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NEWS Chris Thomas Ashdown's 500 AHV, ABM and its 115 and 410 cabinets (01/01) Ashdown engineering has been hailed to rock the soul and bring down the house by top recording artists, Chris Thomas, who is currently touring with Macy Gray and The Wallflower's bassist Greg Richling.Chris Thomas is glowing in the compliments he is getting about how good he sounds with Ashdown's 500 AHV, ABM and its 115 and 410 cabinets, which he is using on his current tour with Macy Gray. On a separate tour, Greg Richling, bassist for The Wallflowers is singing... or playing... the praises of Ashdown's ABM-810, the King Combo, which he is currently using on The Wallflower's latest tour. Ashdown adds new 400W MAG Bass Combos (04/29) {16041.jpgrLOS ANGELES, Originally developed to deliver classic Ashdown tone to bass players who don't require the sophisticated tone shaping and connectivity of its high-end ABM systems, Ashdown's affordable MAG range is expanding with the launch of three new bass combos at Winter NAMM, HHB Booth #4268.The MAG C210T-400 combo features two 10-inch Ashdown BlueLine speakers with an additional HF horn to handle high frequencies. The MAG C410T-400 combo is four 10-inch horn configuration and the MAG C115-400 combo uses a single 15-inch driver.Central to all three combos is a massive 400-watts RMS power section with intelligent fan cooling and "Soft Start" relay power switching. Preamp facilitie Dallas Moore band's bassist bob rutherford rocks the midwest with ashdown engineering amps (04/29) PEKIN, Ind., - As the Dallas Moore Band recently rocked its way through the Midwest, bassist Bob Rutherford took along Ashdown Engineering amplifiers to help him put the "hard" back in hard-core country. Long a fan of Ashdown founder Mark Gooday's retro designs and great-sounding gear, Rutherford turned to the Ashdown RPM1 Bass Preamplifier and the Ashdown ABM-810 speaker cabinet when it came time to downsize his 2,000-pound rig of bass gear, and the products are now a regular part of his studio and touring equipment inventory. "The EQ is set up so that the knobs create ease at the sweet spots where they are needed," Rutherford says about one of his favorite features of the equipment. "The

TOP PRODUCTS 1 Ashdown MAG300 Bass Amplifier Head Designed for the busy semi-pro player who doesn’t require all the sophisticated tone shaping and connectivity of the ABM range, the MAG range nonetheless delivers classic Ashdown tone all the way. The MAG 300H head feat Rating: 6.7 $ 299.95 2 Ashdown Electric Blue 15-180 Bass Combo Amplifier (180 Watts, 1x15 in.) Ashdown Electric Blue bass amplification loads legendary Ashdown tone into an affordable new amp head and a pair of high-performance, high-value combos. The EB 15-180 1 x 15 in. combo uses a 180 Watts RMS fan-cooled fas Rating: 7.2 $ 349.95 3 Ashdown ABM500EVOII Bass Amplifer Head The ABM 500 EVO II is a 575 watts RMS bass amp head designed to satisfy both bass-purists and tech-heads alike. Three straightforward rotary tone controls provide 20dB of cut and boost at 60Hz, 660Hz and 5kHz, and are su Rating: 6.5 $ 899.95 4 Ashdown MAG410T Deep Bass Cabinet (350 Watts, 4x10 in.) Rated at 8 Ohms with a power handling of 450 watts, the new MAG410T 4 x 10 in. + tweeter cabinet is now built 'Extra Deep' and loaded with Ashdown BlueLine speakers for exceptional attack, clarity and low-end performance Rating: 6.8 $ 299.95 5 Ashdown MAGC410T Bass Combo Amplifier (300 Watts, 4x10 in.) The MAG C410T-300 4 x 10 in. + tweeter combo features a potent new fan-cooled 307 watts RMS power section. Rotary bass, middle and treble controls are supplemented by smaller rotary controls providing 15dB of cut and boo Rating: 6.9 $ 599.95 6 Ashdown MAGC210T Bass Combo Amplifier (300 Watts, 2x10 in.) The MAG C210T-300 2 x 10 in. + tweeter combo features a potent new fan-cooled 307 watts RMS power section. Rotary bass, middle and treble controls are supplemented by smaller rotary controls providing 15dB of cut and boo Rating: 7.2 $ 499.95 7 Ashdown MAG410T UK Made Deep Bass Cabinet (4x10 in.) Rating: 6.3 $ 8 Ashdown Electric Blue 12-180 Bass Combo Amplifier (180 Watts, 1x12 in.) Ashdown Electric Blue bass amplification loads legendary