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New US made Tube amp from Ashdown!
- Thread starter ishouldbeking
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- May 20, 2000
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I doubt it's all that light. None of the Classic series / Klystron amps or cabs are all that light, and these look to be styled and designed basically the same way.
But who knows... Reeves was able to get their tube head down to around 60 lbs, if Ashdown could follow suit they might have a hit on their hands, provided it sounds good and is reasonably durable. 3 big ifs...
The MB Classic 300 is a really reasonable weight for a tube amp as well. I think it can be done.
That's last year's technological innovation. Everyone knows the only bass rigs worth owning are software running on a laptop, plugged into the board, which you hear through your in ear monitors.
Why take the time to put down something that isn't even out yet, just because you haven't liked some similar products in the past? Nice plug for your own thread. I'm resisting the temptation to go there and say the IP series is a steaming pile. (I know it's good stuff - I've liked everything Jim has put his name on - but I like good tube heads.)
What's with the hate? Your icon would be disappointed in you. I thought hate was solely a Republican quality. At least that's what the TV told me, and it's never been wrong before.
I guess it would be... the thing that caught my attention was
With a chassis suspended on car engine mountings and a circuit design that will even survive running with no speakers connected
The latter is nothing new, they may have a hi tech convoluted approach to accomplishing the same thing some tube amps have had for decades, but the car engine mountings line sounds like they have thought about dampening the vibrations the head would get while sitting on a speaker cab. Could be just marketing though.
With a chassis suspended on car engine mountings and a circuit design that will even survive running with no speakers connected
The latter is nothing new, they may have a hi tech convoluted approach to accomplishing the same thing some tube amps have had for decades, but the car engine mountings line sounds like they have thought about dampening the vibrations the head would get while sitting on a speaker cab. Could be just marketing though.
Oh man I want one of these. I wonder how long until it is available. Makes me wish I hadn't just purchased an ABM EVO III to replace the EVO II I just sold (like an idiot).
Looks like it will compete with the Marshall VBA in terms of power and weight.
Should sound killer when turned up loud and the price for us in the UK should be interesting as it's made in the states so I'm expecting it to be around same price here as an svt........bloody expensive !!
Should sound killer when turned up loud and the price for us in the UK should be interesting as it's made in the states so I'm expecting it to be around same price here as an svt........bloody expensive !!
i could care less what it weighs ! ill curl it or press it ... i dont care . i want a tube amp to be a big old honker anyway ... only thing is i hope it has a early sweet spot so you dont have to be stupid loud to get "the" tone ... i like my traynor yba 200 . but its light and who knows if itll be around 20 years from now .... if the price is anywhere near reasonable i will have one . the peavey vb3 specs are good , but the price ... not so much ... 2199 for a peavey hurts a little .. you know ... 
the vb2 is reasonable , i would really liked peavey to have came in around 1200 or so .. seems strange for the peavey to be higher than an ampeg . .. oh yeah , the vb2 is still on back order ... 2 more weeks ,,,, again ....
the vb2 is reasonable , i would really liked peavey to have came in around 1200 or so .. seems strange for the peavey to be higher than an ampeg . .. oh yeah , the vb2 is still on back order ... 2 more weeks ,,,, again ....
How much do kidneys go for these days?
Edit: From the looks of the cabs in the line, perhaps more and bigger heads are coming?
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crap... here goes more money that I've been saving up... damn it
Might have to pick up one of those 6x10's too... get rid of my 2 cabs and make it one rollie one
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Might have to pick up one of those 6x10's too... get rid of my 2 cabs and make it one rollie one
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Wuh. Im not tempted by this since I got my Pope MPP-1 but damn, this is an SVT killer here. Vintage SVT killer even. Being able to run this without a speaker load is a great feature that would stop accidental tube wear. Nice.
Probably less than 2/3 of that price.
Can't be helped. If you don't like the weight, you're not the target market anyway.
The only nugget of truth in that steaming pile of %@#%$#^% is that the amp will need to acclimate in winter to a room, but ANY amp needs to do that. Five minutes of cool-down should be plenty of time to move it when you're done.
...because of a habit of posting false information about tube amps. Even though the underlying assumptions made to support that post have been disproven by many reputable and knowledgable people here, there was evidently a need to share some misinformation.
