Ashdown Rootmaster RM owners club

[javi_bassist]

Nothing beats a good ABM 😍

[javi_bassist]

1 hour ago, BassAdder27 said:

Very pleased 👍

 

Nothing beats a good ABM 😍

[BassAdder60]

The RM800 is a great amp but I can hear an improvement in the sound with the ABM 

The notes have more weight and authority to them.

 

I can understand why people say on larger stages these have the edge over class D 

 

Ok they cost a lot more that the RM series so it should have something otherwise I wouldn’t want one ! 
 

 

[Lozz196]

Yep, to make life easy I used to use the RM for rehearsals and the ABM for gigs. 

[fretmeister]

I really must try the RM at some point.

 

Especially as the fans seem to be very quiet compared to the big brother!

[BassAdder60]

1 hour ago, fretmeister said:

I really must try the RM at some point.

 

Especially as the fans seem to be very quiet compared to the big brother!

The dual fans on the new ABM600 are quiet and acceptable.

The RM800 is quieter though so better for home / studio 

[fretmeister]

32 minutes ago, BassAdder27 said:

The dual fans on the new ABM600 are quiet and acceptable.

The RM800 is quieter though so better for home / studio 

 

The ABM600 fans are not acceptable to me in the slightest!

 

Sometimes I'm playing with a single clarinet and the fan noise is obvious and distracting.

[uk_lefty]

Does anyone elses RM pickup electrical interference? Mine picks up all sorts in my office, makes me paranoid there's something wrong!

[BassAdder60]

Mine is very quiet regarding unwanted noise 

You sure it’s not the bass pickups adding to the noise ? 

[BassAdder60]

31 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

The ABM600 fans are not acceptable to me in the slightest!

 

Sometimes I'm playing with a single clarinet and the fan noise is obvious and distracting.

Have you spoken to Ashdown as that doesn’t sound as it should. 

[fretmeister]

15 hours ago, BassAdder27 said:

Have you spoken to Ashdown as that doesn’t sound as it should. 

 

 

I didn't buy it because of it.

[Reggaebass]

18 hours ago, fretmeister said:

 

I really must try the RM at some point.

 

I can’t remember where you are fretmeister but if you’re near East London your welcome to borrow mine to try 👍

[uk_lefty]

18 hours ago, BassAdder27 said:

Mine is very quiet regarding unwanted noise 

You sure it’s not the bass pickups adding to the noise ? 

It does it with all basses. I think it's because I'm playing in a garage room and using a powerline internet extender. The amp doesn't sound like this in other rooms. I hope that's the answer anyways!

 

Off on a slight tangent, I recently discovered that I quite like the ABM Pro Neo cabs. They're a bit heftier sounding than the Rootmaster cab, but double the price.

[Muppet]

I’m running an ABM600 IV too but mines rack mount. I’m not getting a lot of noise from the fan. I prefer it marginally over the RM800 II and it does seem to work better with my Barefaced 610, but both amps are ace. 

[fretmeister]

7 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

I can’t remember where you are fretmeister but if you’re near East London your welcome to borrow mine to try 👍

 

Very kind of you - alas I'm in the East Midlands.

[fretmeister]

5 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

It does it with all basses. I think it's because I'm playing in a garage room and using a powerline internet extender. The amp doesn't sound like this in other rooms. I hope that's the answer anyways!

 

Off on a slight tangent, I recently discovered that I quite like the ABM Pro Neo cabs. They're a bit heftier sounding than the Rootmaster cab, but double the price.

 

 

How on earth did you manage to reverse only half the photo?

 

Weird!

[BillyBass]

8 hours ago, fretmeister said:

 

 

How on earth did you manage to reverse only half the photo?

 

Weird!

If you are wondering how the bass is reversed but nothing else in the photo, it's not.  It's a lefty.  But maybe I misunderstood you?

[uk_lefty]

8 hours ago, BillyBass said:

If you are wondering how the bass is reversed but nothing else in the photo, it's not.  It's a lefty.  But maybe I misunderstood you?

I think it was a joke....

[fretmeister]

9 hours ago, BillyBass said:

If you are wondering how the bass is reversed but nothing else in the photo, it's not.  It's a lefty.  But maybe I misunderstood you?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 4, 2021 by fretmeister

[javi_bassist]

After 3 years with my RM500 Evo, I'm still not sure how to properly set the Input gain. I usually add gain until the red light appears. Then I take some off. It clips a little bit from time to time, more often when I play the 5th string. The VU meter doesn't move away from the 10, but I just have to ignore it I guess. How do you guys set your RM? 

Edited November 8, 2021 by javi_bassist

[BassAdder60]

My RM800 EVO II is set by getting my loudest input level ( set with output turned off ) and the green / yellow light shows and as it hits the red zone I stop increasing. Mine has never shown a red light !

I tend to use my ears to judge if a clean signal and go from there. 
Recently I asked Ashdown about input signal ( more to do with ABM600 but also RM ) and they said occasional dips into the red zone is fine but not hard over in the red zone all the time !

 

[BassAdder60]

Just checked and “10” is very low on the VU 

You may want to get it checked out as the needle should move across ideally to “0” or into the red just on loudest playing 

[javi_bassist]

3 minutes ago, BassAdder27 said:

Just checked and “10” is very low on the VU 

You may want to get it checked out as the needle should move across ideally to “0” or into the red just on loudest playing 

 

It is very low. However, increasing the input it makes the amp to clip (and the rid light shows)

[BassAdder60]

1 hour ago, javi_bassist said:

 

It is very low. However, increasing the input it makes the amp to clip (and the rid light shows)

Yep that doesn’t sound correct at all 

[Merton]

1 hour ago, javi_bassist said:

 

It is very low. However, increasing the input it makes the amp to clip (and the rid light shows)

What are all your various EQ/drive/comp/sub settings? The clip LED will be affected by all of these…