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That would be sad if its all over for them

Theres very good things being said about the Ashdown EVO Rootmaster heads.... The 500 watt version would be in budget and i think all Ashdowns come with a 5 year warranty these days too which is a bonus

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1507148873' post='3383661'] Yes, but for a true DG product don't you also need to add copious amounts of snake oil? Or at least that's what I understood from my youngers and betters above?! [/quote] Lol, bottles and bottles of it I would say

I must be missing something? £1300 for a ply box with off the shelf Eminence drivers? and 38KG?? Seems very odd to me

I had a good look at the New Rootmaster cabs the other day in my local PMT and first off they look great but I couldn't get over how light the new 210 and 115 cabs are but also stunning quality and love the new bar handle design too. Very nicely priced too considering horn with 3 way switch and speakon/Jack combi connectors aswell. Well done Ashdown, I will be buying 2 x 210s I reckon

So how many real watts will these be... Or are we talking TC super quasi compressed watts

Killer playing, definitely an inspirational player for me

I'm waiting on my lottery win but as soon as my numbers come up I'm ordering these as to me they're just cool as hell

Damn that's pretty awful - hope you get things sorted quickly. May be time to get rid and start again

[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1398758553' post='2437200'] If the BH500 is 250watt head, how many watts is the BH250? lol When I email TC last year when I still had the BH500 they said to me the amp is still 4ohm minimum load but can run 3x BC210 or BC212 and 2x BC410 etc .... They did not tell me the theory behind how their head works with their cab etc. I personally don't think they done anything magical, I think they just put some numbers on the amp/cab to confuse us lol. [/quote] Friend of mine had the BG 250 1x15 combo power tested by a local tech few months back as to him it wasn't holding up at higher volumes. Turns out its because It only actually puts out 75 watts Rms

Havent had chance to try one yet but all this certainly looks good for Ashdown's ABM NEO line, UK built, Marine Ply and Italian Sica NEO drivers.... Well priced for the specs too and light. Looks like Ashdown are now out Markbassing Markbass lol ;-) http://ashdownmusic.com/products/1/Bass-Amplification/13/ABM-NEO/

Popped round to a friends house yesterday for a sunday roast catch up and seemed to learn something that seems very odd. So although I have personally never been a fan of markbass I know some people like the tone and like that they are light and made in Italy. My mate is one of these people and for the last year or two he has been using a Little Mark head into a small MB 2x10 cab which is a nice little/light setup. Anyways he had been struggling volumewise a bit in a new rock orientated covers band he's recently joined and decided to add a second 2x10. Orderded one online all good. except here is the odd bit, he ordered exactly the same cab as he already has the Traveller 210 i think it is, yet when the delivery driver gave him the box he couldnt believe how heavy it was and was sure he had been shipped a combo in error. Alas it said the right thing on the box so he unpacked it and it was the 210 but around 30% heavier than the cab he already had?? Then things got weirder when he noticed the backplate states Designed in Italy Assembled in Indonesia. He was miffed to say the least as it wasnt a cheap cab he had ordered and the markbass site still lists it as made in italy and weighing 15kg... He phoned the shop who phoned the UK distributor who said they had no idea but would check, they phoned him back later to say Markbass has redesigned the cabs to be stronger and therefore weight was added?! he showed me the cabs in his music room and yup new one was decidedly heavier than the old one and i took a pic of the backplate and yup made in indonesia. No problem making offshore but surely end user should get the price benefit too? All seems odd and sneaky. Also if Markbass is heavy whats the point? Anyways just thought I should share with the class... [attachment=152300:MB.JPG]

Ashdown are generally fantastic for after care so give them a shout and I am sure they will help you get things sorted. I think Guy is the main man in the service dept, th number is 01245 441155

Nice, the little CTM looks very sweet. Hankering after the CTM 15 for some Geezer esque riffing too

Ashdown make loads of stuff down in Essex, off the top of my head the following are UK made; BTA 400 & 300 heads CTM 300 head CTM 100 head CL Range of cabs ABM 1000 head ABM 2000 head JJ Burnell head Drophead combos Drophead 200 head Think that's the current UK offering obviously lots of past stuff with UK made. To chip in on reliability the only issue I've had with my Klystron head was the VU meter bulb going, I phoned Ashdown to buy a replacement and they sent me one for free the next day, can't Beat that really. With a 5 year warranty on stuff now and a service dept that consists of one person who works 3 days a week I would say Ashdown's Reliability is actually far better than sme people on here would believe.

