amplification founded 1997 founder mark gooday headquarters heybridge essex england owner mark gooday subsidiaries hayden amplification website ashdownmusic.com ashdown abm vu meter ashdown engineering is a british manufacturer of instrument amplifiers particularly for bass 1 and acoustic guitars . history edit the company was founded in 1997 by mark gooday a chief engineer and managing director at trace elliot . when gooday was let go by trace elliot s then parent company kaman and prior to kaman closing the doors to the uk distribution and factory facilities he had been planning to start his own company . the company was named ashdown after gooday s wife s family name and the logo was constructed from this his passion for cars and the austin healey motor badge . besides bass amplifiers and cabinets 2 the company makes effect pedals for bass players . 3 initially focusing on bass guitarists in 2001 the company introduced a line of guitar amplifiers 50w and 100w stacks and combos called peacemaker . later more affordable models in 20w and 40w were added with cheaper pcb technology . 1 ashdown have gone on to produce hand wired amplifiers and set up a separate company for this called hayden . references edit a b pittman aspen 2003 . the tube amp book . backbeat . p. 8 . isbn 9780879307677 . ashdown engineering unveils rootmaster series pibass 240 and aaa range . premier guitar . 23 january 2014 . retrieved 3 september 2015 . voight billy 6 september 2013 . review ashdown engineering nm2 double distortion pedal . guitar world . retrieved 3 september 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to ashdown engineering . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ashdown engineering & oldid 694999799 categories guitar amplifier manufacturerselectronics companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1997companies based in essexhidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran aisitalianonederlands edit links this page was last modified on 13 december 2015 at 02 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view