Lord Sausage Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Ok I recently did a post about an ashdown that i wash looking at. However i've just found a Line6 Lowdown Ld400Pro online brand new, cheap as chips. Does anyone know anything about them, Loudness, suitability for gigging instead of a rig etc. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Some people like them but I think it's safe to say that there's a fair bit of dislike of Line6 amplification products. Using your selection criteria and my experiences with Line6 amplification, I have to say that I'd reject Line6 on all counts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I owned one of the head versions of this ...... and sold it pretty quickly. They are beginners amps really IMO. The models are all rather synthetic, and fail to cut through with a band. There's enough volume for a 400W, but to get it, you will have to use the onboard compressor quite a lot, which will give you a high noise floor (unacceptably high for me). Also, it fails to do a clean tone loudly at all. To get volume you have to hike the gain on every model and that generates overdrive with all of them. Admittedly, they are cheap as chips at the moment ... but there are reasons for that. Definately try before you buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Thanks guys, think i'll steer clear. Any recommendations for a loud combo about £500 new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Not sure about new, but with £500 for a combo I`d be looking at a 2nd hand Markbass combo on here. Never heard anyone using one where I`ve not thought it was a great sound, and great presence in the band mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Agree with Lozz about Markbass gear, although it just isn't "my" sound to be honest. Don't be afraid of heads and cabs though. Easier to lug around in two pieces than a combo. There are a good selection of used 500W heads that come up frequently. GK 700RB, MB500, or Ashdown ABM500's for example. You could pick up one of those and still get a pretty good quality used 4 ohm 4x10 with your £500. If you are dead set to buy new then the GK MB210 or the Ashdown touring 550 or the TC Electronic BG500 all would be worth looking at. If you can afford it, I'd advise at getting at least a 500W rig if you can. Some venues just seem to "eat" up those watts. You can never have too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttitudeCastle Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hartke LH set up? Should be well within budget, loud, simple, company with great customer support and should be able to sell it on pretty easily if you don't like it. Great amps, just not my thing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soopercrip Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) Looking for a combo myself. Would have this if I could have stretched to it [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ampeg_ba600210.htm?sid=a7774e7d4aed96c59eb28e5342b35a8c"]http://www.thomann.d...eb28e5342b35a8c[/url] Edited April 29, 2012 by soopercrip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) I've used the 300 watt Line6 combo and even though most of the settings were a waste of time it was plenty loud enough with a decent speaker fitted and I could get a decent sound out of it without too much twiddling. But if something is being discounted as much as those Line6 400 watt combos are it's probably for a good reason so I would stay well clear if I were you. I second the idea of buying 2nd hand as you get much more bang for your buck. Edited April 29, 2012 by gjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Thanks a lot gentleman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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