Ashdown Drophead 200 users....

[Bassflute]

are there any? Haven't heard a peep about this amp. Have they sold ANY of them? Nothing here, nothing on youtube.

Thanks,
Cameron

[Boston_Patriot]

Bump...

Anyone? Or the CTM-300?

I am mostly interested in hearing about the clean headroom with the 200 (and 300). Can you still get some pretty loud cleans in a band setting?

[rodl2005]

Interested to hear about em too.
And the 427 big block.
I've a LB-30 & it's a lovely amp, great tone & loud for its specs.
Worked wonders on my bands recent recording & has done a fair few small club & cafe blues, jazz gigs

[darius8]

Heres a youtube vid, but you need your shockwave enabled if you usually leave it off.
NAMM '11 - Ashdown Drophead 200 & LB 30 Bass Amps - YouTube

and the TB thread
Ashdown Drophead

[4StringsEnough]

I was at the London Bass Guitar Show this year standing on the other side of the hall to the Ashdown stand. Someone on the Ashdown stand decided to crank the CTM300. To put this in context, the whole hall was filled with bad to average bass players playing bad to average slap bass through various amps at loud volume. The whole show was a mess of noise. Yet, across the whole hall, above that whole racket, the CTM300 rang out and everyone just looked at each other and said "what the hell was that?!!". It was UNHOLY! Immediate gas! Not that I could ever afford one or lift one, but hey, one can dream!

[BruceBass3901]

Originally Posted by 4StringsEnough

I was at the London Bass Guitar Show this year standing on the other side of the hall to the Ashdown stand. Someone on the Ashdown stand decided to crank the CTM300. To put this in context, the whole hall was filled with bad to average bass players playing bad to average slap bass through various amps at loud volume. The whole show was a mess of noise. Yet, across the whole hall, above that whole racket, the CTM300 rang out and everyone just looked at each other and said "what the hell was that?!!". It was UNHOLY! Immediate gas! Not that I could ever afford one or lift one, but hey, one can dream!

If that was on the Sunday, then that was me

I was playing through it and asked Lee and Dan (the 2 guys on the stall) how much clean headroom it had and how loud it could actually go. They looked at me and just said ''Let's find out'' and just cranked it through the two 412 cabs it was connected to. A truly amazing sound and I was (almost literally) blown away. If I'd had the money there and then, I would have palced an order for the CTM300 and a 412 cabinet.

I have played one of the Drophead 200s as well and they were pretty loud through a 410 cab. I didn't get to really crank it though, but like most tube amps, it was definetly getting grittier and grindier as the volume was increasing. Still sounded warm with plenty of bottom end though

[4StringsEnough]

Originally Posted by BruceBass3901

If that was on the Sunday, then that was me

I was playing through it and asked Lee and Dan (the 2 guys on the stall) how much clean headroom it had and how loud it could actually go. They looked at me and just said ''Let's find out'' and just cranked it through the two 412 cabs it was connected to. A truly amazing sound and I was (almost literally) blown away. If I'd had the money there and then, I would have palced an order for the CTM300 and a 412 cabinet.

I have played one of the Drophead 200s as well and they were pretty loud through a 410 cab. I didn't get to really crank it though, but like most tube amps, it was definetly getting grittier and grindier as the volume was increasing. Still sounded warm with plenty of bottom end though

Yes, it was the Sunday! Sounded awesome! Did the Drophead 200 sound roughly the same, but quieter? In the same ballpark? I can't imagine ever needing the volume of the CTM300. Though I do think it's the coolest looking Ashdown head..

[BruceBass3901]

Originally Posted by 4StringsEnough

Yes, it was the Sunday! Sounded awesome! Did the Drophead 200 sound roughly the same, but quieter? In the same ballpark? I can't imagine ever needing the volume of the CTM300. Though I do think it's the coolest looking Ashdown head..

I would say that it was in a similiar ballpark when only using the 'basic' EQ, but there are features on the CTM300 that just make it sing. The Drophead 200 is a nice sounding amp, but the extra features of the CTM just push it into a whole new area. Both have the classic Ashdown 'warm and round' sounds on tap but can get a little bit of grit to them without losing anything. The CTM is able to go all out crazy though and achieve a 'balls to the wall' breakup sound