deanovw Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I just spotted this pic on Facebook. Reminds me of a Trace Elliot amp head. No bad thing. Quote
Roland Rock Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Quite nice styling, and interesting to see the return of slidey EQ. My feeling is that slidey EQ is seen as a bit dated/unfashionable, but I find it quite intuitive and useful. Edited January 8, 2015 by Roland Rock Quote
deanovw Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 Turns out that Retroglide is also the name of a Level 42 album...... Quote
BruceBass3901 Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 [quote name='deanovw' timestamp='1420713324' post='2652355'] Turns out that Retroglide is also the name of a Level 42 album...... [/quote] Indeed it is... Mark Gooday (owner of Ashdown) is a friend of Mark King's and has full permission to use the name, although it is not linked to Mark King or Level 42 in any way Quote
deanovw Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 [quote name='BruceBass3901' timestamp='1420713845' post='2652366'] Indeed it is... Mark Gooday (owner of Ashdown) is a friend of Mark King's and has full permission to use the name, although it is not linked to Mark King or Level 42 in any way [/quote] Cool, thank you for the info. I was on my own little nostalgia trip. Trace Elliot, Level 42, takes me back. Quote
charic Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Looks interesting... sounds like a type of lube Quote
BruceBass3901 Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 [quote name='charic' timestamp='1420715261' post='2652394'] Looks interesting... sounds like a type of lube [/quote] You mean string lube right? Quote
charic Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 [quote name='BruceBass3901' timestamp='1420715602' post='2652401'] You mean string lube right? [/quote] Smooooooooooth Quote
M-Bass-M Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 The Twitter account suggested that this was just one of many new products that Ashdown were looking to announce at NAMM later this month. Personally I'm mixed on it. On the one hand I love the flexibility offered by the 12 band graphic eq, but then on the other hand it will be a bit restrictive - you won't easily be able to change your eq settings on the fly. The old trace amps had eq presets that were footswitch controlled, plus some of the other lightweight amps also offer other tonal shaping functions, e.g. a tube-sim pre-amp blend. I'm guessing that the "800" refers to the wattage, and if it's anything like the rootmaster range, then it should be very reasonably priced. Meh, I'll watch this space! Quote
Alec Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 And, of course, rather reminiscent of the Status Graphite Retroglide King Bass released a few years back to celebrate 25 years of Level 42. I would have linked to the product page on the [url="http://www.status-graphite.com"]Status Graphite website[/url], but it's frames based and nigh on impossible. Back to the Ashdown Streamliner, I too thought we'd given up on graphics on amps? Quote
BruceBass3901 Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 According to Mark Gooday, RRP in the UK is £629 inc VAT Quote
Matt P Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 that's quite smart looking, personally i'd have preferred the eq from the superfly (graphic with lights and buttons rather than physical sliders,) it had loads of presets which could be midi-switched, it was only the power section that let it down (i used it DI'd in a studio once and got nothing but compliments on my tone) Matt Quote
Merton Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Another new amp is going to be the Rootmaster800, which looks pretty sweet. Same power section as this Retroglide I believe Quote
thodrik Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Looks like a redesign of the 'Tonal Emphasis' 500 and JJB heads. I am guessing that it is a lightweight version of those amps. Quote
Guest Jecklin Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Hmmmm I like the loom of that. Anyone know if there will be lower powered variants? Quote
fretmeister Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 [quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1420731598' post='2652743'] Hmmmm I like the loom of that. Anyone know if there will be lower powered variants? [/quote] 300W and no fan would be awesome. Quote
Guest Jecklin Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Loom??? I Meant look, whoops damn autopredict whatsit. Anything without a fan gets my vote fretmeister Quote
Kevin Dean Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I have the ABM 400RH It's a great amp , But I would of loved it to have a graphic instead of the EQ it has . Quote
Moos3h Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Ashdown keep trying to do mini amps, I keep wanting to like them and yet I keep being disappointed when it comes to trying them. Will give this one a go though as I'm a sucker for a decent graphic EQ Quote
JapanAxe Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I'd rather have 3 or 4 rotary tone controls (that's knobs to you), but it will be interesting to hear what the starting-point sound is. Quote
mazdah Posted January 9, 2015 Posted January 9, 2015 It's basically a preamp from Mark King 500 head, with class-d power amp. Mark wrote that it's not going to sound just like MK500 because of the lack of big transformer. Quote
basslife Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 I love the sound of the old Ashdown Amps. The sound of the newer ones are different! Quote
40hz Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 Is there a release timeframe on these yet? My Trace has died and this looks a perfect replacement. Quote
Merton Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 I think they will have some fairly soon. They certainly expect the Rootmaster 800 head to be ready mid Feb, and this uses the same power section Quote
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