FS/FT Ashdown Drophead 200 flip-top combo £600 £750 Whitstable

[Beedster]

I listed this for sale a few months back, got cold feet and withdrew it, but having not used it for almost 6-months I could use both the cash and the space

 

As I said in the previous thread, describing this monster as a combo is like describing Live at Leeds as a gig, but both are technically correct! This to me is the dream unit for a studio where a classic but powerful all tube bass amp is needed, for a gigging player who doesn't mind humping around what is a pretty heavy unit (I keep the head in a separate case to reduce the weight), or for the home music room assuming you don't have neighbours......

 

Tone is glorious as you'd expect. 

 

Trade-wise hit me, I like Precisions and FLs 👍

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 21 by Beedster

[kuetsum]

This is a real test of my pocket...

[walshy]

Oh man oh man 😍

[Beedster]

Sadly I need to move this on ASAP in part because I need the space for its incoming replacement combo and in part because I need the cash for it’s incoming replacement combo, so £600 ono collected, or you can arrange collection via Shipley or similar. It’s a sad thing to let this go but c’est la vie 👍

[MungoBass]

That’s lovely Chris, I bet it sounds fantastic.
 

Would I like it, yes…..do I have any need for it….sadly, absolutely not…..

[Beedster]

1 hour ago, MungoBass said:

That’s lovely Chris, I bet it sounds fantastic.
 

Would I like it, yes…..do I have any need for it….sadly, absolutely not…..

 

Thanks mate, it really is a lovely thing, I'll be gigging DB again next year and am buying back my old Mesa Walkabout 15 with that in mind (the WA worked really well for upright and a combo is so much easier if you've also got a 4/4 in the back of the car), and much as I'd love to keep this even I can't justify three large rigs, the WA will do great for DB and smaller gigs, and my M-Pulse with 115/106 for the bigger ones. I'll miss it's lovely edge of breakup tone, I'll miss all that chrome, and I'll miss the inevitable queue of musos at gigs asking about it (and our drummer making jokes about making toast), but c'est la vie  

[Beedster]

I'm going to be heading up the the midlands to collect a combo in the next couple of weeks and could take this with me if that makes it easier for anyone? 

[MarkBuffaloStokes]

Is the total weight of head and cab correct at 16.5kg? At least that’s what Google search is telling me.

[Beedster]

3 hours ago, MarkBuffaloStokes said:

Is the total weight of head and cab correct at 16.5kg? At least that’s what Google search is telling me.

Hi Mark, no this is neither small or light, sorry. I’ll see if I can get a weight from Ashdown, but in all honesty - much like an SVT - if you need to know the weight, this probably isn’t the unit for you 😕