Merton Posted October 9, 2019 Posted October 9, 2019 Hello! Any owners of the glorious Ashdown CTM100 ever changed the output valves? I picked one up for a ridiculous price on eBay but one the power valves has gone and the other is running quite “hot” according to the built-in bias meter. I’ll probably send it to Ashdown for a complete health check but might do so with my choice of output valve... looking at the Genalex Golden Lion reissue probably. Any thoughts? Quote
Woodinblack Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 No, mine have been good (and mine is the original CTM100). I wonder what they did to them, either badly adjusted or forgot to attach a speaker! Quote
Merton Posted October 10, 2019 Author Posted October 10, 2019 It’s been fairly extensively toured and it’s a bit grubby in general so I think it’s just a case of the valve finally having enough. Or a dodgy valve of course... Either way it’s off to Ashdown for some tlc so it’ll have new valves, would be interesting if anyone has changed the standard JJs for anything else! Quote
LukeFRC Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 @Merton do yourself a favour and keep this one 1 Quote
Merton Posted October 10, 2019 Author Posted October 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: @Merton do yourself a favour and keep this one 🤣 I’ve already said exactly that to @eude I do now have a ridiculous collection of 5 (yes) Ashdown heads but they can’t go anywhere. Don’t let me sell any! 1 Quote
pete.young Posted October 10, 2019 Posted October 10, 2019 Might also be worth a look at JJ Tesla's KT88s. I've not used them, but I've had good results with their KT77s. 1 Quote
LukeFRC Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 8 hours ago, Merton said: 🤣 I’ve already said exactly that to @eude I do now have a ridiculous collection of 5 (yes) Ashdown heads but they can’t go anywhere. Don’t let me sell any! Is this your third or fourth CMT100? Quote
Merton Posted October 11, 2019 Author Posted October 11, 2019 36 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: Is this your third or fourth CMT100? Third 😳 Quote
Merton Posted October 11, 2019 Author Posted October 11, 2019 To be fair I’ve had a tendency to accumulate gear before when I couldn’t really afford to. Now I have a little bit of a cushion so I’ve gone a bit crazy but apart from wanting a Four10 cab I’m now 100% sorted for amplification. I don’t gig enough to justify it but I like to hoard Quote
doomed Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 I know Matamp only use the Golden Lion KT88's in the GT200 as they alledgedly had so many failures with the JJ's they used to use. Can't see any harm in going with the Golden Lion's. 1 Quote
bartelby Posted October 11, 2019 Posted October 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Merton said: Third 😳 When you sell this one. Can I have first refusal please? Quote
Merton Posted October 11, 2019 Author Posted October 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, bartelby said: When you sell this one. Can I have first refusal please? 🤣 Yes. But I won’t. Hopefully. Quote
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