Ashdown Rootmaster RM-500-EVO 500-watt Bass Head

  

Includes soft carrying case, power cord and owner's manual. Always inside smoke-free home, and ready for any type of music you play.

Great tone, power and versatility from a sleek, portable head. Now in its second evolution is the RM-500.

The 500-watt power section of the RM-500 EVO has been developed to maintain a deep low end, defined mids and transient highs delivering its output into a 4-ohm load. Ashdown Rootmaster heads are the perfect choice for working bassists looking for power and features without the weight. With the signal at its optimal level, you then hit the rich features designed enhance your tone, such as the shape button, 5-band EQ and on-board compressor. Rootmaster EVO heads also feature an upgraded power section plus a handy mute button. Simple, powerful EQ The Rootmaster EVO series' pre amp now includes a passive and active input jack socket for use with high and low output instruments.

The five- band rotary tone controls act with surgical precision to provide total control over your sound, while a shape switch instantly dials you in to a classic Ashdown tone setting, straight from the world-famous ABM. One-knob Compression Instantly adding warmth and body to your tone, this simple to use, great sounding compressor delivers a powerful, even sound to make sure your bass will fill out any mix. Footswitchable variable overdrive With footswitchable flexibility, our tube-emulated overdrive can take your core bass sound and push it into warm overdrive through to distorted filth whenever you need to add extra grind and girth to your tone. Kick it down Bringing extra depth and definition to your bass parts, the Sub-Harmonic Generator lets you dial in a sub-octave and kick it in via footswitch whenever you need the extra depth for those super-heavy Godzilla moments. Totally connected If you want to use your favourite pedals or multi-effects, you'll find send and return sockets on the back panel, along with a DI output for direct injection into the PA mixer or recording console and a Line Input (with front panel level control) so you can jam along with a backing track in rehearsal.

Create the perfect rig A combined Jack/Speakon socket with a minimum 4 ohm load provides flexible partnering options with a dedicated range of Rootmaster EVO cabinets. Controls: 5-band EQ, input level, compressor, drive, sub, output level, line mix, EQ switch, shape switch, mute switch, Comp switch, drive switch.

Speaker outputs: 2 x Speakon. Frequency Response -3dB at 17Hz and 30kHz.

High Instrument Input Impedance 3.9m Ohms, input range 150mV - 20mV p-p. Low Instrument Input Impedance - 1M ohms Input range 150mv to 10v p - p. Line Input Impedance 10k Ohms, input range 300mV - 40V p-p. DI Output 600 Ohm balanced / Level -20dBu nominal. Tuner Output Impedance 22k Ohms / Level 0dBu nominal.

Signal to noise Better than 80dB (EQ flat). Effects Send impedance 22k Ohm / Level 0dBu nominal. Effects Return impedance 22k Ohm / Level 0dBu nominal. Distortion Less than 0.5% THD.

(86mm x 314mm x 235mm).