Ashdown ABM500EVO or ABM500EVOII or III

[risk1]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hello to all of you,[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]My name is Igor, just joined BC in monday.[/font][/color] I friendly ask if somebody could be so nice and help me..[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]. [/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]first question: about head Ashdown ABM500 EVO.... [/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I would like to buy it, but I would like to have »made in England/UK«... my question is when it ended production of ABM500 in England (year, maybe serial number from-to) and differences with new ABM500EVOII or III, which are made in China – what's the quality compared with »made in England/UK«....[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]second or third question(:-)): may I ask if anybody knows or has owned or is ready to help me to find ABM500EVO (made in UK) for me and for how much money?[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Thanx for your answer and kindness,[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Best regards, Igor[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]p.s.: [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I apologize for my bad english....[/font][/color]

[RandomBass]

Firstly, welcome to this forum Igor. Secondly, don't apologise for your English - it's very good, and possibly better than some native speakers here!
I have an ABM500 evo 3 which i bought just under a year ago. It is UK made - not sure how that helps with your timeline though..
And they are very good amps indeed.
Cheers
Geoff

[BluRay]

Hi Igor

I think most evoiii's are Chinese built these days - but ashdown tend to put stickers on that say "designed and engineered" in the UK - which confuses the issue. However, I don't think there are any significant differences. I'm very happy with mine.

If you specifically want a UK made one, and ideally new / evoiii, then try and find a "Black edition" (same amp but with cool black design). This was a special edition of Evoiii that the Ashdown website confirmed were made in the UK
[url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/news.asp?thedate=2010&news=&ID=351"]http://www.ashdownmusic.com/news.asp?thedate=2010&news=&ID=351[/url]

There's one here - but you'd want to check availability as only 40 were made
[url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Ashdown-ABM500-EVO-III-Bass-Amp-Head-Black-Limited-Edition/EAX"]http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Ashdown-ABM500-EVO-III-Bass-Amp-Head-Black-Limited-Edition/EAX[/url]

Good luck

[Protium]

Mine was one of the last made in UK, December 2005, confirmed by Ashdown and a sticker that says "Made in the UK by Ashdown"

You can work out date from the serial number: 0000-MMYY

[4000]

I have an old ABM500, pre-EVO. I recently used an new (ish?) ABM combo in low light conditions (and close vision with contacts is now pretty bad) and had a nightmare in that similarly placed push buttons did different things to those on my head and I couldn't see what they said. Not fun!