New US made Tube amp from Ashdown!

[Rumblefisher]

Anything new regarding the BTA? Availability maybe?
Thanks.

 

[rodl2005]

Yup. Wizard has a big, all-tube bass head, too.

LANEY has the NEXUS 400w All tube bass amp too AFAIK. Thjo it might have a S.S. section also.??

 

[Bob Moulton]

Anybody have anything new to offer up on the BTA 400? It's been a long time since this made a debut on the Ashdown site and then nothing?

 

[JAUQO III-X]

Shipping next week.

 

[eyeballkid]

WOOOO-HOOOO.. whos getting one?

 

[Korladis]

Haven't heard anything about it in a while. I'd like to see a detailed review, or hear some good sound clips.

I won't be getting one anyway, but it would be interesting to see.

 

[johnk_10]

it looks nice to me, and it certainly isn't cheap!

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maybe i'll call Neal and see if he has one. (i've known him for years).

 

[Anarchyok]

I saw a pic somewhere of another all tube ashdown head, a VBA320 or something?? Very simple design, and the VU meter was on the right hand side rather than the left...a scaled down 400?

 

[eyeballkid]

the VBA320 is a european only release i believe.....

i just checked that link johnk.... $3100?!!! holy shiznits on steroids!!!!!!!!!

 

[johnk_10]

yeah, it is pricey, but i think i'll try to get out to huntington beach to try it out when Neal gets it in stock (he may have it already). not that i need another amp, but i'd just like to see if i like it or not.

 

[spliffnriff]

Too rich for my blood. But I will still have GAS for one!

 

[edbass]

Anybody get there hands (or ears) on one of these yet?

 

[David A. Davis]

Oh definitely, but I'd personally like to get that tube saturated sound without blowing my house or ears up. much easier to do that with 100 watts of 6L6 tubes than 400 watts of 6550 tubes. The big wattage tube amps are almost like dinosaurs these days, as in any gig that might require that kind of power, the house PA will do most of the work. 100 watt guitar amps and the vaunted 300 watt 100lb Ampeg SVT were designed at a time when there really weren't good house PA systems.

It's sad but these days a 400 watt bass amp cranked during a gig most likely will result in a pissed off sound guy and irate venue owners.

I think this amp has KT88's.

 

[bdeaux]

Have Ashdown just disappeared in the US or what? I was so stoked when I found out about this amp, and now I feel like I was teased. Left, hopelessly devoted, like the nerd kid in school that thought the cool girl was flirting with him.

 

[anonymous073020132]

This will set you free on alot of the BTA 400 myths. This amp is like Big Foot... I want to believe but I just haven't seen it yet. http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=61055 Seems that yes, the BTA 400 has a solid state front end & tube back end. The weight should be around 70lbs.

 

[Korladis]

This will set you free on alot of the BTA 400 myths. This amp is like Big Foot... I want to believe but I just haven't seen it yet. http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=61055 Seems that yes, the BTA 400 has a solid state front end & tube back end. The weight should be around 70lbs.

Interesting. A hybrid, but reversed from the more typical sort.

 

[Spinal Tapper]

That's crazy expensive! For 3k, I'd get a Matamp, or an SVT AND an Orange (used of course)

 

[Pullman?]

Any word on the BTA or even its smaller brother lately?

 

[pablomigraine]

Have Ashdown just disappeared in the US or what? I was so stoked when I found out about this amp, and now I feel like I was teased. Left, hopelessly devoted, like the nerd kid in school that thought the cool girl was flirting with him.

For reasons I'm not aware of, Ashdown switched it's US distributor early last year, and I'm not sure who the new one is..... but amongst other side effects, their visibility has gone down considerably.... which is a shame..... they make better Ampeg's than Ampeg does...

 

[JAUQO III-X]

For reasons I'm not aware of, Ashdown switched it's US distributor early last year, and I'm not sure who the new one is

EMD music instruments distribution.


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