Merton

Hello! Any owners of the glorious Ashdown CTM100 ever changed the output valves? I picked one up for a ridiculous price on eBay but one the power valves has gone and the other is running quite “hot” according to the built-in bias meter. I’ll probably send it to Ashdown for a complete health check but might do so with my choice of output valve... looking at the Genalex Golden Lion reissue probably. Any thoughts?

Gorgeous- I’m very jealous!

Ignore me, found it. Can’t go

Ah cheers fella! I’ve actually just managed to sort this now though so all good. Sidetrack - when and where is the SE Bash? I’ve missed the thread!!

One of the best looking basses I’ve ever seen. Apart from mine obvs 🤓

I won this 😁 Just trying to sort logistics for collection... see

There’s definitely a clue in his name, isn’t there 🤣

I just snagged an amp on eBay (whoops) which is collection only from Camden. It’s now getting a bit complicated finding a convenient time for me to collect which works for both of us so I was wondering if anyone is around that area, but also travels south of the river, who would be able to collect on my behalf? Or vice Verda, someone this side of the river who goes near Camden... Bit out there as an idea but thought I’d ask EDIT: just a thought, if someone was able to collect from the seller during the week I can collect next Sunday (13th). It’s just that the seller isn’t around then hence the complication 😳

Glad the rig works for you, sorry about the pain! The Elf/One10 set up is very cool, I found I ran out of headroom for my needs though so ended up back with my beloved Ashdown RM head. Doesn’t stop the self being astonishingly good

Definitely not legit then. Shame 😅

Ah but I bet she has some wonderful bass pedigree and is absolutely legitimate 😂

Whereabouts are your @Stevie H? I’m in East Surrey if you’re anywhere near and wanted to try out a Super Compact for size

Ditto

I’ve got a crazy idea to do this. Bass -> Tuner -> ABY pedal Chain 1 goes into my Little bastard and pair of One10s to run overdriven Chain 2 goes through my fx (chorus and octave), SansAmp (to go to PA) and then into Spyder550 or ABM and Super Compact One day I’ll have a reason to turn up with all this to a gig

Agreed - it makes it a bit tatty looking which isn’t what we want but the sound isn’t affected. I’ll probably wait for mine to get really bad then ask them to re-cover it with the new glue and tolex

Barefaced put a very very lengthy post on Facebook a few months ago explaining in detail the issues they’ve had with the tolex and glue, and the lengths they’ve gone to to find a solution. They now believe they have one so most 2019-produced product should have different tolex and glue (I don’t know the exact time the production switch occurred though). Yes, it’s not the greatest thing in the world and yes very few other manufacturers have had such obvious cosmetic issues within such a short time from purchase, but let’s not forget that these guys built the company up from nothing ten years ago. It was a design diary on this very forum which lit the touchpaper for them, and they’ve had a very public learning curve to deal with. I for one am a proud Barefaced owner and user (including one cab with slightly shrinking tolex!) and find that it’s very very easy to sit back and criticise and overlook the great success they’ve had. We should try to remember that sometimes, especially as I suspect a lesser person than Alex (me, for example) would have given up a long time ago.

Blast.

@fretmeister whereabouts are you? You’d be welcome to borrow my Super Compact to give you a reasonable idea if you’re nearby

I’ve gigged my SC and a single One10 together a couple of times and really liked the results. I used my Ashdown ABM500 and Little Bastard heads. The One10 softens the mids of the SC I feel, it works very nicely as a pairing. I have to say I’ve been so impressed with the One10 pair that I am considering selling my SC. I would think 99% of my gigs will be covered with them, so the SC is a bit of a luxury. But it is also bloomin awesome in its own right and the different flavour it provides is also making me wonder if I should hold onto it...

Yep, two One10 cabs, powered by an Ashdown RM800 normally, or possibly an ABM500 or Spyder550

I have a One10 stack, powered by a variety of Ashdown heads. I did a function gig with it (plus PA support) and it was absolutely fine. This week d I’ll get to rehearse with it with my loud punk band, it’ll be interesting to see how it fares. I think with PA support I’d always have no issue with it, but if I’m providing the only source of bass I’d probably add my Super Compact into the mix too...