Nice, looks a sweet rig

If its headroom you need? http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/products/ashdown_abm_1000_bass_head.asp

You could get 2 of these! Heard good things about them plus they're 4 ohm so you'd get full 500watts from your head [url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=mb&ID=269"]http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=mb&ID=269[/url] Best of all most shops seem to have them at £199 so great value too

Would say £190 is great value. Very solid and good sounding combos whenever ive used one

[quote name='jezbass' timestamp='1351807571' post='1855788'] I'm running a Klystron 1000 head and two classic 4x10's and can honestly say its the best rig I've ever had. The only drawback is the size and weight. I've used ABM 4x10's and they sounded fine until you push them then they started to loose deffinition. But the neo drivers in the classics just seem to get louder and louder without loosing anything. Can deffinately recomend this set up . [/quote] I've got the same set up as my main rig!(although i use a 410 and 115 Classic Cabs) Best sounding rig i've ever owned/played through and I've been through ridiculous amounts of gear over the last 20 years

[quote name='TG Flatline' timestamp='1351700508' post='1854381'] I love my Evo3 head, but found Ashdown cabs a bit lacking in a band situation personally. [/quote] Love my Ashdown cabs and damn you must be in a loud band as Ashdown cabs seem to do the job pretty well for Foo Fighters, Entwistle, JJ Etc ;-)

[quote name='deanovw' timestamp='1350824348' post='1843823'] Update: I took the new amp out for the first time last night. It was with a pub rock/pop covers band. Four piece, Female vocal, guitar, bass + drums. Lots of covers of well known songs originally played with a Precision. I took my bitsa P bass with SD quarter pounder pickup and wiring from kiOgon. One cable from bass to amp and a Digitech bass synth, big muff through the fx loop. Most of the set is played with a pick with the occasional fingerstyle one here and there. The gain on the amp was set half way, all the switches were in the up position, tones half way and master half way. I used the tone on the bass to tailor the eq from number to number. Wow, what a great night I had!!!! Everything was spot on. I was a little concerned that I was too loud as I could hear everything [b]so[/b] well, but after a chat with the guitarist in the break he said 'no, def not' and was really happy that he could hear me for once. He even commented that the tone was perfect, really authentic and just a little bit growly. I deliberately ran the pre-amp quite hard to get a bit of growl. He thought the previous amp was too clean. The tube pre-amp seemed to work really well with a nice valve type compression noticeable when I really dug in. Several people even came over to me to chat about the band and mine and the drummers playing in particular. Which was nice. I am so chuffed with the new amp and Bare Faced cabs at last. I was starting to get despondent. Previously I was using a Harley benton head and I could not settle on a sound i was happy with. Next week I have a gig with a latin/funk band and will be using my RW Jazz bass. I will be update this thread same time next week! [/quote] Nice, always good when you have a gig where it all comes together!

Damn, would love to own that!

Was chatting in my local shop today and there was one of these being repaired on the techs bench, I asked him what he thought as i thought they look interesting and he said not bad for a 75 watt head... to which I said ahh is that why you're repairing it then, he said nope that's what they put out RMS I've just power tested it now its repaired... So I remember all the fuss with the 450 heads being 200 odd watts and it looks like they're still manipulating things, obviously watts aren't everything but I'm losing more respect for TC each time they launch something backed by highly creative spec and marketing...

[quote name='dan670844' timestamp='1350118470' post='1834695'] Ha ha I will be I wont be able to resist this one!! Best Idea I have seen this year! If it follows the design of the CTM 300 and LB30 and with the over speced transformers it will be well loud enough for most gigs that people do and with the ot transformer derived DI you can have that sweet tone in the PA. These new valve amps from Ashdown are so easy to look after, my lb is used probably about 20hrs per week for over a year know, in and out of the car, it has never missed a beat! The CTM has done around 20 plays now and is sounding better and better as it burns in Ashdown have really worked hard on their core range of products, valve ABM, TE haha! MAG and Dual Tube MIbas there is something for everyone, the designs are also evolvable. I can see the the evos on these products having compressors etc,tube compressor on the Spyders cool, Mibass with the dual band compressor, anyone? that would be cool. And the cabs they are making, the VS, CL and now the Mibass cabs are up there with high end stuff, but at a good price level. [/quote] Yup Ashdown certainly are making some great stuff, only problem is I want it all! Love the fact that they're a British family company too not some yank corporation