Ashdown DP200H 200W Valve Bass Amp Head

Taking its styling cues from classic US motorcycles, the Drophead 200 bass head grabs your attention before you even switch it on.

Throw the power switch and the Drophead 200 fires up a 4 x 6550 tube output stage for masses of low end grunt and plenty of torque through the rev range. The preamp comes straight from the 427 Small Block – a sensationally expressive vacuum tube design using 2 x ECC82, 1 x ECC99 and 2 x ECC82 valves.

The Drophead 200 head features high and low gain inputs, front panel-mounted FX send and return, rotary bass, middle and treble controls with mid shift, bass shift and bright switching, mute switch, rotary gain and master volume controls and balanced DI output with pre/post EQ switching.

• Power Output (RMS) 200W
• Power Requirement 230 / 115 / 100V
• Frequency Response -3dB at 35Hz and 14kHz
• Speaker Outputs Speakon/Jack
• High Instrument Input impedance 1m Ohms, input range 25mV - 1.5V p-p
• Low Instrument Input impedance 100k Ohms, input range 25mV - 6V p-p
• Line Input impedance 100k Ohms, input level 0dBu nominal
• DI Output 600 Ohms balanced, level 0dBu nominal
• EQ Fully Passive Middle Treble Bass Bass Shift Middle Shift Bright Switch
• Effects Send 1k Ohms, level 0dBu nominal
• Effects Return 1M Ohms, input level 0dBu Nominal
• Pre-Amp Tubes 1 x ECC83 1 x ECC82
• Output Tubes 1 x ECC83 4 x 6550