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youll have to give it a try yourself mate when they come out. i think youll see a lot of the big artists using them in time to come. especially the artists who already use the evoiii 500/900.

does anyone here do this? to me it sounds better- dont know if its just the huge increase in db but it sounds clearer to me. not sure on the damages either to the amp by doing this?

yeh. not as versatile as the evoiii preamp though. depends want you want i guess.

what do they call the those ones again?

well to be honest you have to put it into perspective is it worth 3 times the price of my mag evoiii 500. i dont know. its definatley more punchy and clean but 1500quid is a lot of dosh on a head. your nearly knocking on messa's door. and they are the best heads ive ever played. ill probaby be going back there soon anyway so next time ill spend more time on it. i didnt know too much about it a few months ago but the guys at ashdown said here try this head it will be comming out in a few months. i was only plugged into it for 3mins or so. but since then ive had the abm evoiii which i love

ive used this bta amp at ashdowns headquaters about 3months ago when it was stil in production. it weighs a ton sounds great and looks the tits. end of.

cheers mate. yeh the head sounds lovely. i used to have a peavey which i swore i would never change, but this head convinced me otherwise

yeh the carpet is wicked isnit!! i no i no the pics take 1 minute to load on my interent connection aswel when you click on them. sorry worth the wait though aye

yeh i do a lot of printing so i take them in large format. sorry!! glad you like it. to be hojnest i dont really polish the chrome very often, its a bugger to keep clean.

took the camera to my studio today and took some pics of my rig. enjoy! ive got: ashdown 500abm evo III rackmount head peavey 410 tvx cab. ibanez ltd edition sr20th. pedals inc: compressor, chorus, synth, phaser, blowtourch, ibanez distortion/overdrive, tuner. samson pro power conditioner on its way.

its cheaper than buying a new power station i know that!!!

ok i have a powerbank which runs all my pedals. bought the mxr blowtourch this week. been running it through the powerbank. then today realised it needs an 18v power supply. ?? why does it need this? my current one seemed to run it fine!

ermm i would say intermediate level really. ive been playing for years but i wouldnt say i was advanced. im in the southeast essex area.

anyone teach around this area? ive been looking for a while. havent found any.

