WITHDRAWN: £1100 MUST GO THIS WEEK! Ashdown CTM 300 all valve beast and top quality padded custom cover £1200 Leyland

[la bam]

With a tinge of sadness my dream all valve beast is up for sale.

It's never been giggled or driven hard (or even half hard) at all.

Bought from PMT earlier this year, to satisfy my 70s rock itch in a low key band. However, a change of direction now means I simply wont need it. It's too nice to be sat here, so I want someone to enjoy it.

Its 300w of beastlyness! Beautiful, unmistakable valve sound that you cant replicate (weve all tried). It has everything you need input and output wise and a pre and post high quality DI.

It has a user bias control which is very easy to do. You dont need to take to a tech.

Active and Passive inputs.

Mute button.

Gain, Master, Bass, Mid, Treble dials and Mellow, Bass, Mid, Treble buttons to punch in easily.

2ohm, 4ohm and 8ohm separate speakon connectors, so you can run with any cab or combination of cabs - unlike the old valve heads.

FX send and returns.

Built so well and solidly. Built to last.

Ashdown will service and repair these anytime - so customer service is always available. They're always at the end of the phone, and brilliant to deal with.

32kg but easy to move due to the top handles. The weight is evenly distributed, it's not like those dead weights of metal power amps you get. This is nice and balanced and doesnt feel that heavy.

The custom made faux leather and padded cover also has an under strap to stop the cover coming away. However due to the design you can put your amp on the cab with the cover on, un velcro the cover and take it off without moving the amp. And vice versa when putting back on.

Notes:

There are a few minor scratches. You dont see them from a couple of feet away, but I'll photo them so you can see.

VU meter. The VU meter lights up red for biasing and works, but doesnt light yellow when 'on'. In honesty it doesnt seem to move for input like the abms etc, but has no impact on the actual input. I've spoken to ashdown who think it's just the bulb maybe loose. It doesnt effect operation in any way so I've never bothered taking it to be fixed.

I've had a few phone calls with Dave Green at Ashdown - the maestro who designed this amp - about biasing etc and he has said that it doesnt really matter on this amp. You can balance the valves if you like, but as long as they're not in the red they are running perfect. He said until the valves have done at least 100 hours they are not even run in. This has done nowhere near that yet.

These are around £2000 new and £100 a cover. Save a fortune.

Photos to follow.

Official spec here:

https://ashdownmusic.com/products/ctm-300-head

Edited July 25, 2020 by la bam

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Open to offers.

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MUST GO THIS WEEK!

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Price drop £1100.

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Withdrawn.