New Bass stuff at NAMM 2026

[AlexDelores]

 

3 hours ago, SumOne said:

 

Nice. And already seems to be available and on sale! (one of those 'sales' where it's the actual price?!) £279 https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/251215451631027--ashdown-pbm-200-200-watt-portable-bass-head

 

Personally, I'd go: Elf (£230)  for backup and ultra-portability. Ant (£279) for a small gigging amp - not as ideal for being pocket sized backup as the Elf but with a few additional useful live features like mute button, Speakon cable connector would seal the deal for me. Or I'd go Gnome v2 (£215) if I wanted to have things like aux in and USB for home use (but isn't as small as the Elf as a backup, and doesn't have the live features of the Ant like the mute).

 

 

Don’t discount the TC BH250. It sounds really great, with effective and simple EQ. It’s very, very compact. It has aux, headphone out (and usb) for home use. A built in, useable visual tuner and a mute. And, it has one Toneprint which is very good. (I’ve basically set it to a compressor and leave it…And, it’s only £175 new. 

 

I love the Ashdown sound though so I’m keen to try one of these Ants.

[Lozz196]

It’s got the Shape function on it as well, a feature I find very useful 

[Sean]

3 hours ago, Misdee said:

I think you might be confusing Lakland with Sadowsky. Lakland Shoreline Series ( for the Japanese market) were made by ESP.

I had a Skyline Darryl Jones (Korea) and I had a Shoreline Darryl Jones. There was nothing between them, really. I preferred the Korean one as it was lighter and more "played in" but there was no difference in build quality or spec. Both were very good instruments.