Sparky Mark

It's not just about the centre frequency of the EQ controls, it's also how much the frequencies either side of the centre are affected. Looking at the frequency curve of the LM3 low EQ shows it also boosts and cuts quite a broad range of frequencies.

Can these cabs be used together and get equal power to each of the individual 10" speakers? The 410 is available as an 8 or 2 ohm variant and the 210 is switchable between 4 or 12 ohms. Does an 8 ohm 410 plus 12 ohm 210 split the power equally?

The TTE have a different pre amp section which some users report as not giving them control over the low end as well as the LM2 or LM3 one.

I'm a Markbass fan and would recommend you find a LM2 or a pre 2012 LM3 or SA450. These are class AB power amps which have a certain fullness to their tone that the later class D don't.

Never had a fuse blow on any amp.

I have owned both ABM and MAG Ashdowns. The MAG differ in the pre amp stage being solid state only 5 band EQ with bright and deep switches. Both have compressor and sub harmonics. The MAG didn't have the much mis-used pre shape button which I think is responsible for some players thinking Ashdowns are wooly without definition. I actually preferred the clearer punchier MAG600 over the ABM until the latest ABM600 evo iv came along. The MAG heads can be found secondhand for next to nothing and the 600 is very powerful.

I found the concentric EQ pots far too small/fiddly and close together to adjust on the fly. Sounded good but did switch to protect mode at one (its last) gig.

I'm amazed and disappointed that no one from Ashdown has added a public apology (or an explanation of how their customer service process allowed this to develop) to this thread. They are present on BC aren't they?

Bareknuckle may be able to rewind your original to your taste.

That's an excellent small rig and if you already have it lined up for a good price then go for it. You can always add another NY121P cab later if you desire and have a rig capable of almost any reasonable gig. I only experienced a problem with my F500 when I used it to drive a pair of less efficient cabs very loud.

The NY121P is a small single twelve cab and won't do large gigs. A pair is a different matter but one on its own will struggle in my experience. Unless size is your most important factor I would recommend the larger single twelve cabs from Markbass as they will go deeper and sound bigger. As for Markbass heads once again unless you have to have the smallest I wouldn't choose either F1 or F500 which employed Markbass first generation 500 watt class D power amp. When I owned one it was no where near as powerful as my class AB LM3. The later 500 watt class D amp is in the LM3 and Big Bang heads and probably all the other 500 watt Markbass heads and is better than the first generation in my experience.

I had a Laney Pro Bass head back in the 90's with graphic and other whistles, but it was pretty unremarkable and so was I probably. I was also unimpressed by my trace elliot smx 350 rig which shows how little I knew. The first rig I was blown away by at another band's gig was a Warwick Thumb into a Hartke AH3500 with 410XL and 115XL. I sold my SMX rig and about 10 basses to get that set up and gigged it happliy for many years until this forum introduced me to GAS. I should give my lawyer a call!