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New Ashdown Drophead 30 115 H
- Thread starter BruceBass3901
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Ashdown NAMM video:
What I'm wondering is this: If the amp can fit in the cabinet, why not just make it a regular combo amp and have the controls on the outside of the box like an Ampeg combo? Instead of flipping the amp out every time you want to play, you could just have an input, eq dials, etc.. on the outside od the whole piece.
What I'm wondering is this: If the amp can fit in the cabinet, why not just make it a regular combo amp and have the controls on the outside of the box like an Ampeg combo? Instead of flipping the amp out every time you want to play, you could just have an input, eq dials, etc.. on the outside od the whole piece.
Chef
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I bet you're not old enough to remember the Ampeg B15, eh?
and thus, the nostalgia factor of this is lost on you, perhaps.
and thus, the nostalgia factor of this is lost on you, perhaps.
part nostalgia/looks, part convenience, too. if they built it into the cab, the cab would have to be bigger and heavier.
Chef
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I know the B15, great amp, same principle though. Why would it have to be a heavier and bigger cab? There is clearly enough room to fit the electronics inside already. (I mean this as a legitimate question, not as condescending). I should be able to be the same size and be like moving a combo amp.
it's because the head takes up airspace in the cab, so if you leave the head in it, you're cutting down on your cab's airspace, which also cuts down on low end. the only way to make it work to where the cab sounds as intended is to increase the overall cab volume, which of course makes it a bigger cab, and in the case of a tube amp, much bigger. guitar amps can get away with it easier because low end response isn't as important as it is with us.
Gotta admit, I did immediately think of the B-15 when I saw that. 
I own an Ashdown myself, I'm sure that thing sounds pretty darn good. It looks very classy too. Very nice!
I own an Ashdown myself, I'm sure that thing sounds pretty darn good. It looks very classy too. Very nice!
Did everyone just skip over the price tags for these? The rep said the 200 watter was going to be 2999 or some such hideous number.
can't say i'm a big ashdown fan, but i've seen 200w tube heads that go for that much or more and they don't even have a cab.
I'm sure my B-15N, when it's working, blows the 30 watt version out of the water. But I'm really curious to try both it and the 200 watt one.
I must say, I like these.
But a $2200 price tag, for a 30 watt studio amp, is mighty high.
For $800 more, you get the 200 watt version, which can be used for small to medium gigs?
I think Ashdown would sell many more, at $1200, for the 30 watt, and $2000 for the 200 watt.
I know these are costly to make, but more, and more amp makers are pricing them self"s out of reach, of the buying public.
