion here, but I have a Rockboard PSU for sale that would do the trick nicely, has all the cables and stuff you need too. >> It has 8 x 9V outputs and 2 x 18V, and fits very nicely under any of the Rockboards