Accidental Ashdown Experience

[stewblack]

8 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

You mean the knob that determines how much of the signal goes through the ECC83 valve? Yes, it does give a good tube like facsimile for some reason!

Someone else has pointed this out to me farther up the thread. Explains why I was so blown away by how authentic a 'facsimile' it was. 

What still surprises me is there's no fuss made about the presence of the tube on the amp itself. These days manufacturers have tiny windows cut into the fascia so we can watch the little thing glow. Or at the very least a picture of a valve and the word tube somewhere prominently displayed. 

Makes me like Ashdown even more. 

[Woodinblack]

18 minutes ago, stewblack said:

What still surprises me is there's no fuss made about the presence of the tube on the amp itself. These days manufacturers have tiny windows cut into the fascia so we can watch the little thing glow. Or at the very least a picture of a valve and the word tube somewhere prominently displayed.

This is true, I have an effects pedal (a vox) that has a valve hole at the top with a little glowing valve. The irony being it is a cold cathode valve, so the only reason it glows is that it has an orange LED behind it

It is good that it is there for the sound, rather than for the marketing, but that is pretty much like ashdown. Although it has to be said, they make the valves pretty prominant and showy in mine. A CTM100.

[stewblack]

I bought a valve distortion pedal before discovering the presence of the tube in my Ashdown. 

So I shall have double the grind now! 

[Woodinblack]

3 hours ago, stewblack said:

I bought a valve distortion pedal before discovering the presence of the tube in my Ashdown. 

So I shall have double the grind now! 

Ok to have lot of grind, but make sure you don't increase the heft too much

[EliasMooseblaster]

5 hours ago, stewblack said:

What still surprises me is there's no fuss made about the presence of the tube on the amp itself. These days manufacturers have tiny windows cut into the fascia so we can watch the little thing glow. Or at the very least a picture of a valve and the word tube somewhere prominently displayed. 

Makes me like Ashdown even more. 

Well, they are British.

[Teebs]

7 minutes ago, EliasMooseblaster said:

Well, they are British.

Yep - it would be vulgar to even mention it!