new amp day!!! Ashdown Little Bastard

DerekP · #1 11-18-2011, 12:55 PM

Picked one up two days ago and i love it! for anything who's questioning it's volume all i can say is it gets very very loud.... get it passed halfway on the volume you get really nice fat tube grind that sounds great with my american p-bass through an Ampeg 410he and or my Ampeg 15.

tdub0199 · #2 11-18-2011, 01:00 PM

Congrats!

geddyfan · #3 11-18-2011, 02:03 PM

I'm gassin for one of these already your not helping !

rodl2005 · #4 11-18-2011, 04:21 PM

Congrats! Great li'l amp. I ran mine into 2 115"s last nite- gig in a blues band, no PA support. Just had volume on 12 o'clock with a Fender P w/flats. Lovely round, cushy sound.

geddyfan · #5 11-18-2011, 04:23 PM

Which 2 1x15's did u use

monsterthompson · #6 11-18-2011, 04:27 PM

I'm about to get one... I'm right on the fence...

Bassman62 · #7 11-18-2011, 04:28 PM

I have Little Giant 1000, the difference when running 4ohms & 8ohms is quite noticable.
My friend bought the Little Giant 500 and soon returned it in exchange for the 1000.
I normaly use a 1x15 loaded with an Eminence 450 watt Neo 15" along with a 2x10 loaded with Eminence Beta 10"s.

sad_katz · #8 11-18-2011, 09:09 PM

Congrats!!

I've been GAS-ing for one myself ever since I heard it on youtube. Feisty lil' amp.

rodl2005 · #9 11-18-2011, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by geddyfan

Which 2 1x15's did u use

As much as I'd like 2 Ampeg PF115's, I've got 2 Mark Bass HR115"s & I've bypassed the horn on one.
They are great cabs & are built well, lightweight & sound good too. So apart from the look...... They're great.
As soon as I can get a hold of my wife's vid cam, I'll post some clips

rodl2005 · #10 11-23-2011, 08:43 PM

Damn this video biz ain't as easy as it sounds. Did a vid last night-came out all distorted

Will do another asap.
Gotta gig tomorrow night. Room with pretty good acoustics, about 150 ppl booked (private function)

So, plan is- Ashdown LB-30 > 2x115's (Mark Bass HR115) no FOH PA support. 8 piece funk/soul band.

Will report how the Li'l B. goes.

raphaeldc · #11 11-23-2011, 08:50 PM

don't we need pics?

rodl2005 · #12 11-23-2011, 09:53 PM

Pics are E-Z!

With my Aus made Mailloux J5 & Bergantino AE212

Going for a picnic

On one of the HR115 cabs

Nude shot from above

Nude from below O_o

rllefebv · #13 11-23-2011, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by rodl2005

Nude from below O_o

Nice UpSkirt!!

I have no trouble believing that this head through 2 1X15 cabs is a killer rig with plenty of volume... I regulary gig(ged) a 60 watt Sunn 200S into 1X15 and have plenty of oomph!!

Congrats to the OP on a nice score!

-robert

slaphappychappy · #14 11-23-2011, 11:59 PM

Is it good? I was so close to getting one.

rodl2005 · #15 11-24-2011, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by slaphappychappy

Is it good? I was so close to getting one.

Great! But IS 30w. Don't be confused with a 30w practise amp tho, this has serious ooomph!
& thru enough speaker cone area/enough drivers, will do many live situations.
Has a DI too.

I used it just thru my AE112 last nite at practice. 4 piece blues/jazz band. Drums, keys,gtr, bass & 3 voc's. Worked a treat. Luscious all tube smoooooothness!

slaphappychappy · #16 11-24-2011, 05:56 AM

Kinda jealous, I chose the Ampeg pf500 instead, Meh. The lb seemed really good .

Bassman62 · #17 11-24-2011, 10:45 AM

I'd be a little dubious regarding the same output power (two EL84s) as a Vox AC30.
I'd be very concerned driving such a small output stage for Bass guitar on a 45 minute set with no front of house support as most UK pub giggs are.
I had an Orange 120 watt and that ran hot when used on live gigs.

Bassman62 · #18 11-24-2011, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by rodl2005

Great! But IS 30w. Don't be confused with a 30w practise amp tho, this has serious ooomph!
& thru enough speaker cone area/enough drivers, will do many live situations.

In physics you don't get anything for nothing, the same applies to amplifiers if it didn't we'd all be still playing through 30 watters as I did when I started in the early 60s.
More voice coils require and absorb/eat up output power.
Unless of course Ashdown have discovered perpetual motion.

StraightSix · #19 11-24-2011, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Bassman62

I'd be a little dubious regarding the same output power (two EL84s) as a Vox AC30.

Vox AC30 has four EL84s

The most you can realistically get from a pair of EL84s is about 18 watts.

Bassman62 · #20 11-24-2011, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by StraightSix

Vox AC30 has four EL84s

The most you can realistically get from a pair of EL84s is about 18 watts.

Sorry I was thinking of the previous model the AC15 which is what the Shadows originaly used.
Here's a shot of me playing my Burns 6 string Bass (one of 200) through an AC30 in 1964
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