Ashdown NOS builds

[Merton]

Oh dear me. Mark Gooday has posted on Facebook that they have enough NOS parts to build a varying number of various discontinued products including the Retroglide, LB550, Small Block 427 and others.

Trouble this way comes...

[Merton]

Paging @Kevin Dean @eude @Quilly @AndyTravis etc. I know you’ve all expressed an interest in something like me. Let’s all egg each other on here 🤣🤣

[AndyTravis]

I’m being good - the 550 was tempting.

I’m really happy with my setup at the moment - I will change to a 2nd 210 and the new RM800 at some point.

[Merton]

The new RM800 is quite tempting just coz it looks badass. It’s a bloody great head, can’t fully explain it but I prefer the 800 power section

[AndyTravis]

1 minute ago, Merton said:

The new RM800 is quite tempting just coz it looks badass. It’s a bloody great head, can’t fully explain it but I prefer the 800 power section

I had the original rm800 with a 210/115. Ferocious amp.

[Reggaebass]

What’s the LB550 like Merton 

[Merton]

8 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

What’s the LB550 like Merton 

No idea! I have the LB30 and an RM800, I suspect it’s a nice mix of the two and am sorely tempted to put my name on the list for one.

[Reggaebass]

Just now, Merton said:

No idea! I have the LB30 and an RM800, I suspect it’s a nice mix of the two and am sorely tempted to put my name on the list for one.

Thanks, I’ll give mark a call, I don’t do Facebook 👍

[Pow_22]

Loved their spyder range.  The 330 and 550 were magnificent heads.  The LB550 was anemic tho, didnt get on with them (not found a class D i do yet to be honest)

[Quilly]

I’m Gonna find it really difficult to resist an LB-30 if one surfaces from these NOS builds 😫

[Quilly]

2 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

What’s the LB550 like Merton 

I think the Doom rocker and amp repair guy Oli Foxen from Bristol has 2 or 3 of them 

[karlfer]

4 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

What’s the LB550 like Merton 

Think @Chimike had one for sale & I wanted it but no courier. He's just about in a different time zone to me even before the lockdown threw another spanner in the works.

Edited April 11, 2020 by karlfer

[Wolverinebass]

I was toying with a retroglide. Is it really 800W or are the specs rubbish?

[Mykesbass]

6 hours ago, karlfer said:

Think @Chimike had one for sale & I wanted it but no courier. He's just about in a different time zone to me even before the lockdown threw another spanner in the works.

When lockdown is over and if he still has it I'd be happy to pick up if you wanted to arrange a courier. 

[Merton]

1 hour ago, Wolverinebass said:

I was toying with a retroglide. Is it really 800W or are the specs rubbish?

It’s a bloody good power amp module (Same as in my RM800) but I’d say it was closer to a 4/500W class AB head in terms of the “heft” etc. It doesn’t run out of puff and start squashing the notes in a nasty way like some class D modules, certainly not at any volume level I’ve needed from it

 

[karlfer]

9 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

When lockdown is over and if he still has it I'd be happy to pick up if you wanted to arrange a courier. 

That's really kind Mike, very nice of you fella.

Keep safe.

[franzbassist]

I've always loved the look of the Drophead 200....

 

[Merton]

1 hour ago, franzbassist said:

I've always loved the look of the Drophead 200....

 

Me too. Cannot justify the one they're building at all sadly. You get first dibs

[franzbassist]

1 hour ago, Merton said:

Me too. Cannot justify the one they're building at all sadly. You get first dibs

Thanks Mert, but tbh I can't justify it either!

[Quilly]

2 hours ago, Merton said:

Me too. Cannot justify the one they're building at all sadly. You get first dibs

I dunno , here I differ , I’m not crazy about having the internals exposed like that, much like the ampeg 20t, 50t amps . I much rather a traditional ‘cabinet’ and everything enclosed in a sturdy box. Each to their own I guess 

[Kevin Dean]

I've got my order in for the 550 :)

[Kevin Dean]

18 hours ago, Wolverinebass said:

I was toying with a retroglide. Is it really 800W or are the specs rubbish?

I've got the retroglide   , It's a great amp ….The 550 will have the amp section from the RM500 according to Mark.

[FinnDave]

I can't see anything about these amps on their website or facebook page, is there some secret site that I don't know anything about? I've only been using Ashdown for the last 12 years or so, so perhaps I'm still too new for these!

[Merton]

23 minutes ago, FinnDave said:

I can't see anything about these amps on their website or facebook page, is there some secret site that I don't know anything about? I've only been using Ashdown for the last 12 years or so, so perhaps I'm still too new for these!

Mark Gooday posted on Facebook about it. Seems like he’s using the lockdown time to build these himself from the various boards and bits they’ve got lurking. They’ll be on the website “soon” he says. Keeping my eyes peeled 🤓😳

[Quilly]

33 minutes ago, Merton said:

Mark Gooday posted on Facebook about it. Seems like he’s using the lockdown time to build these himself from the various boards and bits they’ve got lurking. They’ll be on the website “soon” he says. Keeping my eyes peeled 🤓😳

I believe it’s in reverb.com. I see a LB-30 and the 424 small block . These aren’t the NOS builds but the 427 amp on that side looks superb 😘. Some store in Italy