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Great bass. Had its twin. Mine sounded really deep and dark. Should have kept it but GAS always gets the better of me!

That is a shame really. Bit flippant saying I hoped they'd gone. I'm sure the staff here had/have something to do with Blackburns employment policy. There's loads of apprenticeships. There was one job recently advertised on the council website for an apprentice ice cream server? It's boomtown really!

Have they gone into administration? Hope so. Normally I'd be bothered about people's jobs but every time I'd been to my local branch everyone appeared to be brain dead when it came to anything remotely electronic. 😂

Maplins looking for a speaker lead. They had a few different shortish leads all packaged but none specified what they were actually for. Me - is this a speaker or guitar lead Shop - they're all the same anyway (6 foot gorilla talking) Me - (five foot five in a don't fosters me about tone) No they are not! Shop - (now sheepish) well, I know they aren't really but it will do Me - (sound of my footsteps heading towards the door) I don't know if all Maplins are the same but ours has to be the worst place for advice. Never mind the prices!

If it was a bit warmer up here I'd volunteer! I'm only about 5 miles away!

It's out of warranty. The price is very good and I think I'll go for it. I don't think I can be bothered with all the hassle of complaint procedures etc either. It's just a bit depressing that another company seems to have made an error and the consumer has to pay for it. According to the phone call today, that's what happened with the Mibass production. It all seems pretty plain to me - they fitted the wrong driver in some of the units... Even though it states 250w on the driver, he then said more or less take that with a pinch of salt and went on to say it was a 250/500w. Not 500 peak but another Chinese used measurement which I've now forgotten the name. After a while it basically meant it was half of 500 anyway! It seems nobody wants to talk RMS now and fudge around with other figures. The fact that it was 4ohm and not suitable was more of less rejected. For the cost of the replacement, although fekin annoying, it's not worth raising my already high blood pressure any more! The moral of the story is - If buying a Mibass combo, always take a philips screwdriver with you!

Ashdowns email reply following the phone call. Hi Duncan Here is my suggestion to sort out your dilemma Remove the speaker from the extension cabinet and fit it into the combo, this will give you a 10” Mibass combo at 8 ohms with the full range driver. Purchase an eminence beta 10” 250/500 watt driver and fit it into the extension cabinet, this will then get you back to the required 4 ohms when used with the combo. We can supply this speaker for 29.95 + shipping at 5.30 and vat. As I said to you on the phone this is at cost price to help you out of the situation you have found yourself in. Please let me know if you wish to proceed. I don't think anyone is actually listening to what I've said. Or, I've been fobbed off!!!

Spoke with Ashdown today. Lots of facts and figures but the upshot is - They say it is the right speaker? Apparently, the first lot had no extension capability as they made it as a standalone with the 4ohm. Then it became apparent that customers wanted an extension and so they added an output and started producing the Mibass extension cabs. I believe this is where the problem has arisen. If what they say is right, then my combo should not then have a 4ohm, it's been fitted in error. The head has an extension out and then should be 8ohm. Still they say it's the right driver. So, they've offered me an Emminence Beta 10 250w 8ohm for about £30 plus vat, plus shipping. I've swapped drivers from the extension to the combo as they are exactly the same apart from the ohms. Looks like, either buy another driver or sell the cab then...

Exactly! The combo has an incompatible driver that it was fitted with originally. I can't see Ashdown deliberately selling the combo with this particular driver but on a few forums (including BC) some owners found that some were shipped with the wrong drivers. I just need someone from Ashdown to agree that it was a mistake on their behalf and be kind enough to rectify it.

if compatible, I had planned to use the combo with the 8ohm extension speaker. As the combo has a 4ohm native driver, I cannot use an a extension cab without changing the native driver to an 8ohm. The amp on its own could run any 4ohm or 8ohm cab/cabs but that's not what I wanted to do. I have another 2 Ashdown 8ohm cabs I could use with the head but wanted to have a compact and lightweight rig. Seems odd that Ashdown would put a 250w 4ohm driver into this combo? The configurations just don't work.

Thanks for the advice lads. I've emailed them and if, I get no joy with their reply, I'll give them a call. Never a dull moment in the "Bass" world! 😐

I've done a bit of research and it seems some were sent out in error. There's a few posts round Talkbass etc and from what I've read Ashdown were at a loss as to why some were shipped with a 250w 4ohm driver. Some posts have said that Ashdown did send a replacement. It was advertised as a combo that can be used with an extension from what I've read.

Ashdown have sent a reply to my question to them - - Q) Why was the combo ever shipped with a 250w 4ohm driver? I can't get full power from the combo as a standalone and I can't use an extension to get it. Please advise. Ashdowns reply from Guy Morel - A) You are still getting the full power out of the amp.. It only means you cannot use an extension cabinet with it.. Have Ashdown just fobbed me off or am I missing something? I've replied again saying its a 250w driver so how can I use it to its full potential etc but am awaiting reply. He also seems to imply that I can get 400w rms through a 250w driver without causing damage to it too? Whatever he is saying, it sounds to me like I'm being fobbed off!

I bought an Ashdown cab from John, great comms, arrived when it should have, well packaged and as described. Nice fella too. What more could you want? Deal with confidence. Thanks again John. Cheers Dunc

Now then, I have a serialiser box made by OBBM. I'll message him and ask if that will do the trick! Thanks!

Thanks for that. I've emailed them and explained the problem. Hopefully, they will be kind enough to rectify their mistake.

It's the matching cab for the combo. Mibass 10" 250W 8ohm.

You are right, I can't use the extension. I could use the head alone with the extension but that puts me in my original position... no extension.

Unfortunately, the extension is secondhand and therefore can't go back. I've put the combo up for sale a couple of times but withdrawn it when I came to my senses! I'd just like the extra cab going to push a bit more air.

I have the above 10" combo. Great little thing, sounds great, loud and has served me well. I've just bought an extension Mibass 8ohm 250w cab to run with it. Whilst the extension was on its way, I did a bit of reading up. Turns out according to what other owners say about their contact with Ashdown that, some of the combo units were shipped with 250w 4ohm drivers instead of the correct 8ohm. Sure enough, I've checked mine and it's 4ohm! So now I can't use the extension for the purpose I bought it and there is also the fact that I'm running a 400w head into a single 10" 250w driver at 4ohm. It has served me well but I'm now feeling a bit reluctant to carry on using the combo in case I blow the driver. Either way, it looks like I'm knackered! I've emailed Ashdown and they confirmed that some had 4ohm. I cant understand why the unit was ever shipped with this driver in the first place?

A MacBook would be great for him but they are expensive, especially if you are buying new. I'm using a Mac Mini and it's very good but portability has already become an issue for me so, I would imagine portability would be a must for a student. I don't know how responsible your son is but I know my lad and he breaks everything portable! His room is full of smashed Apple products. If I was buying for mine he would definitely get a refurb or secondhand with some sort of warranty. There's always new for old on the house insurance too! Whatever you decide to get, try and get as much RAM as possible for your budget. Saw some Logic X licences from old machines on eBay for a tenner recently. They may be worth looking at but I'd do some investigation first. Good luck!