Ashdown

[gjones]

Great amps for the cash! I have an early one, made in the UK, which I bought 2nd hand for £150. They're loud, light, have a great EQ, has a speaker out if you want to add another cab, are tough as old boots and the DI out is post EQ (which means you can get a great sound if you want to record with it).
I've recently bought a more powerful combo but the Ashdown will still be used at smaller gigs as it has a great sound (and is a lot lighter).

[bigsack]

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='795162' date='Apr 3 2010, 05:07 PM']Fantastic! Let's start the " 'Vintage Blue' speakers are [i]demonstrably[/i] better" voodoo myth right here! Six months from now it will be a globally accepted fact.[/quote]
+1
hi all new member here with ashdown cab.
some info on the mythical 'vintage blue' speakers:

it is well know that due to the quantum wave length of blue light and the color blue attack characteristics
the blue line speakers are superior speakers.
the pulses and phase cancellation are minimized due the combination of black dust cap which annihilates excess odd harmonics created
by the blue quantum particles.
combined with the missing light particles projection from the black dust cup and an ionized cloth surround a legend is created.

and now seriously i own a mag 410 and for it's price it is a great cab(not for gigs though...HEAVY!!).
the speakers sound very PA style.the tweeter doesn't kill your ears.
not so strong on the bass side though...(that's why i run an old battered angry fender bassman 1X15 cabinet with it).
the speakers are made by SICA ([url="http://www.sicaspeakers.com/"]SICA SPEAKERS[/url])speakers.
they actually bought all the designs and rights for all jensen speaker models.
so if you have Jensen it's SICA if you have ashdown you have SICA.
at least they are made in italy and not in china.

Edited April 6, 2010 by bigsack

[alanbass1]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='789663' date='Mar 29 2010, 05:36 PM']Is there anything that's NOT made in china anymore? lol[/quote]


Quite a lot actually, but tends to be more expensive than equipment made in PRC/Vietnam. Interesting though how countries soon catch up with regard to quality - in the 60's/early 70's made in Japan was a sign of cheap/poorer quality instruments (the term Jap Crap was prominent back them). They got their sh*t together, quality and design, but then the cost of labour rose and they started to become almost expensive as their US competition. Cheap production moved to Korea and Taiwan and Japanese made instruments started to be viewed as 'higher quality' premium instruments. Now Korea is benefitting from the economic boon and as a result salaries went up as did instrument prices. Now they are seen as a premium country of manufacturer above the likes of China, Vietnam and Indonesia. The interesting thing for me was how the guitar manufacturing industry shied away from India due the the economic boon created by the IT industry