UPDATED LIST: 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, Wal Pro2e, BC Rich Eagle, Fender Jazz V Deluxe, plus my recently acquired Eden Metro Rig 02. Merton: Status Retroactive, Mikey's Singlecut Fanned-Fret Prototype, LH500 and Barefaced Vintage 03. OBBM: StRay5, MB F1, UL212, something else. 04. Hamster: BFM Omni15 tallboy, Barefaced Compact, Fender P with Thumper & Villex PTB 05. Alex Claber: '87 Warwick Streamer, RIM Custom 5 with 36" scale and Q-Tuners, Avalon U5/QSC PLX3002, GB Shuttle 6.0, Barefaced Compact, Big One, Midget, Midget T, maybe Big Baby. 06. Johnnylager: Spector Euro 4LX, KSD Jazz, LH-1000, Barefaced Big Juan, DHA Custom Shop VT2-Twin-EQ-Bass with Tech Tube valves & whatever other effects I have at the time. 07. Happy Jack: Lightwave Sabre VL, Hofner 500/1 (1964), Hofner 500/5 (1959), PJB Bass Buddy + headphones. 08. MacDaddy. Custom Shuker (hopefully!) and possibly Hamer Blitz or Iceni Zoot. 09. Stingrayfan: G&L Tribute L2000, Yamaha BB614, Westone Thunder 1A, Hartke LH500, Warwick 4x10 10. Chris B 11. Cetera: Pre-Kramer Spector NS-2, Wal Mk1 Fretless, Fender/AllParts 70's Jazz, Tech21 Landmark600, GenzBenzNEOX212T 12. Andyonbass. ACG Recurve, ACG J-Type, Pair of BFM Omni 10.5's 13. Waynepunkdude Fender Jazz, SX P Bass, DHA-DI-EQ & Ampeg SVT 5 Pro 14. Jakesbass Alembic MK5 Deluxe, German Blockless Wonder 1880 Double Bass (and the '78 Jazz if anyone wanted a go) 15. 51m0n (& Plux if he's not gigging): Bergantino AE410, MarkBass sa450, Focusrite Compounder, Roscoe Century Std V, (If Plux isnt gigging) Berg HT210, HT115, Hartke LH500 16. Floyd Pepper - Markbass LMK, Bergantino HT112 & EX112, Stingray '91 2eq, Lakland DJ4, Stagg EDB, Epiphone Jack Casady and a Fender '54 RI Precision 17. davidmpires - Markbass F1, Barefaced Compact, Spector Euro LX 5, T-Bass by Status 18. peted - Warwick Thumb BO 4, Hartke HA3500, BFM Omni 10, Aphex Bass Xciter, Shuker Singlecut 6 fanned fret (if it's ready by then, but I'm not holding my breath) 19. Platypus - Alleva Coppolo Jazz 5, Celinder Jazz 4 fretless, Tecamp Puma 1000 + a cab of some sort. 20. Prosebass - Current Builds at the time, Hofner S7B, Laptop , sequencing software , + amp and cab 21. Monz - Stingray 5 (la bella flats) Matamp GT200, Simms-Watt PA 100, Matamp 8x10 + Whatever else I have bought buy then 22. Alien - Schecter Stiletto 4, Peavey Grind 6, Hartke HA7000, Alien Audio 2x10 + other toys. 23. EssentialTension: Lakland Skyline Decade, Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision (and who knows what else) 24. silddx - Warwick Corvette $$ 4, Warwick Corvette Standard Ash active fretless 4, POD X3 Live, (I am praying I won't have it by then, but I will bring the Kopo Lina fretless 4 if I do!) 25. Phil_the_bassist: MMSR5 w/JE preamp, Sandberg Cali JM, Steinberger synapse5 w/ extra pup, various fuzz pedals and envelope filters, whatever amp I happen to own by then. 26. Stingray5 - My StingRay5, StingRay fretless and Tune TWB-6 plus any other basses in my signature pic if people let me know. I also have an Aria AMB-50B acoustic bass if anyone fancies a go? Could also bring my GT6-B. Plus ('cos it's small) a BLX-80 combo. And some cans...? 27. Urb - 1 x Sei 5 String Single Cut - 1 x Sei 4 string Jazz bass - EBS and Boss pedals 28. dave.c - Spector Rebop 4DLX EX, Spector NS2000-4, Gibson SGZ,Hartke LH500, Hartke Hydrive 410 29. WalMan - Wal Pro1/Custom conversion, G&L L2500 US, MarkBass CMD121H, Epifani 1x12 (not the neo one but I can't remember the initials just at the mo), Bass Pod xT Pro, Marshall SuperBass 100 head 30. Bottle - Ibanez ATK-305NT, Gallien-Krueger MB2-500, EBS Pro-line 4x10 31. Nancy Johnson (Paul) - Waterstone TP-12 Tom Petersson 12-String bass. Tech 21 Landmark 300/Ashdown MAG 4x10/Ashdown MAG 1x15 32. Beedster: Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender..and Markbass! 33. Moos3h 34. pete.young: Burman Pro 4000 and a Dean Bromberg B2, which has an unusual Piezo bridge pickup 35. coasterbass: Mesa 1x15 RR, Mesa 4x10, Ampeg SVP and Eden WP100 preamps 36. sixshooter: 55P bass Sonic Blue Relic, 59P bass original Sunburst, 59P bass Custom Shop relic Mary Kaye, 79P bass original but upgraded Black, Modulus 6 Oteil Burbridger 37. Jean Luc Pickguard: couple of Ashborys, an NS-design CR5M & danelectro longhorn 38. Deaver: El Maya or the Prosebass Humbucker Fretless 39. Jack London: GK1001RBII and Simnett 40. ped: Vigier S2 fretted/S3 fretless, Roland Vbass, SWR 4x8/1x15, noname 1u poweramp if it doesn't explode beforehand, phone, keys, wallet 41. bythesea: Overwater Perception 5 42. Walbassist: Wal Mk III (spalted maple) fretted 5, Rick Turner Renaissance Bass fretted 5, Veillette Archtop Bass fretless 5, Brook Otter fretted 5 ABG 43. dannybuoy: Peavey T-40 & pedalboard 44. bassace: double bass 45. barneyG42: Status Series1, and possibly me Hartke 3500 46. Johngh: Fender MIJ Jazz 75 reissue. Shuker Headless 6er and Status S2 Classic 6er headless. 47. Clarky: Shuker JJ Burnel and Mesa Walkabout 48. Stylon Pilson: £10, a Hartke LH500 and a Barefaced Compact. And probably a fretless Aria Sinsonido 49. Xzantes: Conklin Groove tools 7 string fretless 50. sdgrsr400: Lākland Skyline 55-02 Deluxe, Glockenklang Soul II, Acme B2-ii 51.woolz: ABM ashdown evoIII 575w head, peavey cab. ibanez sr20th, few pedals. Workshops update: 1. Alex Claber - Barefaced Bass workshop, looking also at acoustics and psycho-acoustics 2. Jakesbass - taster session along the lines of 'what is needed to be a pro player' 3. Ped - V-Bass introduction and severely cack-handed demo

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='568160' date='Aug 13 2009, 04:47 PM']Just an idea: I don't know if there are many players going that don't already do their own setups, but If anyone wants a free setup on their own bass while learning how to do it as a one to one tutorial including trussrod tweaking, bridge & pickup adjustments and possibly neck shim, I'm happy to do that - maybe we could have a setup bar if there's much demand & anyone else wants to throw their hat into the ring?[/quote] that would be great for me! i could do with some setup help on my ibanez! great stuff .

count me in! ill try and bring my ashdown evo111 575w head with peavey cab. ibanez sr20th bass and a few pedals.

to be honest mate, its soo versitle you can make it how you want it to sound. blues through to metal its capiable of it all. i set it so it gives me a thump in the low end but enough twag in the top end. you really can boost the bass or treble depending on what you want. i love it .

can you not turn up without equipment then?

i would love to come! do you have to bring all your gear or can you just come along?> dont quite understand what the day involves. do you turn up and try out eachothers rigs ?