Quilly

Well it’s the best sounding bass amp I’ve ever had, I had one old guitar amp that also sounded amazing. It was a Carlsbro 50 top and the the transformers in it were massive . It sounded great with bass , especially the dirty channel. It was 50w through 2xEL34s . I bought and sold it for peanuts . I wish I’d never sold it ☹️

That’s an amazing deal

Even fiesta red ? Even the Pino P bass ?!?

I’d like to try some NOS sometime . Some RCAs or Telefunkens. Just to see if the hype around old stock is real or if new valves are just as good.

The JJs work perfectly for me , I used TAD STR ones before and they were also good but a bit more expensive. I doubt there’s THAT much difference between them . I might try them again , they’re supposed to be a bit more kick in them .

I’ve both those amps, they’re just great . ! I think the tone for the little bastard is just wonderful

I wish I hadn’t known about these amps 😭

Champion like 😀

Are they made by geordies 😂

I failed bigly this year (again ) with this little bastard but I don’t care. I’m in that in between GAS phase where I’m contemplating what to obsess over next. As sure as night follows day it’ll be cabinets next 😭😭😭

I reckon it’s some people saw Victor Wooten or Pino do it once and figured “oh this is what you have to do to be taken seriously “

You beat me to it, like WHAT is that about?

Today I managed to get 95dB out of my Ashdown Little Bastard and a Barefaced Two 10. OK it wasn't the most trouser flapping bass sound ever heard but it was pretty damn loud. I reckon I can get it to 100dB with my 2 * 15 Schroeder. That would be an amazing feat for a 30W head.

I often wondered could you get a pure valve slave amp for bass 🤔

You might not always need effects but sometime an eq or compressor pedal can really come in handy if the venue is not conducive to decent sound .

What I love about these amps is they always sound a bit pushed even at moderate volumes . They can still get surprisingly loud.

I never heard of this amp before so I checked it out ...thanks a lot 😭😭

I’d get the CTM300 if I had a choice . That’s if you really want to be brutally loud and don’t mind the extra weight. There’s ways of living with a SVT type head. Use a trolley for example, get a mate to help, try and use a car with a low tail gate or van One word of advice , read up on manual handling techniques.

Garden gig on Friday night 😃

Did you gig with this recently ? As you know I’ve pretty much the same set up now. sounds loud to me?

Yes, the smells and sounds of a valve amp...it’s hard to describe. People say “but you have to change the valves etc” I say yes, and ? I like the maintenance and long term aspect of them .

I’ve 2 pure tube Ashdown Heads the CTM100 and little bastard and a hybrid Ashdown Spyder. I just really like the sound of valves clean or driven but I can see how they might not be the most practical head in the world. To me the perfect combination is a valve preamp with an MOSFET A/B power section (not class D) so you get some of that valve tone and with heaps of power without breaking your back or bank . I reckon the ABM 600 is probably the ideal working mans amp.

Carvin basses, I just find the horns and headstock really off putting , how to make a jazz bass ugly .

From a totally pliability perspective I really hate when the put 34" necks on an acoustic body with a traditional sound hole. I had a Fender CBE-100 and it was just way too long (and I a have long monkey arms!) My latest acoustic bass is still 34" and uses f holes, they positioned the bridge a good 3-4" back into the body and it makes a HUGE difference.

Sunburst/white pickguard/rosewood Fingerboard fender jazz basses. I had 2 and thought that combination was just lazy