dan670844 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Amazing amplifier, wonderful clean tones, eq amazing, beautifully handmade, extremely powerful, its Number 3, cant wait to put it to work this summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Hot Damn! That's gorgeous mate! Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayPH Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Congrats dude Love the retro look of the ashdown gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt on your Bass? Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Whats the model and spec?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debwilliams Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Congratulations on the new arrival . My new Ashdown amp arrived yesterday and I'm also very happy with mine - big thumbs from me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatbass787 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Woah! Awesome! Jealous. What kind of tones can you get? Does it dirty up? Again, jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatbass787 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 It's a custom shop one of these by the look of it - http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=valve&ID=267 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan670844 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 [quote name='phatbass787' timestamp='1336601153' post='1648410'] It's a custom shop one of these by the look of it - http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=valve&ID=267 [/quote] Its a prototype CTM voiced like a little bastard, It kills an SVT stone dead, and ive had a few SVT's!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan670844 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 [quote name='debwilliams' timestamp='1336600832' post='1648404'] Congratulations on the new arrival . My new Ashdown amp arrived yesterday and I'm also very happy with mine - big thumbs from me too [/quote] Wadda get? only Ashdown now for me, got rid of everything else I got ancient ABM, Mibass, UK LB, and now this, cabs I got a LB212 CL610 and Im after a mibass 12 cab when they are about. 99 % of the time I use my LB30 just love that amp, gonna be buried with it. This CTM is over kill for me a LB200 is probably all I need, (if they existed) but you gotta just do it and these have a valve driven transformerated di like the lb's and the plugs on the front, hell yes! Loud it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debwilliams Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I just got my first amp and it's a MAG 300 EVO II combo - love the sound, certainly loud enough for my audience which is made up of my two dogs. I did take a while to decide which amp to get but I'm glad I didn't jump and get the first one I considered (it was a GK MB112) as the Ashdown sound is far more in keeping with the type of music I listen to. I posted on another thread that I didn't get the amp I was expecting when I ordered this one from Thomann, but it's all good . Hope you remain as delighted as you currently are! Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan670844 Posted May 12, 2012 Author Share Posted May 12, 2012 [quote name='debwilliams' timestamp='1336776841' post='1651082'] I just got my first amp and it's a MAG 300 EVO II combo - love the sound, certainly loud enough for my audience which is made up of my two dogs. I did take a while to decide which amp to get but I'm glad I didn't jump and get the first one I considered (it was a GK MB112) as the Ashdown sound is far more in keeping with the type of music I listen to. I posted on another thread that I didn't get the amp I was expecting when I ordered this one from Thomann, but it's all good . Hope you remain as delighted as you currently are! Deb [/quote] Mags are nice amps esp with jazzes and precisions nice tone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debwilliams Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 [quote name='dan670844' timestamp='1336814333' post='1651355'] Mags are nice amps esp with jazzes and precisions nice tone! [/quote] Cheers Dan I'm really happy with my first bass and amp (have a Fender Highway One Jazz) so I now just need keep up the practice and get going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 [quote name='dan670844' timestamp='1336768344' post='1650930']and Im after a mibass 12 cab when they are about. [/quote] Any news on when these will actually appear yet? You know if anyone has tried one too?... Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Would love to hear the CTM Dan. I bought an Ashdown 220 Touring last week and my Overwater has never sounded better. The tube pre-amp just gives it a lovely warm grinding sound if I push it. Even my cheapo Dean Hillsboro sounds good through it and I've never liked the sound of that one! Might get an EMG MMTW pickup put in it now to give the sounds more depth (it's lacking vs. my Overwater). I tried the Ashdown MAG300 and EB 180 too and liked the tone but preferred the Touring series. It sounds a bit more classic rock to me which I like. My "I'm-going-to-make-it-big-so-can-splash-out" amp will definitely be an all-valve Ashdown I think. It's funny Deb but I was almost ready to order a GK MB112 as well but I'd never heard one so went to try the Ashdown's instead. Glad I did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debwilliams Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 [quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1336862612' post='1652170'] It's funny Deb but I was almost ready to order a GK MB112 as well but I'd never heard one so went to try the Ashdown's instead. Glad I did! [/quote] Faultless thinking there - "great minds ..." and all that Deb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Congrats mate, Ashdown amps are awesome and this one looks very sexual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluRay Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'm sick with envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan670844 Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well if there is a south east bash soon i will bring it, it really needs to be tried! It does amazing hifi clean modern sounds, but with tube warmth, also old school is there if you want it, it even slaps pretty good not that i am a slapper! has a great top end, push a button and its an svt killer, push another button and it has a higher gain structure for your rock thing, it cuts through guitars like butter. The passive tone stack is amazing, very versatile and the power amp is very dynamic. The amp is also very easy to look after, you dont need matched sets of tubes as each tube is individually biasable,So simple to bias you can do it on the stage without opening her up. Its amazingly well built and built to last and loud it isnt the word! They have very wide bandwidth output transformer so have ultra deep low if you want them. They are big, but not that heavy, no where near as the last svt I had it was a back breaker. This amp will cause a stirr, just wait to see whos gonna endorse this amp! And people still nail Ashdown, why? Look who is using their stuff now, JJ Burnell, Mark King (has) Norman Watt Roy etcetc and all these artists pay for their gear, they dont get it free, or get paid to stand in front of it !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debwilliams Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I guess you're happy then Dan . Very glad you're happy with your purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatbass787 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 [quote name='dan670844' timestamp='1336596952' post='1648306'] Amazing amplifier, wonderful clean tones, eq amazing, beautifully handmade, extremely powerful, its Number 3, cant wait to put it to work this summer! [/quote] How've you been getting on with this? I keep looking at the red custom one they did and im fighting hard not to sell all my gear and just order one, love the LB 30 so I am pretty sure I will love one of these even more... Damn you Ashdown ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubbersoul Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 That's a beauty. Wish I could afford one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhkr Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 [quote name='phatbass787' timestamp='1341335694' post='1717299'] How've you been getting on with this.....? [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Your'e speechless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 at £1599 thats sensible pricing for once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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