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Show your Ashdown
- Thread starter fenderbassabuse
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Im really curious to listen your Frank Bello on your Ashdown
Hey man - the Bello now sports Dimarzio pickups. A definite improvement I think. Thicker mids, not so scooped.
But through this rig it sounds great. Aggressive but full and punchy.
Hi, long time reader, first time poster. I have a MAG 300 amp head and im looking to get a cab to go with it.
I'm tossing up between the Mag 410 or the Abm 410, I can get the mag new or a 2nd hand abm in gc for the same price. I have played through the mag but not the abm.
Is anyone running a mag 300 + abm 410 and what is your opinions of it. Thanks. Love the site.
I'm tossing up between the Mag 410 or the Abm 410, I can get the mag new or a 2nd hand abm in gc for the same price. I have played through the mag but not the abm.
Is anyone running a mag 300 + abm 410 and what is your opinions of it. Thanks. Love the site.
Hey man - welcome. I owned a MAG410 originally when I bought the ABM500 head. I found the cab a little honky soundwise and at loud volumes I thought it go muddy. The ABM cabs in comparison sound clearer to me and seem to handle volume better. Just my opinion. I don't know how the MAG cab would sit with the MAG head.
Also I have been speaking with a guy on an Aussie bass forum and he has recently replaced his stock preamp tube in his ABM500 head with an Electro Harmonix 12ax7EH. My complaint with the stock tube in mine is that with the Valvedrive set above 2 o'clock it starts getting buzzy and farty, any less and it doesn't really have the drive I want. He felt exactly the same and experimented with a few other 12ax7's (Tung Sol, JJ). He settled on the EH and described the tone as fuller, but also the drive was far more usual and pleasing. He also stated that this tube broke up a little earlier and got close to and Ampeg type overdrive.
I'm gonna buy one of these tubes today, pop it in over the weekend and put my thoughts here if anyone's interested. I know it wont change the sound a heap but just a better sounding overdrive is what I'm after.
Yup. Thats a dead on explanation of an ehx tube in there! Thats all ive put in mine for years now. I thought the valve drive sounded kind of meh before, and now it sounds perfect.
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Here's an open question...How do you set your gain input? I always keep mine so I'm just getting in the red a little on the VU. Anybody keep it pegged all the time?
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Two ABM 300 combos, run in stereo off a Ric 4003.
Both were bought second hand. Each one was over a year old when I got it. Never had a problem with either of 'em.
dude! I have a Ric 4003 and had a MAG C210T-300. sounded great with the ric but it had some issues with buzzing with higher treble settings and the compression. I dont have a store within a 100 mile radius that sells Ashdown. I bought that one sight un seen and was very disappointed to send it back.
I was also a little burnt that it was not a full 300 watts by itself. its a pretty big and weighty unit to have to add another cab just to get another 100 watts out of it
I bought this amp 4 months ago. I already gigged it 2 times.
but when i plugged it last sunday i noticed that there is a loud noise like frying eggs or static, sound like you are turning a scatchy potentiometer something like that. I unplugged the bass and the cable but the noise still there. I feel sad.... because this is already a replacement amp. The first one i ordered in the store was defective when i received it but they replaced it with a new unit after a week.
that sucks...I know the feeling
Just as an update - I've replaced the stock/no name preamp tube in my ABM500 head to a Russian Electro Harmonix 12AX7EH.
I gotta say, although I would have to say that the improvement isn't major, at the same stage it's not subtle.
It certainly break up at the same stage as the stock tube, however at the highest drive level the breakup is definitely smoother and far more usable. Not buzzy/farty or harsh like I felt the stock tube sounded.
At lower levels I feel it still adds nice warmth - maybe between 80-120hz?
At any stage I feel that I would definitely recommend this upgrade. Overall it seems to add some sweet fullness and the tube overdrive is smoother and much more usable at higher drive levels.
I gotta say, although I would have to say that the improvement isn't major, at the same stage it's not subtle.
It certainly break up at the same stage as the stock tube, however at the highest drive level the breakup is definitely smoother and far more usable. Not buzzy/farty or harsh like I felt the stock tube sounded.
At lower levels I feel it still adds nice warmth - maybe between 80-120hz?
At any stage I feel that I would definitely recommend this upgrade. Overall it seems to add some sweet fullness and the tube overdrive is smoother and much more usable at higher drive levels.
Yours trully on some way-over silly poses, with my beloved MAG rig on a recent gig.
On a 200-300 people venue I had plenty of stage power. The tone was warm (seems like you just can't sound harsh through an Ashdown) and very balanced, all with the gain on a fairly "timid" setting and the output power not over 3 o'clock.
The 300W MAG head is feeding two 10"s through the combo and a 15" extension cab.
No, this is not the Ampeg fridge kind of thing, but for a 600euro rig you get tone and volyme to groove forever carefree!
On a 200-300 people venue I had plenty of stage power. The tone was warm (seems like you just can't sound harsh through an Ashdown) and very balanced, all with the gain on a fairly "timid" setting and the output power not over 3 o'clock.
The 300W MAG head is feeding two 10"s through the combo and a 15" extension cab.
No, this is not the Ampeg fridge kind of thing, but for a 600euro rig you get tone and volyme to groove forever carefree!
Just picked p a second VS-115. All i have at the moment is a cellphone pic from last night's gig, stacked with my older VS-115 and Little Bastard. I grabbed it on the way to the gig.
The newer one has some differences, the logo, the port is bigger, it only has Speakon jacks and it is made in UK instead of China.
The newer one has some differences, the logo, the port is bigger, it only has Speakon jacks and it is made in UK instead of China.
which is which? the larger logo is the newer one?
they are made in the uk now?! very cool.
been thinking about either a 115 or 212 vs....
they are made in the uk now?! very cool.
been thinking about either a 115 or 212 vs....
I don't think I have posted this here yet. Ashdown ABM RPM-1 EVO II Preamplifier, Crown XTi 1000 power amp, four Bill Fitzmaurice Jack 110s loaded with Deltalite 2510s. Tweeters in the top cab only.
