

BTA amps are the pro series Ashdowns, the BTA 400 watt valve bass amplifier with bone crunching power. It offers more facilities than other models and sounds absolutely fantastic.
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The ASHDOWN BTA 400 HEAD
Combining straightforward rotary tone controls with two pairs of additional EQ sliders for the more sonically sophisticated, Ashdown’s ABM preamp became an instant classic when it hit the bass world over a decade ago.
The ASHDOWN BTA 400 (Big Tube Amp) partners a third-generation ABM preamp with a 400-Watt, 8 x KT88 valve output stage for ABM sophistication with bone-crushing tube power. All the ABM features are there – EQ In/Out footswitching, variable Tube/Solid-State input stages, on-board compressor and Sub Harmonic Generator, ,balanced DI Output with Pre/Post EQ switching, FX loop, Tuner output and more. The ASHDOWN BTA 400 partners perfectly with a range of Ashdown US Series cabinets
Specifications
| Power Output (RMS) |
400W |
| Power Requirement |
230 / 115V |
| Frequency Response |
-3dB at 17Hz and 30kHz |
| Speaker Outputs |
Minimum impedance 4 Ohms |
| High Instrument Input |
Impedance 3.9m Ohms, input range 150mV - |
| Low Instrument Input |
Impedance 10k Ohms, input range 300mV - |
| Line Input |
Impedance 22k Ohms, input level 0dBu nominal |
| Sub Output |
Impedance 1k Ohms, level 0dBu Nominal |
| DI Output |
600 Ohms balanced, level 0dBu nominal |
| Tuner Output |
Impedance 22k Ohms, level 0dBu nominal |
| EQ |
Bass +/-15dB @ 45Hz
Middle +/-15dB @ 660Hz
Treble +/-15dB @ 7kHz shelving
Slider 1 +/-15dB @ 180Hz
Slider 2 +/-15dB @ 340Hz
Slider 3 +/-15dB @ 1.3kHz
Slider 4 +/-15dB @ 2.6kHz
Shape (Push Flat) +8dB @ 50Hz & 4kHz, -8dB @ 400Hz, filter slope - 6dB/octave |
| Effects Send |
Impedance 22k Ohms, level 0dBu nominal |
| Effects Return |
Impedance 22k Ohms, input level 0dBu Nominal |
| H x W x D (mm) |
362 x 610 x 300 |
| Weight (kg) |
35 |