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Should be ok then - I wouldn't (personally) gig it though.

So bi-amping with your MAG basically ? Personally I wouldn't do it - you're still sending a bass signal to the guitar amp which wasn't built to handle the lows (could easily rip the speaker cones at decent volumes).

I like the BBs but that looks horrid to me. It's like someone drunkenly played around in photoshop and then decided to put it into production too.

Yep they've had a compressor added, along with the Electric Blue range. Ashdown initially did this same thing a year ago but seemed to drop it for a (I assume) a QC issue. Looks like they've cleared it up now.

White perloid would look good there !

Welcome back. What's with the kisses !?

Hah ! I played that very bass 6 weeks ago. Beautiful instrument and you will be happy with it.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='141977' date='Feb 17 2008, 04:59 PM']Hmm... we'll see. By the way, what's going on with Ashdown's designs at the mo? A lot of the new stuff they're putting out looks awful...[/quote] It is a bit strange. They seem to be veering off-tangent from the typical head/cab designs we're all used to. Props for originality - but I don't think I'd ever choose a lime green / bright orange head.

[url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/section.asp?section=labs"]http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/section.asp?section=labs[/url] Just spotted these on their site... they kept them quiet !

I'll wait till it's in the shops in a week or so .

I'd love to do a review for you Dave, the VTX-400 would probably suit me best. I'm not in a buying position at the moment but it would be a bit of an insight for people who are. Let me know if you're interested. Matt

Yep.. a bit like a Fender Squier.

All StingRays are active, SUBs can be either.

[url="http://www.stringbusters.com"]http://www.stringbusters.com[/url] are cheapest for me.

I like them - have got some chromes (50-105) on my Jazz at the moment and usually put XLs (45-105) on the StingRay. I used to use Prosteels all the time but did find them quite coarse on the fingers plus they seemed to not have the same life that the XLs do.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASHDOWN-ABM-500-WATT-BASS-AMPLIFIER_W0QQitemZ140206584694QQihZ004QQcategoryZ58719QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASHDOWN-ABM-500-WATT...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Cheap as chips when you can knock up a surround for it pretty cheaply.

The newer ones are riveted on so it isn't as easy.

It's always the same - a great solo sound rarely fits into a band. It's sometimes the case that a bad solo sound somehow just works in the full mix.. I pretty much do what David Nimrod does - my EQ is basically flat, but I boost high mids / treble about half way to full with my StingRay and leave it flat for the Jazz.