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#232,761
Stealth57 said:
First pass on the guts of the Ashdown doesn’t show anything obvious to me. Some funky paste on some areas that looks like it is meant to prevent things from moving around. Anyone with better knowledge see anything strange?

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I can't see them well in the pic, but it looks like one or bothe of these caps may be out of shape/swelled?

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#232,762
Stealth57 said:
First pass on the guts of the Ashdown doesn’t show anything obvious to me. Some funky paste on some areas that looks like it is meant to prevent things from moving around. Anyone with better knowledge see anything strange?

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JIO said:
Chucky will give the definitive opinion - but yes, that yellow goop is used to stabilize things from moving around.

Here's my Ashdown 550 Spyder Twin Tube Preamp -

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Looks good! As G says the goop is just silicone glue to keep components with greater mass from flying of the PCB when the thing is moved abruptly like in case of a fall etc. The PCB on the second pic is their main "generic" power amp module that goes into pretty much every amp they make and good for 550 Watt RMS @ 4Ohm. You're welcome to bring it over to put it through it's paces on the test bench....
Word of caution, keep in mind, that as rugged as they are, for the sake of transient response, the output is not DC (only thermal) protected making them more susceptible to failure from speaker impedance mismatches, shorted/broken voice coils, goosy/wonky speaker cables and stuff like that..
otherwise, congrats and welcome to the Ashdown fraternity.....great amplifiers.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
Looks good! As G says the goop is just silicone glue to keep components with greater mass from flying of the PCB when the thing is moved abruptly like in case of a fall etc. The PCB on the second pic is their main "generic" power amp module that goes into pretty much every amp they make and good for 550 Watt RMS @ 4Ohm. You're welcome to bring it over to put it through it's paces on the test bench....
Keep in mind, that as rugged as they are, for the sake of transient response, the output is not DC (only thermal) protected making them more susceptible to failure from speaker impedance mismatches, shorted/broken voice coils, goosy/wonky speaker cables and stuff like that..
otherwise, congrats and welcome to the Ashdown fraternity.....great amplifiers.
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Thanks. If I can't figure it out by the time I get back later in the month from my next India trip, maybe we can find a time to meet up with the Ashdown and the Music Man :hyper:
 
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Stealth57 said:
I thought you all liked the super ferrite pickups?
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These aren't the same thing. My cheesey remark was aimed at the look of them. I do kinda like them though- I'm just looking for something to do with these p'ups Fixer sent me a few years ago... I don't play this bass much.

Lol, "you all..." :D
 
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PaleAngel_90 said:
Does anyone have experience with synths? What would be a more affordable option to a Prophet-5? I'm asking for a friend that's interested.
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I have little experience with them. After some research and tribulations, settled on Roland Juno DS88, which has weighted keys. They also make a 66key version with plastic keys. Not a real synth, more of a jack of all trades, but has a lot of good preset sounds for synths, organs and pianos and you also can create patches quite easily. Been using it for 3 years in my little duo, quite perfect for what I need it to do. I play more piano and organ than synths, hence the weighted keys. I also had a Yamaha motif for a short time and our new kb player uses one, but I prefer the Juno's versatility.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
oh I thought it worked. immediately disconnect it from your speakers if you don’t want to have to replace those. that power card is bad (same problem JIO had) and it’s about a 300 dollar repair..
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It was only connected to the speakers for about 15 seconds. When no sound, power off and pulled the cable.
 
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Got the MXR M77 overdrive today and I like it's sound very much.
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I played this rambling clip that starts clean and then I increase the gain. I used the red Telecaster w/T-bird pickups and the neck pickup on only. As much as I like the T-Bird sound with both pickups on I think the neck pickup suits better for this kind of overdriven sound. P-bass is excellent, '51 SCPB might be even better.
Anyway, here's the clip. It probably "makes no sense at all" (to quote the 'Du...) but should give some indication what that pedal can do with a bass guitar.
 

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PhR75 said:
Got the MXR M77 overdrive today and I like it's sound very much.
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I played this rambling clip that starts clean and then I increase the gain. I used the red Telecaster w/T-bird pickups and the neck pickup on only. As much as I like the T-Bird sound with both pickups on I think the neck pickup suits better for this kind of overdriven sound. P-bass is excellent, '51 SCPB might be even better.
Anyway, here's the clip. It probably "makes no sense at all" (to quote the 'Du...) but should give some indication what that pedal can do with a bass guitar.
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Is a new day rising for your views on MXR? It does sound very good. I love how you always include a sound sample.
 
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PhR75 said:
Got the MXR M77 overdrive today and I like it's sound very much.
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I played this rambling clip that starts clean and then I increase the gain. I used the red Telecaster w/T-bird pickups and the neck pickup on only. As much as I like the T-Bird sound with both pickups on I think the neck pickup suits better for this kind of overdriven sound. P-bass is excellent, '51 SCPB might be even better.
Anyway, here's the clip. It probably "makes no sense at all" (to quote the 'Du...) but should give some indication what that pedal can do with a bass guitar.
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Sounds very good to me.
Always liked MXR for their modulation pedals on bass, not so much for their dirt pedals. This, I like.
 
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BklynKen said:
Is a new day rising for your views on MXR? It does sound very good. I love how you always include a sound sample.
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If it was I wouldn't have used any cab simulation...;)
And thanks man. I have my laptop and soundcard next to my pedalboard so it's easy and quick to make a sample. Especially in this case as I didn't really think what I played. I played the pedal.

I did try it without the cab sim. With a guitar it would be very easy to get some Mould tones.
 
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