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As an owner of the Ashdown RM800 EVO II I would recommend looking at either the RM300 or better still RM500

I went away from my Ampeg PF800 and much prefer the Ashdown 

The RM800 is very loud so as you were looking at less watts perhaps the smaller versions would suffice but they are priced fairly close to each other.

Lots of different sounds and great for rock 

It’s a well thought out amp and sensible price. Reliable too I believe 

It’s interesting that assuming most run the shape button out ?? 

The EQ settings appear to be very similar between users 

Mostly a small bass boost 

I love the low volume tone of the shape button IN but I think you would be buried in the mix perhaps ?? Does add a ton of low end 

I think black goes better with Rosewood / Pau fretboards 

Job done 

Is it arriving today ? 

That’s a result let us all know it arrives safely 

Thought I would start an appreciation for the Ashdown Rootmaster series amps 

I’m a proud owner of the RM800 EVO II 

Post your comments experiences settings etc etc on any Ashdown Rootmaster RM series amps / cabs etc 

Laney are a great U.K. brand that often gets over looked and they have some decent guitar and bass amps 

The resale value tends to be a problem and I guess if you plan to keep it it’s not a problem 

Their U.K. service dept is very good too

To me they are the U.K. Peavey of the bass world ie not the best brand name but a very good product. 
 

Decided and ordered a 3ply black one 

No worries .. hope you get the amp sooner than later 👍

I agree worth waiting for 👍

The Ampeg cab is PF115LF and yes it’s a great sounding cab rated to 400W 8ohms without the flip top 

Hi I have a Fender MIM PBass in Silver with white pickguard and Pau fretboard 

Looking for suggestions to change the pickguard but I’m not sure on colour apart from black 

Any ideas ? 

 My Rig ready for 2021 

They do match well visually and sound 

They come with removable castors too !

I paid just over £300 for the cab last Dec 

The Portaflex HE variants have the flip tops ( I don’t like ) and sealed cabs 

The PF115LF is a ported cab and no flip top and sounds deeper I think 

They are all decent but I don’t fancy latches holding my cab top together !

My new rig 

They tell me they are expected. Like a lot of goods they are held up at the ports etc 

No bag supplied and out of stock at Ashdown at present 

Just a note .. mine came minus the mains power lead, quick email to Ashdown and service has posted one out !

I had an old lead to use in the meantime 

Not sure if they forget to put them in the box but not a problem 

Will be trying it this afternoon further and enjoy the great sounding amp 

and five year warranty to original purchaser if you register 👍

You can always email Ashdown directly if delivery becomes silly 

Mark ( MD ) is very helpful and made the swop to Ashdown even easier 

Great company and based in Essex 

Ok NAD !! It arrived this morning and a quick test with the Ampeg PF115LF cab 

First points this is very much louder than the Ampeg PF800 in my opinion 

EQ and tone adjustment is also better and I found very good tones quickly, the shape button alone gets you nearly there.

Fan is very quiet and build quality is good

Looks good visually sitting on the Ampeg cab so may keep cab ( it’s a great cab )

Input VU level at first looks like it does get close to the red zone unless you max the input but it becomes apparent that the input level rises also as you boost EQ settings etc, on my PBass passive input set around 1pm was about right 

I think this is a great lightweight head and think Ashdown have got this line of amps spot on.

I would imagine the RM500 would of also been loud enough for me but seeing as the price was virtually the same it was a no brainer really 

All features seem to work well, compressor ( ok but I tend not to use ) Drive nice if used in moderation and the lovely SubHarmoniser again if used on low is great 

The only thing I guess I had the ABM115 Ashdown cab but that’s only from a matching look reason  !

Yep I noticed the drop in price hence I grabbed one. Mine came from GAK who don’t have stock now but price is still £479 !

Yes it’s virtually the same amp 

It was nearly  the same price as the RM500 so I thought the extra headroom is worth having 

For the most I will be running it at 8ohms with the PF115LF cab ( 400W )

I decided to move on my PF800 as the new RM800 with 5 yr warranty was too good an opportunity and I’m an hour away from Ashdown 👍