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  1. Dickyc1981
    Can do a deal on this, This is the last of my bass stuff I have left other than pedals so talk to me about a deal! Who knows, you might just get a bargain!
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    Sold
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    [color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]Ashdown 550 Spyder. [/font][/color] [font="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"][color="#141823"]This is a really great amplifier. All valve input stage, totally passive tone control with a 500W power stage from Ashdown's ABM range.[/color][/font] [font="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"][color="#141823"]The tone is [/color][/font][font="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"][color="#141823"]great, really subtle and warm. Slightly vintage and very British sounding. [/color][/font] [font="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"][color="#141823"]A great compromise if your pocket and back doesn't want to stretch to the cost and weight of a full valve amp[/color][/font]
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    [color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]Fender Sting Signature precision bass with Seymour Duncan pickup and Thomann case. [/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]This bass sounds great, really smooth low end sound, nice passive tone.[/font][/color] [font="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"][color="#141823"]This bass sounds great. Has a real vintage precision sound really thumpy and well rounded.[/color][/font] [font="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"][color="#141823"]Selling due to going back to drumming as I can't give playing the bass the time it needs.[/color][/font] [font="Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"][color="#141823"]Thanks for looking.[/color][/font]
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    [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1409775068' post='2543315'] I regularly play through an Ampeg 4x10 and it's fantastic. I've owned Ashdown ABM cabs before but they don't compare very well with the Ampeg. [/quote] But which Ampeg? Mines the cheapest of the cheap!
  6. Dickyc1981
    Interested in the 410 if its still available?
  7. Dickyc1981
    After everyones great help with my valve amps question, I now have moved on to cabs. Today I tried my setup and was working through some borrowed amps and a couple of different cabs. I tried an Aguliar 1x15, Ashdown 2 x 12 and an Ampeg 4 x 10. The Ampeg sounded really nice but a little flappy at high volumes. So, not a simple Ashdown Vs Ampeg question but............ Is a high end Ashdown cab going to be much batter than my Ampeg B410HLF? Obviously I would love an SVT or similar but I would like to upgrade and Ashdown is about what I can stretch to!!!!
  8. Dickyc1981
    Thanks for the replies all! Some things to think about, think I'm going to go for an amp with a pedal in front to give me the drive for the odd song where I need it. Hopefully that will work.
  9. Dickyc1981
    Hi All, Slightly interesting one. I play in a modern blues band, and I'm after a vintage sound. Really I need a big amp with lots of valves but as a bit of a newbie to bass, I don't have the funds to get exactly what I'm after. I have (an impulse buy) an Ashdown LB30. 30 Watt all valve. Sounds corking but is about 20 Watts underpowered for the band. I have to drive it so hard to get volume, so hard that I get too much bark its starts to go a little fuzzy and not where I want my sound to be. I have now been looking at vintage amps at about 100W but unsure as I have just shelled out on an amp that I can't use. However, I have come across what may be my holy grail. Ashdown do the Spyder Heads and Touring Combos which appear to have an all valve preamp section with a totally passive tone stage and the power section from the ABM amps. Is this my holy grail? I know I won't get the valve tone from the power stage but will I get the nice valve warmth, tone and grit when I need it from just an all valve preamp stage? Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. As you can guess I'm not a total newbie and as I'm a sound engineer I understand the sound side of it (If that makes sense). Thanks one and all!
  10. Dickyc1981
    Just wanted to say hi, Drummer (still drumming) and now a bass player. Im also a lighting and sound engineer by day. Looking to glean some more knowledge and grow my collection (its a bad habit!!!!)
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