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My Yamaha Attitude Ltd 2. The scratchplate is just wrapped in black vinyl as I wanted to see what it looked like before ordering a custom plate. It’s had a DiMarzio Relentless pickup installed since that pic was taken
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I’m sure I’m going to regret this but I made a promise that anything I buy this year needs to be paid for with gig earnings, or something else needs to go first. So here is my EBS TD650, in excellent condition. Always been stored in the rack case, that comes with it, or I kept it in a Gator rack bag. This is a serious piece of kit, 650w, capable of running at 2ohm, tube or solid state selection, filter bypass, built in compressor. I went through a stage of using Class D for a while, trying out GK, Aguilar, Genz, TC. Darkglass, but plugging this in for the first time was just incredible. So much depth to the sound. The one and only reason I’m selling it, is that I’m doing a rock covers project at the moment and decided to give my old ABM500 a whirl, and it just seems to work. So this is only for sale to fund an upgrade from the ABM500 to a 600 Evo 4. There aren’t many around to compare the prices with, but I see that Bass Direct have one in at £650. I’ve priced it at £450 including the rack, not sure if that’s about right, but willing to be advised if I’m too far out. The EBS specs are as follows: The EBS TD650 is a real powerhouse, with incredible sound and features. It is extremely versatile and suited to any large venue, embracing any style of music or playing - be it indie or funk, country or punk, the TD650 will always rock the house. The EBS TD650 is a compact and powerful package, loaded with Tube, Solid State and MOSFET technology. This no compromise amp will satisfy every demand of the most versatile bass player! The EBS TD650 bass head includes a three-band equalizer with ‘sweepable’ midrange, notch filter, compressor, bright filter, pure overdrive section and extras that include the unique EBS Phantom Power System™, floating balanced XLR output, character filter, speaker simulator, line out and a serial/parallel effects loop. The overdrive section can be selected in Tube or Solid-State mode, employing either pure Tube drive or Solid-State tube emulation, to create your sound. Features: •Switchable Tube/Solid State •Drive control •Unique tube suspension system •Compressor/Limiter •Extremely Powerful •4-band EQ •Serial and Parallel Effects loop •Floating balanced XLR output •Built-in speaker simulator •9 volt Phantom Power System™ •Active Intelligent cooling system •650 W pure MOSFET power Specs: •Input Impedance: 1 Mohms •Frequency Response: 35 - 20.000 Hz •Maximum Compression Ratio (Compressor): 3:1 •Tone Controls ◦Bass: +/- 15 dB @ 100 Hz ◦Middle: +/-12 dB @ 50 - 3000 Hz, Q=0.5 ◦Treble: +/- 15 dB @ 4 kHz ◦Bright: -0/+20 dB @ 10 kHz •Drive Control Gain: 0-30 dB •Drive Type: Solid State or Tube (from GrooveTubes®) •Other Features: Character filter, Phantom power, Effects loop and Balanced Output •Minimum speaker impedance: 2 ohms •Dynamic Output Power: 650 W RMS •Continuous Output Power: 530 W RMS •Dimensions (W x D x H) 19" x 14" x 3U (48cm x 36cm x 13cm) •Weight: 12 kg / 27 lbs This will be collection/meet up only I’m afraid. I would be very reluctant to place this in the hands of a courier. Any other questions, please ask. Edit to say, should you wish to bring a cab and bass to my house to try it, to see how it sounds with your own gear, I’m more than happy with that. I have a Barefaced Big Twin 2 at my house that you are more than welcome to try it through if bringing a cab isn’t a viable option.
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That video is really useful. The first tone he gets, the one he describes as ‘just a bit of a crack on top the string sound’ is so good! There was a discussion on a other thread about these pedals recently, and everyone was pretty much of the same opinion, that if Ashdown re-launched this pedal in a smaller form factor, it would sell really well.
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Auditioned a guitarist last night, using my very old ABM500EVO RC, which I’ve recently dragged out of hibernation and been playing about with. Gigged it last weekend with my Sire V7 active jazz and Barefaced Big Twin 2, which was great, ditched some of my pedals and just took my Lomenzo Hyperdrive pedal. Same amp, cab and pedal last night, but got to try it with my Yamaha Attitude Ltd 2, which I’ve just had the new DiMarzio Relentless pickup installed in. Sounded really fat. I didn’t have much time to tweak and play around with it, as we were auditioning someone. I pretty much always have the drive pedal engaged, but a couple of times last night I switched it off and just had the valve drive up around 1 o clock. Nice thick, warm sound. I love my EBS amp, but it’s a very clean, hifi tone, and as I’m doing predominantly rock covers stuff at the moment, the thickness of the ABM sound just seems to work.
