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Thinking of downgrading...I have TWO options in mind.

What amp should I buy / keep?

  • Line6 Studio 110 (Buy)

    Votes: 10 19.6%

  • Nemesis N8JR (Buy)

    Votes: 6 11.8%

  • Ashdown Five Fifteen (Keep)

    Votes: 35 68.6%
  • Total voters
    51
  • Poll closed .
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GobBass

Jun 12, 2006
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Ireland/Antarctica
#1
I am a young player...but my amp is for an arena,not a college student's small room.

In my possesion I have had for the past two years is this,the Ashdown Five Fifteen.

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For those of you who don't know..this is a BIG amp.It takes up a lot of floorspace and there's very few places in my house that I would put it there.It sounds great with my Squier P Bass but I feel its presence in my room had become a bit of a burden.

So my solution to my spatial debocle?

A smaller amp of course.In this alternative lies two candidates.

#1: Line6 Studio 110

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This is a small amp that I have seen in many music shops and am intigued by.I have seen prices range between €249-99.It maybe a small amp but has 75w of power in its arsenal and has the usual modelling features that would be bestowed upon other Line6 amps.

And #2: Nemesis N8JR Student Combo

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Although at only 25 watts,this amp could be a good (and EXTREMELY simple) amp to power my semi-casual playing.It posesses what can only be described as the most basic control panel ever seen on a bass amp,just a volume and tone control (just like my Squier P).I have seen this amp for as low as €99 before delivery on Thomann so its price:wattage ratio ranks among the best I've seen in a while.

So which amp is for me I ask you? Or should I just keep my Ashdown and be subjected to calls for my amp to be turned down by my parents for all eternity?:D:D
 
#8
That amp is 18" x 21" x 21". I know dorm rooms are small, but that thing really isn't that big. You'll probably lose money in a trade, and anything smaller than that is not going to cut it if you want to play with other people. And just because the ashdown is bigger than the other amps doesn't mean it has to be louder. Keep the volume low when the parents are home, and blow the walls down when they leave.
 
#10
That isn't that big, it's still small enough you could still throw that under a desk or something. I'd say keep the amp, as others said, you'd prob lose out too much in trade.

If that is what you consider arena "big" I'd wonder what you would say about the amps in the "rigs of doom" thread. I also def wouldn't say that amp is "arena" size.

Of course that being said, this is coming from a person who had a 8x10 that lived in the living area of my small apartment when I was in college.
 
#15
Keep your Ashdown unless the space issue is too much. Turn down or use headphones to practice at home. Try putting your amp on top of about 4" of styrofoam insulation. That can cut down a lot on the bottom notes being transmitted through the house.

If you decide to get a smaller combo, don't limit yourself to those two options unless price is the deciding factor. There are a number of fairly loud little combos on the market these days. I find the Line 6 and others, like the Roland's modeling to be more of a gimmick than actually useful. The modeled sounds aren't all that faithful and I've played all the original amps that they supposedly model. I prefer just getting the sound from the amp the old fashioned way, by using my ears and tweaking the eq.

I've got three small combos that I use for practice at home. One is a 50 watt 1x10" combo from Yorkville Sound; another is a 20 year old 35 watt 1x10' combo from Peavey and the third is a 150 watt 1x12" combo from Gallien Krueger. All three of them give me plenty of volume to practice at home in a small room. I can get any of them way too loud for anyone else in the house. The Yorkville and Peavey are pretty inexpensive. The GK costs about 3 times as much.
 
#16
Bass_masta16 said:
2. Don't even mention you're a younger player around here, you pretty much get looked down upon and treated like crap..
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Waaah! I'm young and looked down on and everyone treats me like crap! Waaah!

Everyone gets treated like crap on here eventually if they post enough. Has nothing to do with age.

BTW, I'd keep the Ashdown. The Ashdown may be an arena amp ;) , but out of the three amps you're looking at, the Ashdown is the only one I consider giggable. The Line 6 is close but its 10" makes it ungiggable for me. If you get asked to go sit in with a band or do some small gigs, you'll be glad you kept the Ashdown. It's not THAT big.
 
#17
JimmyM said:
Waaah! I'm young and looked down on and everyone treats me like crap! Waaah!

Everyone gets treated like crap on here eventually if they post enough. Has nothing to do with age.

BTW, I'd keep the Ashdown. The Ashdown is not for playing arenas, but out of the three amps you're looking at, the Ashdown is the only one I consider giggable. The Line 6 is close but its 10" makes it ungiggable for me. If you get asked to go sit in with a band or do some small gigs, you'll be glad you kept the Ashdown. It's not THAT big.
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Jimmy's right. He got treated like crap when he first showed up and he's almost as old as me. Even I treated Jimmy like crap. I got treated like crap too. We pass it along. It doesn't have much to do with age. Some of us though, really have it in for those snotty nosed young guys.
 

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