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Ashdown Ant - Pedal Board Amp

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nonohmic

Dec 13, 2005
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#1
Very cool.

The Ant

Although would be a hell of a lot cooler if they included 2-3 power outs for pedals!

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Just been speaking to the boys at Ashdown about this - in particular what this baby is going to deliver power-wise. They've shared the following:

"We’ve tested the hell out of the production version over the past week so as to get the truest accurate figures.

Essentially peak/burst ratings are irrelevant in the real world so we test for what the amp will produce all day long hence continuous power, it actually peaks at around 265 watts but when measuring the true RMS before clipping it will produce 196 watts happily into a 4ohm load and 140 into 8ohm."

I think that's massively exciting - it's the first truly pedalboard-compatible bass amp (on the planet?) that will deliver nigh on 200W into a 4 ohm cab. Well done Ashdown Engineering.
 
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djptek said:
Anybody tried the ANT yet? Looks neat & I'm wondering how it sounds compared to the Trace Elliot ELF
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Had mine for a few months, yet to gig with it but it holds its own with a heavy handed drummer and guitarist that gives it some at rehearsals

Had it as the DI for recording and its been a dream to use.

Got it running into either an Ampeg 4x10 or a TC 2x12.

Played an Elf when trying a bass out the other week, could have been the 2x10 cab they had in the shop but it lacked the punchy... lack of a better phrase here... ashdown-y-ness.

I agree with above that if it had some pedal power on it would be perfect, but Ive got it running on the power out of the Voodoo lab pedal power 2, which is awesome.
 
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I got this amp mainly for practice and ease to move around, I love it but curious if anyone could suggest a cab for the ANT, my real question is can you gig with it, like what cabs would work well for a gig? I currently have a Trace Elliot 1x15" which is awesome for practice but I'm thinking I should add another cab so it will be loud enough for a full on gig. I'm thinking another 1x15" or maybe a 2x10" cab to pair with the 1x15" I'm currently using but I'm not real smart on cab watts/ohm loads...I think the Trace cab is 8ohm. I play heavy punk rock with a very loud drummer btw and just wondering if this thing will be able to hang...
 
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Ripper75 said:
I got this amp mainly for practice and ease to move around, I love it but curious if anyone could suggest a cab for the ANT, my real question is can you gig with it, like what cabs would work well for a gig? I currently have a Trace Elliot 1x15" which is awesome for practice but I'm thinking I should add another cab so it will be loud enough for a full on gig. I'm thinking another 1x15" or maybe a 2x10" cab to pair with the 1x15" I'm currently using but I'm not real smart on cab watts/ohm loads...I think the Trace cab is 8ohm. I play with a very loud drummer btw and just wondering if this thing will be able to hang...
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From the Ant website
Power at 4 Ohms: 196 watts RMS, Power at 8 Ohms: 140 watts RMS

This means you can add another 8 ohms cabinet to your current 8 ohms 115 for a total load of 4 ohms. Common wisdom is if you like the sound of one cabinet, getting a second one of the same model is the surest way to double your pleasure. Whether that's enough for a gig with a loud drummer depends on how efficient your speakers are, how big the gig is, and how well you can tame the drummer.
 
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