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Have you gone for the Evo V??
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So last night I simplified everything. Swapped out the EBS TD650 for the old ABM, didn’t use the Darkglass or EBS pedals. Just took this rig, a Ashdown Lomenzo hyperdrive amd my Sire V7 active jazz. The result was just brilliant! I’m so pleased it sounded so good, but also slightly kicking myself that I’ve owned all 4 of these things for years, and it dawned on me last night that it was the first time I’d ever used them all together. I’m now buzzing about getting my Yamaha Attitude Ltd 2 back from the shop on Monday with its new DiMarzio Relentless pickup installed!
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Fender American Elite Precision 2019 Ash, Maple, Maple. - *WITHDRAWN*
ern500evo replied to karlfer's topic in Basses For Sale
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That’s interesting. Did he say if it was going to remain that way, or are they just assessing demands before they commit to larger scale production?
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Distortion and overdrive pedals that are not Darkglass or Tech21 etc
ern500evo replied to fretmeister's topic in Effects
@Ashdown Engineeringplease re-launch the hyperdrive in a smaller enclosure! 🙏 -
Seems very odd that they’ve launched a premium product, yet there’s not any real advertising/marketing/demos for it. Also seems that the only place it’s listed is on the Ashdown website, so is it actually ready to buy? I would’ve thought that if it was available to buy, the big suppliers like PMT and Andertons would be listing them on their sites
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Distortion and overdrive pedals that are not Darkglass or Tech21 etc
ern500evo replied to fretmeister's topic in Effects
That would be a great pedal! I’ve decided I’m taking mine to my gig on Saturday, fortunately it’s only marginally wider than my Darkglass XU, so I’ll just put it on the board in place of that. I think it would’ve sold in spades had it been the same size/form factor as something like a B3K. I know the VU meter is kind of Ashdowns trademark, but I am sure most players would gladly sacrifice it to make the pedal much smaller -
Distortion and overdrive pedals that are not Darkglass or Tech21 etc
ern500evo replied to fretmeister's topic in Effects
Completely agree, the size will certainly put a lot of folks off. I tinkered with mine for quite a while and then watched that video, that first tone he gets, which he describes as ‘just a little bit of crackle on top of the string sound’ just sounds so good. I’m actually messing around with some pedals now and thinking that for this weekends gig I may take the Darkglass X Ultra off my board and pop the Ashdown pedal back on. I’ve seen them sell for as little as £25, which is just crazy for how good they can sound -
That’s a bargain, as is the ABM900 posted above! I went and picked up all my gear from our rehearsal space yesterday, so will be spending today A/B’ing my original ABM500Evo RC and my EBS TD650. Going to try out various combinations of basses(Warwick SS1, Yamaha Attitude Ltd and Sire V7) and drive pedals (Darkglass X ultra, EBS Sheehan, Ashdown Lomenzo) all through my Barefaced Big Twin 2, and see what amp/pedal combo I like best. Think I better take a bottle of wine around to the neighbour and tell her to strap herself in, she’s in for a rough day! 😂
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Distortion and overdrive pedals that are not Darkglass or Tech21 etc
ern500evo replied to fretmeister's topic in Effects
The Ashdown James Lomenzo Hyperdrive. When they appear in the classifieds, they’re normally cheap as chips. I think I only paid £49 for mine, brand new. -
Thanks for the offer Clarky. I already own an ABM500 though. I’ve had it for years, I kept it as a back up while I went through my Class D phase. I’m just curious to try a 600 as the general consensus seems to be that it’s a big improvement over the previous incarnations
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I did see that one, it’s a bit of a trek from the south west though. There is one on Reverb which is in London, that might be easier. I’m gonna bring my EBS home after rehearsal this week, take some pics and put up an ad. Will have a good look at what’s around later in the week
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Gonna drag my original ABM500RC out for a couple of rehearsals and gigs, then possibly put the EBS up for sale. Who knows, I might love the 500 and save me some cash!
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My thoughts exactly!
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He’s basing his valuation on the fact that they’re on the Ashdown website for £849 🤦🏻♂️
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I offered him £400, his bottom line is £575, which I personally think is way too steep. I don’t think I’d even pay that for a pristine second hand one tbh.
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That’s an absolute bargain
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What sort of price are used ABM600’s fetching at the moment. One has come up for sale, but the guy wants me to make him an offer for it. It’s reasonably clean, the tolex on the case has a few scratches and battle scars. I don’t really know what’s an acceptable offer