Ashdown CTM-100

[0175westwood29]

hi all

well earlier this month i got myself the ctm-15 as a home a maybe a little amp for the studio, well i feel in love so much that i decided to get the big brother for my main rig,

so i now have the ctm-100, first things first the finish is awesome, very well put together, nothing feels cheap to me.

first thing i wanted to do was run it into my 810t mag cabinet, ill admit going from a 1000w bass terror i was a little scared about only having 100w of power, but i really had no need to be, this amp is loud! and has a nice warm sound lots of bottom end but its stays fairly clean but starts developing a bit of pre amp grind pretty early as you raise the gain, but id still say that most would have this a clean sound no trouble.

as you get up into bringing the master up the grind turns into a really thick creamy overdrive, now this is where i would say that if you are in a very loud band and you want more cleanish headroom then the 300 is more for you, as i use dirt ontop of the amps grind thats not a problem for me.

and on that note it takes effects really well! there is an effects loop if unlike me you use delays etc and its conveniently on the front of the amp no fumbling round the back to plug things in, but the amp responds really well to having a boost into it to drive it over the edge and also to my ears was very happy with fuzz and distortion.

heres a few photos also have made a few videos showing of how it sounds driving the amp and also of my pedalboard which show how it handles the above effects

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTnrmKPAHj4&list=UU2nph-mPlvZFfBPyj1ADc3Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUMx-foXvLI&index=2&list=UU2nph-mPlvZFfBPyj1ADc3Q

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I’m now gigging the CTM100 head in our rock band 

 

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