Ashdown

Opponents of Barack Obama's tax plan continually cite that more taxes on small business will hurt America by causing businesses to outsource more jobs. No worries, UK companies like Ashdown are sending some work over here, and the American made Ashdown BTA 400 Big Tube Amp was just announced as one of them. This thing looks massive.  

Gearwire catches Edison Glass on tour from New York to chat about the gear they use. It's no surprise that their dynamic sound, which ranges from airy to anthemic, stems from Fender guitars and basses.  

Shoegaze outfit, Dead Leaf Echo, talk about their live gear set up.  

Jon Pomerantz of QuarterMile talks about his Ashdown Fallen Angel. His particular amp was featured in Guitar Magazine around two decades ago. Over the course of twenty years, it made its way into Jon's rig.  

Despite the fact that Ashdown's Little Giant bass amps have a familiar name, what they do is impressive. Pumping 1000 watts out of something roughly the size of a two and a inch stack of computer paper is pretty amazing. What would be more amazing would be a two inch half stack made out of computer paper.  

Summer NAMM 2006: Ashdown shows Gearwire some small bottoms . . . er, that is to say, its Perfect Ten MiniRig and G-20 Mini Stack. The MiniRig includes two stacked ten-inch speaker cabinets and a 65-watt head. The G-20 puts...  

ummer NAMM 2006: Dig this: the Ashdown Superfly bass amp head puts out 500 watts of power and weighs only ten pounds. The Superfly also includes built-in seven-band graphic EQ, a compressor, 69 editable user programs, and...