soundbass Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 How good is the Hartke 3500 is it that much better than my Ashdown Mag 300, or should I save a bit more until I can afford Ashdown ABM Evo 3. As I can get a 2nd hand Hartke 3500 for under £250 and just a few years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatgoogle Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I think it will be fairly good any way hartke generally is. I have a weird idea of doing the same thing as the bassist form aerosmith and getting two hartke ha3500 and running them through two 4 ohm 4x10's. pretty cool. Decent heads though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote name='soundbass' post='545720' date='Jul 20 2009, 08:54 PM']How good is the Hartke 3500 is it that much better than my Ashdown Mag 300, or should I save a bit more until I can afford Ashdown ABM Evo 3. As I can get a 2nd hand Hartke 3500 for under £250 and just a few years old.[/quote] I have a Hartke 3500 and I prefer it to the Ashdown amps I have used (admittedly I haven't tried many, just a couple of the 2x10 combos - can't remember if it was MAG or ABM). Much more precise control over the sound. A cleaner, sharper sound all round from the 3500 - to my ears anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 I always preferred my Hartke heads to Ashdown, could always get more top end clarity from them. Don't discount the HA3000 either, i owned that one for a while and it's excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatgoogle Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Quick hijack but would you take a pre gibson trace elliot over an ashdown mag??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 [quote name='fatgoogle' post='545728' date='Jul 20 2009, 09:03 PM']I think it will be fairly good any way hartke generally is. I have a weird idea of doing the same thing as the bassist form aerosmith and getting two hartke ha3500 and running them through two 4 ohm 4x10's. pretty cool. Decent heads though.[/quote] If you can find one, get a HA7000 instead - same front end as a 3500, but with 2 power amps and a switchable crossover. That way, you'd only be carrying one amp around. I picked mine up from this very forum for a very good price. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boneless Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 (edited) I don't think you can really compare Ashdown and Hartke, though. Two different kinds of tone, two different approaches. Whereas Ashdown heads are more, erm, kind of "old school" (to my ears, anyway), the Hartke sound is a more modern one. Edited July 20, 2009 by Boneless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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