jezzaboy Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 After Bridgehouse saves Rock n Roll with a Marshall, here is my own contribution. I sold my Rumble last year as we were mostly doing gigs with supplied backline, there is now some gigs on the horizon where we need to bring our own gear. So a good excuse to get something with a bit of oommph. As a long time Ashdown fan, I spotted this in GG so pulled the trigger. It`s an ABM 500 EVO 2 but I havent seen any heads this size. It is in what looks like an official Asdown head sleeve but all the heads I have seen are a good bit shorter without the vents at the ends. This style of head looks like the ones fitted to the EVO 2 combo. I might drop them a line and see if I can get any info. It looks like it has never been used and is almost mint and needless to say the wife had a bloomin fit when I plugged it into my ABM 2 x 10 cab and gave it a bit of welly. It`s heavy, large and I love it already! Just need the 8 x 10 now... The saviour of Rock N Roll part 2! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderpaws Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) Found this image of a C210 combo version. Maybe someone took the head out of a combo and had a sleeve made Edited January 6, 2019 by Thunderpaws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 5 hours ago, jezzaboy said: pulled the trigger. Yer a lousy shot cause I don't see any bullet holes 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 40 minutes ago, Thunderpaws said: Found this image of a C210 combo version. Maybe someone took the head out of a combo and had a sleeve made Good point. Thats the only pics I could find of that style of head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Looks like an ABM 500 in an ABM 900 case? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 That’s what I thought - maybe someone’s rubbed off part of the 9 to make it look like a 5....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grenadillabama Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 It is wide for sure ! I could dig one of those ABM 900 amps. They weigh at least 40 lbs. and have four fans ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) It’s not a 500 in a 900 case because there are extra air vents along the bottom of the 900 and it has four fans not two They did do some “wide boy” heads which were exactly as thought, basically the combo head in a head sleeve, is suspect it’s that. Very nice, gotta love an Ashdown 👍🏻 Edited January 6, 2019 by Merton 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Those 900s sound great, heard a band using one last month, no pedals or anything, the sound was really nice, full, warm, but not overbearing, just sat really nice in the mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenojo Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) I have a ABM Evo II 300 head I bought new around 2007, mines the normal size - but I remember at that time there were "wide" versions of the 300 too, just as Merton pointed out above. I think I've seen the Mag heads in a wide format as well - I reckon a lot of the chassis designed for the combos ended up as heads at the factory? Edited January 7, 2019 by owenojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashdown Engineering Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 06/01/2019 at 14:22, jezzaboy said: After Bridgehouse saves Rock n Roll with a Marshall, here is my own contribution. I sold my Rumble last year as we were mostly doing gigs with supplied backline, there is now some gigs on the horizon where we need to bring our own gear. So a good excuse to get something with a bit of oommph. As a long time Ashdown fan, I spotted this in GG so pulled the trigger. It`s an ABM 500 EVO 2 but I havent seen any heads this size. It is in what looks like an official Asdown head sleeve but all the heads I have seen are a good bit shorter without the vents at the ends. This style of head looks like the ones fitted to the EVO 2 combo. I might drop them a line and see if I can get any info. It looks like it has never been used and is almost mint and needless to say the wife had a bloomin fit when I plugged it into my ABM 2 x 10 cab and gave it a bit of welly. It`s heavy, large and I love it already! Just need the 8 x 10 now... The saviour of Rock N Roll part 2! Nice. Looks in great nick for a head that's in its 10th year. We did used to do the wideboy heads back in the day which was the combo head in a sleeve when the regular head chassis were unavailable... Essentially exactly the same as the regular sized head would have been but with the benefit of extra venting which equals slightly better air flow and therefore cooling. Nice find! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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