Ashdown Bass amps

jeff's_the_man
jeff's_the_man Posts: 660
edited September 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
ive been looking for a new bass amp around the 300-450 watt range, and im not quite ready to spend the amount of money that is required for a proper tube Ampeg or similar brand.

i stumbled upon Ashdown recently and tried out their MAG series (all solid state), and i was seriously impressed, then i found out that MR JEFF AMENT actually uses this http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ashdown-ABM-500-EVO-II-Mono-Bass-Amp-Head?sku=485021&src=3SOSWXXA
along side his Ampeg's.

has anyone tried Ashdown? i want to try out the ABM series, as i really would like tube pre-amo, but im yet to find a store that sells em....any info would be great.
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  • the unseen
    the unseen Posts: 372
    http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Bass+Amp/brand/Ashdown
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    No experience with ashdown. Ampeg makes a solid state line. Check out the B2R.
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  • jeff's_the_man
    jeff's_the_man Posts: 660
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    No experience with ashdown. Ampeg makes a solid state line. Check out the B2R.

    yeah i tried it, for the price it was nothing special. thanks tho.
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  • samquigley
    samquigley Posts: 220
    Forget Jeff Ament, John Entwistle played through Ashdown rigs. Good enough for the Ox, good enough for you, methinks.
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    My friend is looking at an Ashdown.
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  • jeff's_the_man
    jeff's_the_man Posts: 660
    keeponrockin wrote:
    My friend is looking at an Ashdown.

    yeah they really seem like a top sounding mid price brand. i think i have almost made my decision....
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  • jbd
    jbd Posts: 65
    Ashdown is the shit man. If you've got the money, go for it !
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  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    I'm a big fan of the Ashdown stuff, I think it eats the solid-state Ampeg stuff for breakfast and the cheap SWR stuff for lunch. I almost purchased one of their little 1x10" practice amps as a recording amp a couple years back, just amazingly great tone for such a cheap little practice amp.

    Add Adam Clayton (U2) to the list of Ashdown users.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • seanw1010
    seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    im not a bass player, but ive heard good reviews about carvin bass amps. my uncle has a carvin guitar amp, and it is awsome, he paid 500 for it, and they could seell them for 3x the prices if they wanted to
    http://www.carvin.com
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go

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