Ashdown All Access G20R

Well as said before it's a 20 Watt Head and two cabs.
The Head has spring reverb, lineout, 3 Band EQ, Gain, Overdrive switch, Volume control and 2 speaker outs. The nice detail about this little sucker is very interesting though: you have a gain control that actually controls also the clean channel which is great and quite rare in this price-tag. Than you have a real spring-reverb, a very low noise rate (even if used with single coil PU's) and the cabs are the greatest. You have 10" ashdown BASS speakers in 'em! Which means you'll get great definition on low-end without getting too muddy!

The clean sound is awesome! I don't really like the overdriven channel but I have tons of stuff I can put before the head making the clean channel just go nuts (even at bedroom levels)...
The sound is great (very good definition on highs, mids and even lows and remember its NOT valve driven) but don't forget this is a bedroom amp! If you want serious sound mic up two 4x12's with 3-4 mics, if you want to have great reliable bedroom-sound for short money with that little stylish something you can't go wrong with this one!
I've played in several metal-bands and this surely will NOT be loud enough to rehears seriously but loud enough to record some nice demos if using the right mics and know-how.

As it fits my needs perfectly I'll give it a 10...

Build to survire world war 3! I took it apart (as I always do with all of my gear) to check how it was made. It's built very well, but the wood work is not that precise. Cool thing is it has some nice security features to not blow the head instantly if using wrong cables (that you can see only if you open the head - be aware of the possibility of loosing the warranty by doing so) ...
But I haven't had it for long enough so time will tell how good the design really is.

I never give more than 5 points unless I've beaten the shit put of the gear for at least 2 years and it is still doing great!
But if used with care you shouldn't have problems as for all ASHDOWN-stuff.

Never talked to them but I think it's strange that you can't find this one on their home-page (or maybe I'm to stupid to find it) :)

Great if bought for what it really is! A let down if bought because:
- you wanted a small giggin-amp (the previous owner sell it to me because it wasn't loud enough)
- you want a marshall sound (but forget about the MG Ministack too, it just really sucks and costs WAY too much)
- you want heavy sound WITHOUT pedals/fx
- you need a cheap amp to rehearse with the band (a metal-drummer will cover it completely... go fo a crate PowerBlock if you can find one)
- you want high quality recordings (get some serious studio gear for that)

But buy it because its a great amp for small place/bedroom playing with a higher sound- and built-quality (than 95%of its competitors) and a damn great amp for its price!

20 Watt Guitar version of the 60 watt bass model.
2 Cabs - Each loaded with a high end 10 in. woofer(the ads say 8"-WRONG)
2 Channels - shared EQ
2 Spring Reverb - shallow subtle depth
Line out
Headphone out
UV Meter - Shows load delivered to power amp stage

Very classic tube tone.
It's extremely thick with dark toned speakers, it sounds like an amp Hendrix would have loved, possibly even designed if he were still alive today. SRV too, basically that intense lead blues tone that metal was later born out of as guys modified their gear.

You're not going to get a metal rhythm tone out of this amp unless you find a pedal that will dominate it's preamp. It has a very thick lead tone however which is suitable for every style. I overdrive it with my TS7 and the two are a match made in heaven..or hell depending on your playing style.
There really isn't much compression once you overdrive it's dirty channel but I do get a nice honking, enveloping effect which will please tube heads. The reality is, chip amps do the same thing tube amps do only much much better these days.

The clean is very rich and potent. Beyond that I don't ask for anything other than definition which it also has.

The reverb is a 2 spring reverb. I have kept it maxed and it's very subtle but you do hear it. When maxed, it's basically perfect but it would be nice if it had a little more headroom and you could drop your sound into a valley or stadium.

The wattage does a great job driving these 10's. The tonal characteristics do change if you only drive one speaker though because of the resistance change. You get more mids and a tiny bit more highs when run this way.
I was however disappointed when I tried running one of my half stack cabinets. 20 watts really is enough juice to push 4x10's or 4x12's but the EQ just doesn't have enough balls to push enough bass through them.

Overall, it's a very vintage, tube lead tone but a bit more dynamic than tubes BUT, it's a very open sound meaning, there isn't any noticeable compression taking place in it's preamp. You'll have to rely on your overdrive pedal for this.

I've only had it a week and a half but I did have a good look at the guts and physical construction, I would expect this amp to last a good 30 years or more if treated decently and would expect it to be able to take some nasty spills without getting anything beyond cosmetic damage.

I'm not sure but maybe I'll contact them just for the hell of it.

I do need to interject that I did modify this amp but, I modify basically every piece of music gear I get my hands on. One cab was modified, one was left factory. I also installed a socket to get rid of the dreadful JRC4558 chips everyone likes to use because they're the worst op amp that could be used, ugh!
My TS7 tube screamer is also modified but it's not really a factor to how a factor tube screamer will sound.

I'm really glad I bought this amp.
While I can get these tones out of my other amps, it's overall voicing and preamp characteristics are naturally different from anything I own. It has very dark toned speakers with a preamp that has a potent level of treble gain if desired. You get a really great honking, enveloping response as I like to describe it. It has a full on vintage tube gain only without the set backs of tube.

The price almost seemed a little steep compared to other amps of this nature but since it's 3 piece and you're getting 2 cabinets, I paid a fair price. I would probably replace it if it were destroyed but I can't guarantee, I'm getting into DIY amp design and building which gives me quite a different option to buying something off the commercial market.

I do wish the reverb had a 3rd spring for more depth but possibly a higher value pot will enable more signal to pass through the reverb circuit and of course, I was disappointed at first that I couldn't get a metal rhythm crunch but this is a good thing in a way since I already get this tone out of my other 5 or 6 amps.

I think this amp is dancing between the 7-10 range for both sound and just overall rating because if I want metal crunch, I have to switch to another amp. That's a setback if you're wanting to change up tones and you don't have another amp handy and use a pedal that can't dominate it's preamp.
Still a really great amp!..I probably would replace it.