Maude Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) I've just seen a lovely looking shell pink shortscale on the @Ashdown Engineeringfacebook page. I'm assuming 30" but it could be 32". Also a sage green one which looks great too. Hopefully they'll/he'll (does Mark Gooday himself post?) be along shortly with some more info. Edited December 20, 2022 by Maude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 That ticks every box for me. Pastel colours, matching headstock, quirky but still retro design. Assuming they aren't too heavy (body looks big?) and they aren't expensive I could see myself with one of these... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Looks like it's got a couple of mince pies hamstered away in it's cheeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Munch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Two prototypes are up f/s on Reverb at the moment. A pink and a blue, £299 each https://reverb.com/uk/item/64053249-ashdown-roasted-the-saint-pink 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, BassBunny said: Two prototypes are up f/s on Reverb at the moment. A pink and a blue, £299 each https://reverb.com/uk/item/64053249-ashdown-roasted-the-saint-pink No mention of scale on that ad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 12 hours ago, Maude said: I've just seen a lovely looking shell pink shortscale on the @Ashdown Engineeringfacebook page. I'm assuming 30" but it could be 32". Also a sage green one which looks great too. Hopefully they'll/he'll (does Mark Gooday himself post?) be along shortly with some more info. There doesn't look to be a huge amount of information online about these but the product page for them on the Ashdown website lists them as 34", shame as I'd love one in a 30" scale! https://ashdownmusic.com/products/the-saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 On the Ashdown Facebook page someone asks if it's shortscale, to which Mark Gooday replies "Yip". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 Oops! We'll see what scale it is when it arrives. 😳 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 hour ago, BassBunny said: Two prototypes are up f/s on Reverb at the moment. A pink and a blue, £299 each https://reverb.com/uk/item/64053249-ashdown-roasted-the-saint-pink There's two blue ones, a mid blue (kind of LPB) with a light maple board, and a darker blue with roasted maple board. Both look to be metallic but it's hard to tell in the single photos. There's also a Shell Pink jazz, roasted maple, mint green pickguard prototype for the same price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 I see a C&D letter from Reverend winging Ashdown's way.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Ashdown?? We know it will be a quality item... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 £299 seems like a very good deal. Too damn close to Christmas for me though! Absolutely love the sage green shorty I saw on Instagram. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 9 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said: £299 seems like a very good deal. Too damn close to Christmas for me though! Absolutely love the sage green shorty I saw on Instagram. Was that the picture of the girl playing it at their open day thing? It looked lovely in that colour. I don't know if that was shortscale or not, or whether these are to be honest. There's not a lot of info around which adds to the confusion. Are these just the 34" Saints in new colours with a roasted board, or are they actually 30"? The only thing I'm going on is the post on facebook in which Mark confirms they are shortscale. I don't mind if it's long to be honest though. £299 seemed worth a punt. If I don't like it I'll just move it along, should get my money back without too much trouble. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Woof 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 Yeah that's the one, kind of. Her hand was obscuring the pickups in the picture I saw so I didn't realise it was different, individual bridge pieces too. Lovely colour though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 That green one isn't listed on Ashdown's website. The do a P, a J (in long and short scale), a non reverse T Bird type and The Saint (as per this thread but 34"). As these new ones are being released in April, and they do a long and short J, I'm plumping for these will be shortscale. The Saints are all PJ and they don't list a green option so that green one must be a one off or another prototype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Maude said: That green one isn't listed on Ashdown's website. The do a P, a J (in long and short scale), a non reverse T Bird type and The Saint (as per this thread but 34"). As these new ones are being released in April, and they do a long and short J, I'm plumping for these will be shortscale. The Saints are all PJ and they don't list a green option so that green one must be a one off or another prototype. Hopefully they’ll sell it for £299 and I’ll buy it🤞🏻(or maybe @Ashdown Engineeringwill give me first dibs because they are so nice!) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 25 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said: Hopefully they’ll sell it for £299 and I’ll buy it🤞🏻(or maybe @Ashdown Engineeringwill give me first dibs because they are so nice!) Damn it! Did I crumble too soon? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Pea Turgh said: Woof For some reason that single pick up version works much better than the PJ ones aesthetically for me. Looks less like a Mustang knock off gone wrong. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) There's a decent image in the Ashdown video here - about 17 seconds in. It looks like a short-scale (unless it's a tall bass-player - not somebody that I recognise). Could be a standard Saint though as it doesn't look like a roasted board https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jU00_VsmBw&t=17s Edited December 18, 2022 by three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 I'm a long time Ashdown amp fan, but these basses don't make sense to me - I just can't see their USP. I'm very likely not the target market, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Pea Turgh said: Hopefully they’ll sell it for £299 and I’ll buy it🤞🏻(or maybe @Ashdown Engineeringwill give me first dibs because they are so nice!) I feel a PM coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Pretty sure the Ashdown account on Basschat died the moment Lee left… he was the one with the login details! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Merton said: Pretty sure the Ashdown account on Basschat died the moment Lee left… he was the one with the login details! Quite possibly. It says last visited October 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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