Ashdown head

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:57 am

I use an Ashdown EVO II haed with one or two 2x10 cabs and it sounds just great. I play in two bands. One is a jazzy band that I use mostly just one cab with and the other is a rock band that I use both cabs and a bit of Sansamp.

I can't fault the amp. It is the bests sound since the 70's when I used a Hiwatt 100 head and a Hiwatt 2x15 cab. Since then I have used Acoustic, Peavey and Trace. IMHO the Ashdown beats all of these.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:33 am

agreed

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:37 am

What do you guys think of the Ashdown Mag series?

highway_star · Post by **highway_star** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:07 am

The MAG cabinets seem to be okay, but the heads sound dull to me. The British-made MAG heads are quite nice, though.

owl · Post by **owl** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:54 am

I've been using Ashdown gear for nearly 4 years. Initially an ABM300, then an ABM500 which I still have. My cabs are Ashdown mini 1x15" and a 4x8" which although very compact are very loud and punchy and I can fit both in the boot - that's a "trunk" for colonial friends! - of my car.

The amps are very versatile - as well as my 4003 I regularly use 3 other basses and I can dial in an eq for each one and go with minimal tweaking.

The only minor fault I can think of is that the head could do with some on/off LEDs for the various functions but otherwise they're the dogs ********!

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:58 am

And the dog's ******** are good? Hehehehe . . .

Actually, just wondering; do any of the Ashdown combos or amp heads have headphone jacks? It seems pretty much IMPOSSIBLE to find anything that I can plug headphones into, other than like $80 10 watt practice amps.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:37 pm

I thought ******** was bought out by Federated/
Mervyn's...