Stacked it!

dazzajl

I was looking out for a small practice amp and wandered across this beastie on reverb. Cheaper than most of the small combos and since I’d always lusted over Ashdowns as a teen, I kinda had to take the plunge. 

It’s the Perfect 10 head, sat on a wee pair of 1x10 cabs. 65 watts of transistor powered noise and a very simple eq. Total overkill in terms of size but I do love it. 

ICBM

Those are really cool.

You need a Marshall micro stack to go with it now .

dazzajl

Thank you chap. Many many moons ago I did have the MG15 stack, in the Zack Wilde finish of course. A really nice clean sound if I recall properly and definitely very cool. 

ICBM

dazzajl said:

Many many moons ago I did have the MG15 stack, in the Zack Wilde finish of course. A really nice clean sound if I recall properly and definitely very cool. 

I used to have an original 80s Lead 12 stack in red. I’d actually like another, but they’re collectable money now. There’s an MG15 in the shop I used to work which if I’m honest probably sounds better, but… it’s not quite the same somehow .

With all these things, the stack looks great in your house, but the head is genuinely practical for a small gig if there’s a big cab available. Even 65W might be just enough for bass with an efficient 15 or 4x10.

maharg101

I've got that exact same Ashdown stack, picked mine up at cash converters:) it's brilliant, and as ICBM said, eminently giggable.

GoFish

ICBM said:

Those are really cool.

You need a Marshall micro stack to go with it now .

Ampeg mini stacks are back now, aren't they?

ICBM

GoFish said:

Ampeg mini stacks are back now, aren't they?

I think so. I had the Micro VR - it looked and sounded very nice, but the fan noise was intrusive so I had to replace it with a quieter one, the vinyl peeled off the back of the cab, and worst of all, although it was rated for 4 ohms, it wouldn't handle all 4-ohm loads - with some cabs it went into a really nasty, completely unmusical clipping that sounded seriously hazardous to the output section. So I sold it... a shame to have to, but it was just not quite good enough.

dazzajl

maharg101 said:

I've got that exact same Ashdown stack, picked mine up at cash converters:) it's brilliant, and as ICBM said, eminently giggable.

Does seem a bit crazy that this was a bargain basement find. I definitely bought it as a present to my 17 year old self and didn’t expect it to actually be particularly good. It does a fantastic job of sounding really big even when it’s not being loud enough to cause any trouble outside the room. 

proggy

Is that a birdseye maple neck?

dazzajl

proggy said:

Is that a birdseye maple neck?

No, that’s the grunge I added to pic because the light was really dull and the white wall behind wasn’t helping either. It’s a 100% blue collar affair. Though it is gorgeously rolled, which I thought was impressive for the bottom end of the ladder. 

proggy

dazzajl said:

proggy said:

Is that a birdseye maple neck?

No, that’s the grunge I added to pic because the light was really dull and the white wall behind wasn’t helping either. It’s a 100% blue collar affair. Though it is gorgeously rolled, which I thought was impressive for the bottom end of the ladder. 

You've done a good job, it looks really nice.

Keefy

If I turned up to a small fly gig (like I get them all the time…) and was given that rig, I would not be disappointed.