Ashdown MAG 300 Bass Head Amplifier
In 2007 Ashdown Engineering celebrates their 10th anniversary since the company was formed by ex Trace Elliott employee Mark Gooday in 1997. Since then Ashdown’s reputation as a manufacturer of classic bass amplifiers has grown steadily to the point where they now have an impressive list of endorsees.
The Mag 300H could be considered to part of Ashdown’s entry level range and is very reasonably priced. This particular model is aimed at the semi-pro player whose tone requirement is perhaps not as critical as the pro-session player, nevertheless there’s plenty of scope for creating depth, punch and a crisp top end here. The tone circuitry provides up to 15db cut or boost which helps to nail your favourite live sound set-up, additionally there are boost controls for extra depth and brightness.
Included within the range of features is the trademark Ashdown sub-harmonic generator and the amp has line inputs for both active and passive instruments. The front panel also features an effects send and return, a tuner/line output and a balanced DI output for direct connection to a mixing console.