Can anyone compare the Traynor YBA200 and Ashdown Little Bastard?

[sk8]

A pretty random request but maybe Mr. Bowlus amongst others can help

I've got a Little Bastard and enjoy the tone and fatness. It’s my first foray into Tubes and I’m loving them.

The LB can keep up at Practice and could possibly be gigged with but in small venues it will run out of headroom real soon.

I was original going to take the DI out of the LB into the balanced input of my LM3 which would work but it seems that I’m just trying cover up the shortcoming in volume although to be fair, its not he LBs fault as I knew it was only 30 watts when I bought it.

Step up the Traynor. It seems to be a good compromise on Price and weight. I'm not looking to nail the LB sounds necessarily, I just want to get a similar fat tube tone with some break up. Can the Traynor do this?

Thanks in advance

[tombowlus]

I've only heard the Little Bastard at NAMM, and as such, I really don't want to hazard a guess without spending some quality time with that Little Bastard.

[sk8]

cheers Tom. I'll do some research on the YBA anyhoo!

[jknoxdmd]

I've been wanting to get a Little Bastard for awhile but not available in the states yet. I've e-mailed Ashdown but they do not reply. Looks like perfect small tube amp for home or studio. Anyone heard anything?