Ashdown mag 300 EVO III Combo

[bassjigins]

I tried one of these yesterday and I find it great, there ´s no much to compare with though, (at least in my country), just the new line o GK which I find a little lame in comparison, so anyone have any comments on this combo?
thanks in advance

ps: the compresor is great

[chaosMK]

Go for it if you like it. I used the less fancy MAG 300 for a period of time. Had a kind of wooly/warm-ish sound and controls that were easy to use. I think it's a good all around amp.

To get more aggressive and bright I bought my Sansamp and used it to have two different types of tones to switch between.

[ErnieD]

Originally Posted by chaosMK

Go for it if you like it. I used the less fancy MAG 300 for a period of time. Had a kind of wooly/warm-ish sound and controls that were easy to use. I think it's a good all around amp.

To get more aggressive and bright I bought my Sansamp and used it to have two different types of tones to switch between.

Owned a ABM 500 RC years back and wanted to hear that Ashdown sound again. Bought the MAG 300 EVO III w/built in comp head new at a blowout price just to try Ashdown again. This head def sounds like the Ash I remember; for sure warm-wooly. But only works in certain musical context for me and less power than my other amps. But I have fun jammin with it at home and rehearsals. One gig using a 4ohm, Eden D210T cab, could not get the huge bottom end out this setup. Sounded like a huge church pipe organ; so much huge lows, almost all mud. Coulda been the room or the P5 with Nylon Tapes.

But I have gotten it to grind and cut thru with other more modern, active basses and a GB NeoX 212T cab. @bassj..., now I forget which combos they make; is that a 1x15, 210, or other combo you're considering? And what bass might you run thru it?

[AdamR]

I had a Mag 300 rack mount head and loved it.

[bassjigins]

Originally Posted by ErnieD

But I have gotten it to grind and cut thru with other more modern, active basses and a GB NeoX 212T cab. @bassj..., now I forget which combos they make; is that a 1x15, 210, or other combo you're considering? And what bass might you run thru it?

This is a 1x15 combo, and I´m the proud owner of a american deluxe jazz bass V (2012), do you think this amp is suitable for jazz and blues, even some rock?

regards

[ErnieD]

but you'd have to make final call of that.

I've used mine in Classic rock/Motown/Blues/Country bands with my Skyline Joe Osborne 5 bass w/lakland pups. It really played well with my TB153 cab; til my xover blew one nite at moderate volumes.

So I have used it with a jazz bass as well. It worked for type of music I mention above. And the deluxe jazz should give more tonal options. Good luck, let us know how it works out.

[Downunderwonder]

I used one with matching 2x10 extension cab supplied on bigband jazz gig. Very short of volume compared to a real 300w amp. It only just got the job done. Going by specs they should have been screaming at me to turn it down.

[chienmort]

The problem is that the power in the amp does not always convert to acoustic power owing to speaker efficiency. If I remember rightly my Mag 300 was 300 into 4 but the stock 15 was 8 ohm. With the extension can it could put out 300 watts but in my experience both Ashdown and Trace had fairly insensitive inputs. It was hard to push them with a passive bass. The Trace I had was a BLX130.

The BLX prefix was short for, well imagine adding an o both sides of the L and saying it phonetically.

The reason is that there was a slang expression in the UK 'the dog's BLX' which was used to mean the best or first rate.

[Liv3rman]

I have the 1x15 Mag 300 Evo II. The tone is lovely, but you'll need an extra cab to cut through with loud guitarists as its not the loudest. I have mine paired with the Ashdown MAG 210t cab.