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Ashton AB-400

Summary
Features 7.3 (3 responses)
Sound 8.0 (3 responses)
Action, Fit, & Finish 9.3 (3 responses)
Reliability/Durability 8.0 (3 responses)
Customer Support 7.7 (3 responses)
Overall Rating 9.0 (3 responses)
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Product: Ashton AB-400
Price Paid: 21 (frozen meat pies) used
Submitted 01/17/2004 at 06:24am by Natahn
Email: amulletwentbobbingalong at hotmail<dot>com

Features : 10
they are great ..."yeah and so is a toilet!" A toilet? ...."Yeah that's right a toilet" Do you mean one in which you do poos in?
"yes" Um ok well...ur oh blast! fine this bass is crap house!
"yeah and so is a toilet" Oh shut-Up!!

Sound : 10
"Sounds like one of those massive wet farts you do in the morning."
really? ..."yeah and it smells like one too" or like finger nails running down a blackboard or like a muslum trying to beat box ect.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
I would say the bass was found in the bin along with all of the smelly poos that fat people do in there when they are drunk.

Reliability/Durability : 10
Although I have been a tad harsh on the poor old stupid thing so far I must say that it would be good on the stage. That is if it was chopped up and mulched up into ply wood and made into a stage!
or it would be good for a rock star to use, yeah it would, yeah and SMASH IT!

Customer Support : 10
The two he shes who I chatted , or farted to were quite the stupid heads. Their teeth were made of mouldy corn! And all they did was sniff each others farts all day long like "oh smell this one, smells like regerjitated turbin currie puffs!" or "pfffffffffffftt...tttttt..still going..fffffeeeeeerrrrreeeekbo.
WOW that one was massive,how does it smell i wonder?" and so on.




Overall Rating : 10
This bass smells like fresh bottom.


Product: Ashton AB-400
Price Paid: $400 (australian)
Submitted 03/13/2002 at 12:53am by willyboy

Features : 7
Made in japan
20 frets, 4 strings
Solid top
Volume and tone controls
s/s pickups, ashton make
Maple neck
Metalic blue stain finish
Precision style body
Thin neck, easly to get around

Sound : 8
Suits punk rock, gives punchy sound
Sounds good though my amp ( fender bassman )
clatters sometimes with the frets, noisy though
rich dark sound on no settings
good to slap, nice punchy ping on the d and g strings
neck is easy to roll and play fast along due to it being no thin

Action, Fit, & Finish : 9
bass was well put together, i didnt notice any faults
pickups were in good order

Reliability/Durability : 7
considering ive put stickers and stuff like that on it its pritty good, very tuff body, neck dints east though
not shure if ide use it in a gig without a back up though, cos u never no wot much happen

Customer Support : 7
yer i think it was under warrenty but i donno how long for

Overall Rating : 9
i been playin 3 years, own an amp (derrrr) and an ibanez 6 string
if it was stolen ide buy another 4 string like it maby a better, bigger brand...like ibanez


Product: Ashton AB-400
Price Paid: 329 (AUD)
Submitted 06/30/2001 at 05:50am by Anonymous

Features : 5
Australian company, guitar made in Vietnam. It has a rosewood fingerboard, maple neck, one Ashton pickup with volume and tone controls. It is based on the Ibanez SR100 style.
20 Frets
Passive elec.
Left Handed.

Sound : 6
Because it only has one split pickup the tonal versatility is limited. It bassically only has a soft,warm tone or trebly tone. The soft tone is adequate and would be similar to a p-bass sort of tone.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 9
This guitar was solidly built and I can't pick any faults in this department. The action was fine when I got it although I'm not sure it could go too much lower without major fret buzz. At it's current height (which was the same in the shop) which is high, it is still playable.

The major feature is it's weight, it's so light, blow your nose near it and will fly away.

Reliability/Durability : 7
I'm not sure how this bass would go playing live or in the studio since I haven't done that yet, however I'm sure it could stand up to it.

Customer Support : 6
I haven't had to deal with the company yet although I give it 6 for having a 12 month warranty.

Overall Rating : 8
I'm quite impressed with this bass. For the price I paid for it, it has a decent sound and plays brilliantly. As I mentioned, the weight is a great factor, it really the opposite of heavy.

I would recommend this bass to anyone starting out, as you do get a good deal for your money. Although this is my second bass (lack of money preventing me from purchasing something higher up on the price ladder) I'm very pleased with it.

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