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Ashdown MK500 Mark King Signature Bass Amplifier Head (575 Watts)

12-band graphic EQ. Pre or Post EQ switchable DI output.

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"Awesome Tone, Sex Appeal, and Value..." submitted August 5, 2006

By a customer from yahoo.com
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Musical Background: Active Semi-Pro
Music Style: Alt
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Sound: Phenomenal sound: very pure and, as the man himself says, "organic." 12-band graphic eq is very sensitive and tweakable, but leaving this flat still gets you a great tone with the right bass. Harmonic emphasis is possibly the coolest bass effect I've seen in a long time...much more usable than subharmonic generators. Feature: It's actually quite the Spartan head, with not a whole lot of bells and whistles compared some brands (think: Trace). That said, the simplicity is what makes this thing really great: plug in, great tone, play. Ease of Use: See above. Very easy to use. Value: Well, if you doing the quality divided by $$$ divided by tone factor, this thing is a great deal. Cool boutique AshdownLabs head, for about the same price as a bunch of other mid-level bass heads. If you can get one blem, like I did on this site, you're really doing okay. Manufacturer Support: I'll give Ashdown a 9...I had a question about a bass cabinet to pair with this head, and they got back to me, from the UK, the next business day and kept corresponding with me until I had the answer I needed. The Wow Factor: Absolutely the coolest thing going in my rack. Red face, blue lights, graphic, and Level42 accoutrements...I get comments ALL the time. It helps that this head will likely be more popular in the UK where Mark King is more well-known. Here in the US it's a really unique piece of equipment.
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"This amp is Mark Kings vision and inspiration for everyone to try --buy one, before they're gone forever" submitted January 26, 2007

By a customer from excite.com
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Musical Background: Recording Engineer/Musician/Composer
Music Style: Alternative/Techno/Contemporary rock and other styles
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Sound: The best amp I have ever heard, amazing clarity and brilliance. Feature: Everything on the amp worked flawlessly with incredible versitility in the overall sound shaping and control of the sound that you need or want. Ease of Use: It took me about 3 minutes to find the sound that best fits my playing style and I played for several hours, without even blinking an eye ----total perfection right out of the box. Quality: The knobs are very sturdy and responsive --and I can imagine with years of use this amp will still work as well as the day I bought it. Value: I purchased a B-stock amp and I'm totally satisfied with every aspect of this amp (flaw --what flaw, I haven't seen anything to be alarmed about) Manufacturer Support: I haven't called the Tech support, there's no need ---when it works flawlessly. The Wow Factor: This amp is total perfection. I love the red colour it is stunning and sounds even better than it looks. The harmonizer circuit makes this amp a cut above the rest. Mark King knows the sound he wants and has captured that sound for everyone to try for themselves. Overall: This amp will stay in my arsemal until the day I die -- but then again I'm already in heaven just listening to this amp (HE HE HE )
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"Top-rated product!" submitted December 19, 2007

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Musical Background: Active Musician
Music Style: Rock/Funk
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Sound: The sound is amazing and really versatile. You can easily produce a fat and low metal sound, a delicious slapping sound or thick and fluent jazz bass-liner! Feature: I love the harmonic emphasis, it really does its job - not a lot of words needed. I also love the wide EQ! Ease of Use: I don't think I could be easier. Quality: I think it could be little lighter, but who am I to judge? The finish is absolutely perfect and it's generally really well-built. Value: I find the price to be totally reasonable. Manufacturer Support: I just contacted the company once, they responded a few hours later and pointed out my stupidity in a very polite way :P The Wow Factor: Just look at the damn thing! I kiss it goodnight every night :P Overall: If it was stolen I would probably end up bying another one. I don't see me bying a different amplifier. It's a great piece, its price is (too) reasonable, it sounds great, it looks great, it fulfils my bottom feeding needs. Unless they make another model that can make coffee as well, I'm not bying another amplifier.
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