ashdown amps !?

[bassssificator]

Hi !
a year ago I bought an ashdown mag 115, I think it has a great tone ... But when I took it to a friend I noticed there was something rolling around in my cab. Today, I decided to open it and I found a crushed ping pong ball in it.

I'm very disapointed in ashdown engeneering !

 

[4-string]

Well, it is made in China.

 

[icks]

my brother found a screwdriver in a top-shelf driver. I wonder if the guy who lost it had to screwed all the part barehanded...

 

[Sten]

I already love this thread.

 

[cccy]

Well, it is made in China.

 

[crguti]

a ping-pong ball? ... you're so lucky.

 

[bassssificator]

a ping-pong ball? ... you're so lucky.

yeah but it's crushed so I can't play with it

 

[refbassist]

I should open mine and see what's in there now

 

[temp_secretary]

i thought the built quality on the mags was pretty good (mine at least!) that's pretty shocking though!

 

[Mr. Foxen]

yeah but it's crushed so I can't play with it

Pour boiling water over it. Sometimes pops them back into shape.

 

[rodl2005]

Back in the early 80's, our guitarist had a Peavey Bandit combo.....
Anyway, he found it had a nice distortion. Turns out there was a nut sitting in the rear of the cone, buzzing away when the volume got up there.
Then it sounded even better after, playing cricket in the prac room once, he slogged the ball straight thru the open back of the cab, right thru the speaker cone. Never fixed it, never sounded better!

 

[Casperrobo]

It's so nice Ashdown are giving FREE gifts in their amps! I better open up my ABM 500 III and see what I've got in there

 

[rodl2005]

Might be some electronics & some drivers!

 

[bassssificator]

I read somewhere that someone opened up his ashdown mag 600 and found taco bell sauce on the voice coal.

 

[JimmyM]

I once found a live puppy in my acoustic guitar.

 

[Drewbacca]

I found a bunch of loose change inside an old Randall RB-120 combo once...


JimmyM, I didn't know you were the Old Spice man!

 

[namraj]

This is a wicked thread, shame I don't really have anything to contribute other than the fact that at least the amp was working well, the ping pong ball is more entertaining than a defect.

 

[traveller1st]

I bought an ashdown after eight (no there were no free mints before anyone asks) second hand and apart from a lot of fluff and dirt it came with some free flyers for some club somewhere, a small plastic ruler and a button badge.

The badge read "Give the police a hand - beat yourself up".

The amp sounds nice I was surprised. I only bought it because I wanted something cube shaped lol. The treble was a bit hissy though but my TL audio dual valve comp sorted that right out and for an impulse buy its sounds pretty sweet.

 

[bassssificator]

This is a wicked thread, shame I don't really have anything to contribute other than the fact that at least the amp was working well, the ping pong ball is more entertaining than a defect.

Yeah, I know but it's not the first thing that I would expect to find in a speaker cab. so I was a bit surprised when I found it ... !

 

[JimmyM]

I've heard of people finding dead rats, hornet's nests, and all manner of debris in their cabs. It's those damn ports! Maybe Johnny A from Staind is onto something being against ported cabs