Ashdown AAR2

Amp transistors. 160 watts RMS
Complete connectivity: guiatre piezo input, magnetic pickup guitar input, voice input
Outputs: 2 footswitch, effects loop, lineout
5 band EQ per channel + multi-effects Alesis

UTILIZATION

All the settings give a good clear sound, looking a little faster we get amazing sounds, round and deep bass, rich mids, crystal-clear highs ...
Just flew over the manual, but everything is obvious.

SOUNDS

Used with electric guitars (Takamine tan55c, godin multiac, taylor 814) archtop guitars (Godin Multiac Jazz Spruce, Larry Cort Corryel) and also with my Start ...
All types of clean sounds, ideal for use with multiple guitars (jazz, gypsy, picking, country, ...)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year.
I take her everywhere, and I sold my EAR (!!!)
EXCELLENT value for money!
If I steal it, I bought one!

Amplifier transistors, handmade in UK, dveloppant 150 Watts RMS output through two 8-inch HP and two coaxial tweeters.
Two channels:
- A guitar with two specifiers input jack (a guitar piezo specifiers, specifiers an archtop guitar style the magnetic micro example)
- A voice specifiers or acoustic instruments (guitar, banjo, fiddle, ...) between a jack and one between XRL.
Behind:
- Between an auxiliary jack (CD, BAR, ...) with volume knob
- Two inputs and mute footswitch for rverb
- A send / return (effects loop)
- A lineout
- DI output with switch prpost qua
Rglages per channel:
- Level of
- Phase Switch
- 5-band eq
- + Notch frquence
- Volume reverb / multi effect
- Output volume

UTILIZATION

Manual config and very easy ... is connected and ringing IMMEDIATELY
Rglages thanks for the 5 band eq (can sculpt the sound)
Small multieffect Alesis intgr (reverbs, delays, chorus) with per channel rglage
With a little practice you get clear sounds wonderful, ideal for an acoustic guitar strings steel or nylon, but also with a great archtop.

SOUNDS

I play many styles ... but every time I use an acoustic guitar on this amp is that I branch (gypsy jazz, folk, acoustic blues, French song).
This amp is also excellent for voice, well above its competitors EAR or others on this point, and will fill a guitarist singer.
Fill as a guitarist with many guitars and not wanting a versatile amp.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two years.
I like his versatility, his power and low weight (17.5 kg) compared his power ... its robustness, its looks and especially sounds that gets!

With exprience, I remake that choice without hesitating ...
even try to buy two to play in stereo (I saw a jazz guitarist with this config and its amazing silent) ...