Ashdown Little Giant amps

[MoonBassAlpha]

Hi Folks
Now these have been around for a bit, how are you getting on with them, sound and reliability-wise?

Cheers
Jules

Edited June 12, 2009 by MoonBassAlpha

[MoonBassAlpha]

No opinions on this then?

[samej]

Hi,

I have a LG 350. Sound wise it is fine although I havn't had many other things to compare it to. I had a button fall off once but it just popped back on. My only problem is it's lack of volume, I think my bass has fairly low output. It's ok for rehearsing but has to be pretty much turned up full to cope. Not great for gigs unless it's only as a monitor or it's a quiet gig. I'm looking for something louder for gigging.

Also, I have never seen the fan turn. Anyone know if that's because it's temperature controlled or just broken?!

James

[Soulfinger]

[quote name='samej' post='512043' date='Jun 12 2009, 01:44 PM']I have a LG 350. Sound wise it is fine .... My only problem is it's lack of volume.[/quote]
According to a German amp tech who has one, the LG´s pre amp is a little bit on the weak side and doesn´t fully take advantage of the power amp´s capabilities. He built himself a booster to go between pre and power amp and says it´s much louder now.

Please don´t expect me to go into any more details, I know nada about that kind of thing.

[Machines]

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[samej]

[quote name='Soulfinger' post='512590' date='Jun 13 2009, 04:18 AM']According to a German amp tech who has one, the LG´s pre amp is a little bit on the weak side and doesn´t fully take advantage of the power amp´s capabilities. He built himself a booster to go between pre and power amp and says it´s much louder now.

Please don´t expect me to go into any more details, I know nada about that kind of thing. [/quote]


Did you see this online or is it someone you know? That's quite interesting. Initially I thought that would have to involve doing some serious electronics work inside the case but I guess you could just use the line in and out and plug something inbetween.

[Soulfinger]

Sorry for the delay - here´s what he did (it´s in German but at least it has a link to the buffer schematic):

[url="http://klaas.homeip.net/wb/pages/diy/amps/ashdown-little-giant-350.php"]http://klaas.homeip.net/wb/pages/diy/amps/...e-giant-350.php[/url]

Hope this helps!