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Yep, that’s a good rig choice, CMD121 & NY121

Is made by a company other than Fender (or Squier) if so very unlikely I’ll buy it.

There`s a dedicated Ashdown ABM600 thread, Dave. As a proud ABM600 owner I`ll heartily recommend them, best amp I`ve ever had.

I’d say the ABM600 puts out 300ish watts at 8ohms, but having had that exact same rig it’s plenty loud enough - for bigger gigs I added in an ABM210 but it wasn’t really needed, more of a luxury which looked nice (and it did sound good too, of course).

Cheers Rob, I often have to swap the foam, this is an excellent solution

I used the 410 version on a tour a few years back and it was great. My rig at the time was similar, ABM600 with ABM410 & 210. The SVT410HLF with my amp head was pretty similar for volume settings so can only assume the 610 will more than match up. I have read that the HLFs are just bottom end flub but that wasn’t my experience, I had a twangy driven sound and it was fine, didn’t even change my eq.

Mono M80 or Vertigo. I use the M80 as the straps can be folded away, but they are pretty rucksack like on both of them.

For what you`re looking at using the cab for I`d be tempted by these PRICE DROOP Two Ashdown RM210T cabs £100 each Diss - Amps and Cabs For Sale - Basschat

I had the RM414 (the 4ohm 410) was plenty loud, and much lighter weight, around 50lbs thereabouts, would be ideal for the requirements.

It’s amazing the difference it makes getting the gain set so the VU meter is pushed into the red on the loudest notes. Sure it can be set by ears but having a visual really helps, brings the amp to another level imo.

Well done Sir!

I found the same with the sound on my one, Mark, and when I sold an amp to @Cosmo Valdemar he brought his Classic 50s Precision with him and it was the same with his one too. I reckon you might be right, that extra amount of maple neck could well be a contributing factor.

A mate of mine has one of those combos, and the full stack as well. Great sounding setup, even on the clean channel when pushed it sounded amazing.

We had to cancel our gig last night, a poorly singer projectile ejecting from both ends.

Nice, I had one of these years ago and the wide but shallow neck I found quite easy to adapt to. It also had a really nice snarl/bark to it.

I was like that with Chinese Democracy by Guns N Roses, once I got it into my head that it wasn’t G’N’R from the past I actually quite lived it and could appreciate it for what it is.

For me it’s a good thing to do if it’s to match the singers range - a good example of this was in The Dirt, the band started Live Wire in regular tuning and the Vince wasn’t getting it, so they detuned to D and suddenly it was there. But I’ve found that in the songs which I play with a low D even the higher notes on that string just sound wrong to me. One gig I did the singer had throat issues so we dropped to Eb, and I found it horrible, just couldn’t get the pitch right in my head.

My number one is my black/black/maple 2015 US Standard Precision. I’ve done a lot with that bass, bought it new, and it’s my all time fave. If/when the time comes that I’m down to one bass only it will be that one, unless things are seriously bad I’ll never sell it.

Point it at the guitarist and ask if he wants some….. Seriously though, congrats, that’s a killer rig. I’ve found Marshall valve amps to be very thick sounding so depending on your needs I’d say cut on the eq rather than boost whilst getting there.

On the shared rig circuit it`s always nice if you can get your sound quickly if using an unfamiliar amp, that`s when a preamp pedal becomes invaluable imo, as well as in cases of amp failure of course. I get a sound that works for the band from my amp then find whichever pedal will replicate it close enough, so I can always get "me" quickly and through FOH easily.