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  1. Sparky Mark
    The TTE have a different pre amp section which some users report as not giving them control over the low end as well as the LM2 or LM3 one.
  2. Sparky Mark
    I'm a Markbass fan and would recommend you find a LM2 or a pre 2012 LM3 or SA450. These are class AB power amps which have a certain fullness to their tone that the later class D don't.
  3. Sparky Mark
    Never had a fuse blow on any amp.
  4. Sparky Mark
    I have owned both ABM and MAG Ashdowns. The MAG differ in the pre amp stage being solid state only 5 band EQ with bright and deep switches. Both have compressor and sub harmonics. The MAG didn't have the much mis-used pre shape button which I think is responsible for some players thinking Ashdowns are wooly without definition. I actually preferred the clearer punchier MAG600 over the ABM until the latest ABM600 evo iv came along. The MAG heads can be found secondhand for next to nothing and the 600 is very powerful.
  5. Sparky Mark
    I found the concentric EQ pots far too small/fiddly and close together to adjust on the fly. Sounded good but did switch to protect mode at one (its last) gig.
  6. Sparky Mark
    Please add TRADED to the thread title
  7. Sparky Mark
    Please add SOLD to the thread title.
  8. Sparky Mark
    Thanks but I'd definitely want to try it with my amp before buying. Should probably continue further comms by PM.
  9. Sparky Mark
    Distance from Hertford?
  10. Sparky Mark
    Location?
  11. Sparky Mark
    That's good but I have added a comment to the other thread. A lot of people may not have pursued the problem as you did and dreadful customer service would've triumphed yet again. Ashdown should've added an apology to your previous thread in my opinion. Anyhow, let's get back to selling your rig!
  12. Sparky Mark
    Lovely little set up but just read the above attached thread and can't believe how poorly you were treated by Ashdown. Have a bump and good luck with your sale (and to the next owner if they need any customer support).
  13. Sparky Mark
    I'm amazed and disappointed that no one from Ashdown has added a public apology (or an explanation of how their customer service process allowed this to develop) to this thread. They are present on BC aren't they?
  14. Sparky Mark
    Bareknuckle may be able to rewind your original to your taste.
  15. Sparky Mark
    That's an excellent small rig and if you already have it lined up for a good price then go for it. You can always add another NY121P cab later if you desire and have a rig capable of almost any reasonable gig. I only experienced a problem with my F500 when I used it to drive a pair of less efficient cabs very loud.
  16. Sparky Mark
    The NY121P is a small single twelve cab and won't do large gigs. A pair is a different matter but one on its own will struggle in my experience. Unless size is your most important factor I would recommend the larger single twelve cabs from Markbass as they will go deeper and sound bigger. As for Markbass heads once again unless you have to have the smallest I wouldn't choose either F1 or F500 which employed Markbass first generation 500 watt class D power amp. When I owned one it was no where near as powerful as my class AB LM3. The later 500 watt class D amp is in the LM3 and Big Bang heads and probably all the other 500 watt Markbass heads and is better than the first generation in my experience.
  17. Sparky Mark
    That'll do nicely.👍
  18. Sparky Mark
    Probably help your sale if you added some photos. Links that have to be copied and pasted aren't as useful. Good luck with your sale.
  19. Sparky Mark
    I had a Laney Pro Bass head back in the 90's with graphic and other whistles, but it was pretty unremarkable and so was I probably. I was also unimpressed by my trace elliot smx 350 rig which shows how little I knew. The first rig I was blown away by at another band's gig was a Warwick Thumb into a Hartke AH3500 with 410XL and 115XL. I sold my SMX rig and about 10 basses to get that set up and gigged it happliy for many years until this forum introduced me to GAS. I should give my lawyer a call!
  20. Sparky Mark
    My work here is done. 🎸🔊🙂
  21. Sparky Mark
    Fancy a holiday trip to sunny Hertford?
  22. Sparky Mark
    Doh! I get so used to sellers not adding a location that I got confused. I realise this is an opportunity for a bump but comms of that type might be better via personal message.
  23. Sparky Mark
    The original post does say Newport Pagnell.
  24. Sparky Mark
    I've never owned a combo that has a tilt back capability but I have read they are really good for hearing what you are playing on stage. Although carpet covering requires a little more maintenance (brush/vacuum) I prefer it in the main to cheap Tolex (far east production?) that marks and tears way too easily
  25. Sparky Mark
    Also, if you find a distortion/overdrive pedal that you like, you can keep it and use it with future amplifiers. The closest I have found to a take it everywhere is the Tech 21 VT Bass pedal.
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