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02-04-2013, 06:08 AM
| | | | Little Bastard on sale
For anyone that has been looking for a low powered
tube bass amp, the Little Bastard is the Stupid deal
on MF today (2/4). |
02-04-2013, 06:11 AM
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02-04-2013, 06:22 AM
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02-04-2013, 06:25 AM
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02-04-2013, 06:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico | | | Get one. They are great and I love mine!
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02-04-2013, 06:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Northern California | | | Am I wrong for thinking of picking a few of these up and selling on eBay for $500-600?
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02-04-2013, 06:56 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Chicago | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassguppy Am I wrong for thinking of picking a few of these up and selling on eBay for $500-600? | Nope. However, you should know that if they don't sell and you want to return them to Musician's Friend, the cost of the initial "free" shipping will be deducted from your refund. Not sure what that would be on a Little Bastard, but it's $6 on small/light stuff...
And with eBay fees of something like 10% of the final cost of the item and shipping and the 3% that Paypal gets, you wouldn't make much money selling them for $500.
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02-04-2013, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by charliefreak Only 51 left! | How can you tell that?
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02-04-2013, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by vgbob For anyone that has been looking for a low powered
tube bass amp, the Little Bastard is the Stupid deal
on MF today (2/4). | I grabbed one. Seems like to good of a deal to pass up. I hesitated at first because I've never played through one. None of the music stores around me had any. So, I'm going by Ashdown's rep and from what I've read & heard from owners. Mr. FedEx can't get here soon enough! |
02-04-2013, 07:48 AM
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Owner: Moonshine Custom Guitars | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: White Bluff,Tn. | | I just bought one. 
I've been wanting a small bass amp for the home (rehearsal) & small gigs. I have an Ashdown Perfect Ten Mini Rig (60 watt solid state head & two 1x10 cabinets). I bought it new & really was pleased with the sound as well as the look. I used it exclusively as a "living room" amp; something that looked nice & was there to plug in to practice/jam when I wanted to. It was loud enough to do a small coffee shop type gig.
After a couple years. I was playing it & it just went "Pop" & died. I replace the blown fuse a couple of times & it blew them immediately. I ended up getting a local amp tech to repair it (about $100) and it worked fine again for about six months; then it blew again. I liked it enough to try & find a replacement head (I actually have two sets of the cabinets), but no luck.
Though Ashdown no longer offered this particular amp anymore, I saw that they did offer a 100 watt version with a 2x10 cabinet... Perfect (so I thought...)! I purchased one through Musician's Friend and when it arrived, I was unimpressed with how quiet it was. The old 60 watt head was far louder. I ended up returning the rig (not sure if there was an issue with that amp, but I didn't want to try another one).
I've been wanting another head to go on the cabinets that I have. I've been looking at the Ashdown MiBass-220 as well as other micro heads; I almost pulled the trigger on buying the MiBass head last night... The little Bastard is the right dimensions for my cabinets & if for some reason the speakers don't hold up (or won't work due to impedance issues), I have a couple of new 10" bass speakers to replace them with.
I had a really nice Ampeg 100 watt tube head a couple of years ago (I sold it here on TB) that I really liked, but it was too big & heavy to tote around to small gigs & wasn't loud enough for bigger gigs... It was a killer studio amp. I loved the tone.
I'm hoping that the Little Bastard will be the best of both worlds.
Moonshine 
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02-04-2013, 07:52 AM
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02-04-2013, 08:12 AM
|  | My God It's Full of Chrome! | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska | | | Min of 4 ohms per the Ashdown site.
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02-04-2013, 08:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bronx, NY | | | Just ordered one. SO EXCITED! |
02-04-2013, 08:51 AM
| | Keepin' the Groove Alive ! | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Stax 1966 | | | Wonder how it compares to, say, the B15N ? Obviously not a led sled at 11 lbs.
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02-04-2013, 08:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Quebec city, Canada | | Ordered, even with the 100$ shipping to Canada it's a good deal, thanks for the tip. I was looking for a studio amp, was looking for a ampeg combo, never thought I'd get an all tube for about the same price 
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02-04-2013, 09:08 AM
| | | | Ashdown Little Bastard Tube for $400. Worth it?
Saw this link below this morning. Its an Ashdown Little Bastard 30w Tube head for $400. Does anyone have any experience with these heads? Is it worth $400? I don't really need a new bass head but all tube for $400 is tempting! http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid/?src=3TP3B4C
Sorry I deserve a smite! I Realized after i posted there was already a posting for this. Sorry!!!!!!
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02-04-2013, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Rob Martinez Get one. They are great and I love mine! | Hey Rob, what types of cabs are you running your Little Bastard through? |
02-04-2013, 09:21 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | | i think if you know you won't need more volume it's definitely worth it, also i bet it kicks buttocks for guitar |
02-04-2013, 09:28 AM
|  | I love effects. | | Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: MN | | | owned one for a little over a year. i really dug everything about it minus carrying it. its definately light as far as tube amps go but it was just awkward....kind of hard to explain.
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02-04-2013, 09:41 AM
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Me endorsed? | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | Yup. Great amp for practice/small gigs for the $$$.
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