Product: Ashton BA 150
Price Paid: AUD 350 USED
Submitted
06/22/2008
at
08:11am
by
Absenttrojan
Features
:
8
I play heavy prog rock, has a reasonable tone. Can certainly be heard over the guitarist & drummer.
Sound Quality
:
7
I play a 1980 Washburn Scavenger bass. Sounds pretty good. This is my first bass amp & I'm pretty happy with how it has handled everything so far. Plugging bass in without pedals sounds alright to me. Not too noisy.
Reliability
:
5
Was all going well until the jam yesterday, think I've killed it but was only pushing it to 30%. Making a sound like a gatling gun now so will have to be fixed. Bought it 2nd hand about 6 months ago.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Don't know.
Overall Rating
:
7
7 - pretty good for an entry level amp. Yet to play through many bass amps, but I've had a few compliments from musos I've played with. Dissappointed that I've been able to break it this soon, but I knew I'd need to upgrade at some stage.
Product: Ashton BA 150
Price Paid: AUD 550
Submitted
06/11/2008
at
04:06am
by
Cal
Features
:
9
7-Band EQ
Pull Flat Boost
Gain, Master and Shape Knobs
Compression Switch and Knob
D.I
Line Out
Easy to Dial in your sounds, Only thing it's missing is an FX loop
Sound Quality
:
9
I've Been using A Monterey Jazz bass copy, A yamaha RBX 200F and Recently an Ibanez Iceman
I play heaps of different stuff, and it seems to suit all of it (Although I do run my bass through a Zoom b1, which helps me dial my sound in)
With each of my basses having different Qualities (My Yamaha has like no bottom end, while my iceman has WAY too much) Using the EQ and the Shape has let me get the tone I need for whatever I play.
Reliability
:
3
Well, I've had it for Two months, and It's in the shop getting repaired after it started distorting really badly, even on low volumes, I think my FX pedal constantly losing power has screwed the speaker, Still, my Randall RB 30 has stood it for about a year...Glad it was still under warranty.
UPDATE: It has been fixed and works fine, The repairer said he couldn't find the problem, but he fixed it, Still, Have a backup if you buy this, Not all that reliable
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never contacted Aston directly
Overall Rating
:
7
Been Playing for about two years, and It's a great sounding amp for the price, but since It brooke so quickly, It's hard to give a high rating.
I play Progressive rock (Tool, Apc), Grunge, Primus and some Alternative rock.
I compared it to a Randall 100 watt amp for an extra hundred, It sounded much better, but now I'm wondering whether I should've got the Randall Instead.
Probably would Get a new amp if anything happened to it, because of the reliability problem.
