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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 👍

Just ordered the RM800 head as the price was a great saving Ive used Ashdown in the past and was impressed Any users on here ??

You can run an 8 ohm cab without any worries as long as the cab can handle the amp watts. Your BG250 head can only provide 250w into a 4 ohm speaker load so with your 8 ohm cab you will get around 125W approx from the head.

Yep that’s correct mine does the same I even get it on my laptop power supply Pull it out of the socket and the LED stays on !! No issues with his PF800

I’m an old guitarist so pick is easy for me but I’m decent finger player on bass and just prefer it