JJMacL Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 Not what I'm looking for ... but someone pointed it out to me and so I thought I'd pass it on. Thoman have a deal on these going for £208 new - that's saving about £350. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ashdown_little_giant_1000.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/ashdown_little_giant_1000.htm[/url] Hope it's ok to share that.
discreet Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 Good God, that's [s]cheap[/s] affordable! It's certainly a hell of a lot of bang for your buck, isn't it? Trouble is, I've read so many reviews about reliability issues I don't think I would be happy with one... mind you at that price it would be worth picking one up as a backup... And thinking about it, it's actually 2 X 500W amps at 4 ohms as opposed to 1 X 1000W watt amp isn't it, so if you used one side of it and it went tits-up I suppose you could use the other side..? Interesting though, thanks for posting JJ.
JJMacL Posted February 11, 2012 Author Posted February 11, 2012 Discreet, Exactly. Stick it in a bag and it's an easy to carry spare. Might not be out of this world - but sounds better than nothing! It's a big discount so I'm guessing they're discontinued?
discreet Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 (edited) They're not currently featured on the Ashdown site. I'm guessing there's a fair bit of stock about as I don't think they sold particularly well. The EQ was unpopular as was the fact you needed 2 X 4 ohm cabs to get full power out of it. Plus the unreliability issues. My view is it didn't sell because it had a picture of some bloke in his underpants on the front. . Edited February 11, 2012 by discreet
solo4652 Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Even cheaper (£192) if you buy B-stock: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ashdown_little_giant_1000_b_stock.htm?sid=c9ff8bc4e2fc5168277ef7bee468a39c"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/ashdown_little_giant_1000_b_stock.htm?sid=c9ff8bc4e2fc5168277ef7bee468a39c[/url]
craigcapener Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Madness! That's seriously cheap, what sort of issues have people had with these? This looks like the perfect sort of option for me as I want to downsize as it is and have two 4ohm cabs..
MB1 Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 . My view is it didn't sell because it had a picture of some bloke in his underpants on the front. . MB1. David Beckham?
thumperbob 2002 Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Had no problems with mine. Absolutely fine budget amp. Used it on loads of gigs powering 2 x4 ohm cabs or 1 cab or just as a backup. I've used this powering subs too. Pre amp section a bit weak but c'mon these are great value!!
discreet Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 [quote name='thumperbob 2002' timestamp='1329064321' post='1536660'] Pre amp section a bit weak but c'mon these are great value!! [/quote] And at this price you could always get a BDI-21 for thirty quid and use that as a pre.
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