Product: Ashton BA-40 Combo
Price Paid: 400 (Australian)
Submitted
11/28/2004
at
05:55am
by
Larry Emder
Features
:
8
Pretty simple - 2 inputs, high or low gain, minimal eq. and settings, but enough to fiddle around with, also has 'prescence' and 'shape'.....not sure exactly what they do
Headphone jack and external speaker line out also included
and its a solid state amp
very versatile amp, i have used a bass, guitar with effect pedal, and plugged my stereo into this amp, and it has coped fine on all fronts, although tends to distort when gain is on full
Sound Quality
:
6
As said above, i have used this with different basses and guitars, and it has provided a very solid sound, although nothing compared to a valve amp..........can get some good clean jazzy guitar sounds out of it though........and some minimal cut when gain is cranked, which can be good
all in all, a fairly good sound for what you pay for, good beginners amp, with enough power to keep you interested for a while......looking to get a proper guitar amp now though, as my ability level has outgrown this amp by a long way, and i'm sick of the same sound of it, as it doesnt really add anything to the sound of the guitar.
Reliability
:
10
Very reliable, never broken down, always gig with this without a backup, never been serviced, given it hell, and it has taken it well
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
NA, never dealt with em
Overall Rating
:
8
a good solid multipurpose amp, good value, if it was stolen, i'd get over it though
