Ashdown CTM30 All Tube Bass Amp/Head Mint/Hardly used. With roqsolid cover. Now £300 OVNO-Willing to travel up to an hour to meet up. On hold awaiting payment - *SOLD* £325 West Midlands/m6-J10

[fuzzylogic]

Ashdown CTM30 All Tube Bass Amp/Head In mint condition; only used at home a few times. Comes with roqsolid cover. I am selling because it does not get used.  I am Willing to travel approximately an hour to an hour and half away to meet up. Based near J10 of m6 West Midlands. I think I would be rather concerned about posting an all tube amp.

 

What Ashdown say:

 

Rated at 30W, the CTM-30 brings classic all-tube tone in a compact head ideally suited to studio recording and small gigs where you don't have a team of roadies to carry your rig! 4 and 8 ohm speaker outs provide a wide range of cab options. 

Powerful preamp and EQ

Equipped with hi and low inputs for active or passive basses,  CTM-30 combines traditional Bass, Mid and Treble EQ with additional flexibility of Mid Shift, Bass Shift and Bright Switching, unlocking a wide range of classic and contemporary all-tube tone from its ECC83 and ECC82 preamp tubes and smooth but powerful 30W EL84 power section.

The standard tone controls give you a wide range of uber-musical sounds, while Deep, Mid Shift, and Bright switches let you fine-tune your tone to the situation. The EQ section is a passive tone circuit - meaning if all controls are at zero there will be no sound through the amp. All the controls are highly interactive, giving you the possibility to dial in exactly what tone you want. Don’t be scared to dial the pots all the way to get the most from the controls.

Professional Balanced DI 

With it's modest 30W output, we've included a balanced DI, perfect for studio recording or for larger gigs where you need to get pure DI signal to the desk with a minimum of hassle. 

Transparent Effects loop

For effects junkies who want to bring yet more colour to the tone, the front-mounted effects loop makes it easy integrate your favourite stompbox and multi-effects with minimal tonal degradation. 

 

Specification

Power Output    30W 
Frequency Response    30Hz to 16kHz
Speaker Outputs    2 x Jack sockets
High Instrument Input    450mV
Low Instrument Input    150mV
DI Output    Line Level - 1k
Impedance    Minimum 4 Ohm
EQ    Simple passive Bass, Middle, Treble and EQ rotary controls
Effects Send    Valve Driven Instrument level
Effects Return    Valve Recovered 
Pre-amp Tubes    1 x ECC83  1 x ECC82
Output Tubes    4 x EL84

Edited March 4, 2023 by fuzzylogic

[Charla]

I've just bought one of these and I'm very impressed with it. If you lived closer I'd consider a second one!

 

Cheers

 

Charla

[fuzzylogic]

Lovely amp really, but it's just sitting there doing nothing. 

[fuzzylogic]

Ashdown CTM30 All Tube Bass Amp/Head Mint/Hardly used. With roqsolid cover.
£300 OVNO
West Midlands/m6-J10

 

I am willing to travel up to an hour to meet up.

[Spoonman]

Hello, do you know if these amps have the power valve driven DI output, like on the CTM 100?

Edited March 1, 2023 by Spoonman

[fuzzylogic]

Hiya.

 

I have searched on net and can't find any reference to valve drive DI.

 

I can only find the following info on Ashdowns products page/specs.

DI OutputLine Level - 1k

Effects Send Valve Driven Instrument level

Effects Return Valve Recovered 

 

I now the specs on the larger CTM amps definately say valve driven DI.

 

I can only find this from an 'Ashdown manual for Valve series'; manual includes Ashdown Little Bastard which I believe CTM30 was or may have been derived from.

Manual states: DI OUTPUT - This XLR socket is used to connect the amplifier to a low impedance, balanced input on a PA system or recording mixer. The DI output is taken from a separate winding on the output transformer, allowing the full character of the valve tone to be sent to the PA or recording console.

 

Edited March 1, 2023 by fuzzylogic

[Spoonman]

Thanks for the info! That does sound like it might be similar?... Either way if it sounds and records like a more portable version of the CTM 100, then I'd definitely be interested. I'll have a ponder! 

[bartelby]

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