Ashdown ABM series amps

[essexbasscat]

Hi all

Curious about the history of the British made Ashdown ABM series amps. Does anyone know the years of manufacture and changes between EVO, EVO II, EVO III?

Were the circuit boards, power stages, EQ stages etc substantially changed between models ?

Of course there's the ABM 300, 500, any more ?

There was also the period of course that Ashdown made the white- faced Euphonic Audio amps. I understand that the power stage of these amps is basically the same as the early ABM EVO amps. Does anyone know more about this ?

Thanks in advance for any replies

Cheers

T

Edited June 29, 2012 by essexbasscat

[stingrayPete1977]

My EVO II 300 watt 1x10 combo which was all UK built was bought new by me from sound control (i think it was that then?) in Birmingham in around 2002-3 I think. So the EVO 1 must be before that. I was lead to believe that much of the amps were something to do with the then down and out Trace Elliot?

Edited June 29, 2012 by stingrayPete1977

[essexbasscat]

That's interesting Pete, didn't know about the Trace connection. Perhaps someone will shed some light on that ?

[stingrayPete1977]

I think it was something to do with the design team from Trace? If you look at an old Trace then compare it back you can see the connection as they are actually quite similar in their operation but with the low-mid-treble as knobs rather than the all slider EQ on a Trace head, very similar size too.

[bartelby]

From Wiki
The company was founded in 1997 by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Gooday&action=edit&redlink=1"]Mark Gooday[/url], a chief engineer and manager at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace_Elliot"]Trace Elliot[/url] during their glory years.

[stingrayPete1977]

There you go then, maybe I'm not completely full of sh*t then, just mostly!

[RandomBass]

Look up Clive Button: he designed them. He's got his own web site which gives an interesting run down of the time.

[essexbasscat]

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Look up Clive Button: he designed them. He's got his own web site which gives an interesting run down of the time.
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Thanks will do

[RandomBass]

I also remember finding something like a fansite which had long lists of the various Ashdown models, with pictures, dates etc.
Cannot for the life of me remember its name though, sorry.
A bit of Googling should do the trick lol

[essexbasscat]

I looked up Clive Button's site. Read a bit like the highlights from his CV, also listing amps he designed, but not mcu detail beyond that. I've sent an e-mail to Ashdown at Chelmsford asking if they keep info about the history details etc of the ABM series and associated models.

I'll report back with updates