Ashdown tone into an affordable new amp head and a pair of high-performance, high-value combos. The EB 12-180 1 x 12 in. combo uses a 180 Watts RMS fan-cooled fast Rating: 7.3 $ 299.95 9 Ashdown MAGC115T Bass Combo Amplifier (300 Watts, 1x15 in.) The MAG C115-300 1 x 15 in. combo features a potent new fan-cooled 307 watts RMS power section. Rotary bass, middle and treble controls are supplemented by smaller rotary controls providing 15dB of cut and boost at 220Hz Rating: 6.7 $ 399.95 10 Ashdown Fallen Angel 180 Head 3-Channel Guitar Amplifier Head The Fallen Angel 180 head delivers a range of saturated, singing lead voices while still retaining masses of low end grunt for chugging power chords - great for 7 string players. With many tube amps you only get the bes Rating: 8.4 $ 1799.95 11 Ashdown CL210 Access Mini Rig Bass Amplifier (65 Watts, 2x10 in.) 12 Ashdown MAG115T Deep Bass Cabinet (150 Watts, 1x15 in.) 13 Ashdown ABM500RCEVOII Rackmount Bass Amplifier Head 14 Ashdown Perfect Ten Bass Combo Amplifier (30 Watts, 1x10 in.) 15 Ashdown MK500 Mark King Signature Bass Amplifier Head Special Price/1 left 16 Ashdown ABMC410T Evo II T Bass Combo Amplifer (575 Watts, 4x10 in.) 17 Ashdown MAG 600R Rackmount Bass Amplifier Head (600 Watts) 18 Ashdown Five Fifteen Bass Combo Amplifier (100 Watts, 1x15 in.) 19 Ashdown ABM414T Deep Bass Cabinet (650 Watts, 4x10 in.) 20 Ashdown MAG300 Rackmount Bass Amplifier Head 21 Ashdown Fallen Angel 40 Guitar Combo Amplifier 40 Watts, 1x12 in.) Special Price/1 left 22 Ashdown ABMRPMEVOII Rackmount Preamp Special Price/1 left 23 Ashdown ABM900 EVO II Twin Bass Amplifier Head 24 Ashdown After Eight Bass Combo Amplifier (15 Watts, 1x8 in.) 25 Ashdown Electric Blue 180 Head Bass Amplifier Head 26 Ashdown ABM MINI 15 Compact Bass Cabinet (300 Watts, 1x15 in.) 27 Ashdown Fallen Angel 60 Head 3-Channel Guitar Amplifier Head 28 Ashdown MAG810T Deep Bass Cabinet (640 Watts, 8x10 in.) 29 Ashdown MAG210T Deep Bass Cabinet (200 Watts, 2x10 in.) 30 Ashdown ABM115 Compact Bass Cabinet (300 Watts, 1x15 in.) Special Price/1 left 31 Ashdown ABMC210TEVOII Bass Combo Amplifier (575 Watts, 2x10 in.) Special Price/1 left 32 Ashdown Roundwound Stainless Steel Electric Bass Strings 33 Ashdown ABM212T Bass Cabinet with Horn (400 Watts, 2x12 in.) 34 Ashdown Bass Envelope Filter Pedal 35 Ashdown ABM410T Deep Bass Cabinet (650 Watts, 4x10 in.) 36 Ashdown ABM210T Compact Bass Cabinet (400 Watts, 2x10 in.) 37 Ashdown 5-String Roundwound Stainless Steel Electric Bass Strings 38 Ashdown Bass Sub-Octave Plus Pedal 39 Ashdown Bass Dual Band Compression Pedal 40 Ashdown Bass Chorus Plus Pedal 41 Ashdown ABM215 Bass Cabinet (800 Watts, 2x15 in.) 42 Ashdown ABM810 Deep Bass Cabinet (1200 Watts, 8x10 in.) 43 Ashdown AL1500D Stereo Power Amplifier with DSP 44 Ashdown Superfly Bass Amplifier Head (2x500 Watts) 45 Ashdown ABMC115EVOII Bass Combo Amplifier (575 Watts, 1x15 in.) 46 Ashdown ABM APM 1000 EVO II Power Amplifier (2x500 Watts) 47 Ashdown ABM115 Deep Bass Cabinet (300 Watts, 1x15 in.) 48 Ashdown ABM300EVOII Bass Amplifier Head 49 Ashdown ABM MINI 48 Compact Bass Cabinet (600 Watts, 4x8 in.) 50 Ashdown Acoustic Radiator 1 Acoustic Guitar Amplifier (60 Watts, 1x8 in.) Special Price/1 left 51 Ashdown FA412C Fallen Angel Closed Guitar Cabinet (400 Watts, 4x12 in.) 52 Ashdown FA412A Fallen Angel Angled Guitar Cabinet (280 Watts, 4x12 in.) 53 Ashdown G60R Access Guitar Amplifier (60 Watts, 1x12 in.) 54 Ashdown G20R Access Guitar Amplifier (20 Watts, 1x8 in.) 55 Ashdown G20RMS Access Mini Stack Guitar Amplifier 56 Ashdown G40R Access Guitar Amplifier (40 Watts, 1x10 in.) 57 Ashdown Fallen Angel 60 Combo Guitar Amplifier (60 Watts, 2x12 in.) Special Price/1 left 58 Ashdown FA412S Fallen Angel Straight Guitar Cabinet (280 Watts, 4x12 in.) 59 Ashdown FS2 Latching 2-Way Dual Footswitch with Cable 60 Ashdown Fallen Angel FA40 DSP Guitar Combo Amplifier (40 Watts, 1x12 in.) 61 Ashdown Peacemaker 60 Combo Class A Tube Guitar Amplifer (2x12 in.) Special Price/1 left 62 Ashdown FS4 Latching 4-Way Footswitch with Cable 63 Ashdown Peacemaker 100 Handwired Guitar Amplifier Head (160 Watts) 64 Ashdown FS1 Latching 1-Way Footswitch with 10 ft. Cable 65 Ashdown 412C Peacemaker Guitar Cabinet (240 Watts, 4x12 in.)