Versatile, potent distortion tailored for electric bass.

The Ashdown Bass Drive Plus FX Pedal gives bassists the ability to generate a wide range of bass distortion effects from just a little dirty all the way to no-holds-barred, high-gain overdrive. Distortion can be added to either the high frequency content or the low frequency content of the bass signal individually for even more flexibility. Housed in a durable metal case, it has the famous Ashdown VU input meter and controls for Input, Drive, Distortion Tone, Distortion Level, and Output. It can handle passive and active bass signals, plus it has true bypass circuitry. 9V battery or DC adapter power.

Ashdown Drive Plus Bass FX Pedal Features:

• Wide range of bass distortion
• Can effect either HF or LF content
• Durable metal case
• Famous Ashdown VU input meter
• Input, Drive, Distortion Tone, Distortion Level, and Output controls
• Accepts passive and active bass signals
• True bypass circuitry
• 9V battery or DC adapter power

A high-quality distortion just for bass players. Order today!

Ashdown Drive Plus Bass FX Pedal

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not bad

Posted by nastybottom from dallas, tx on Mar 31, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: prog. rock/experimental

I play mostly prog. rock, like Tool and that sort of thing, mostly in d. I liked the reviews I read about the Ashdown pedals so I gave it a shot. It does really well for a budget pedal, very tuneable from a little fuzz to super metal distortion. I have it tuned so you can still FEEL the bottom end tone with a good evil sounding distortion fading into the high end. It sounds great. My only complaint: its a bit noisy..but its a distortion pedal, and true bypass makes it not a problem when its off. Again, good pedal for the money. Good for someone trying to find their own sound.

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Very Versatile Pedal

Posted by jusballs13 from Savannah, GA on Mar 30, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Alternative

This pedal is great. It is also very versatile. You can dial in a very light overdrive tone or get it pretty crankin' for my taste. The separate knobs for LF gain and HF gain are amazing. I can keep the LF gain off and dial in some HF gain, allowing my lower notes to stay cleaner, and the higher notes to really get dirty. You can do the opposite, or anything in between. Use the HF and LF knobs with the balance and you can find a great tone IMO, if you take time. The only thing I don't exactly like (which doesn't matter in my case) is there aren't dedicated bass, middle, and treble knobs for tone. Personally I solve this problem by running a MXR 10 band eq in front of it, but for others that might not be the case. Regardless, this is a very very good pedal, not only for the price, but for the quality of the unit and the tones available at your fingertips. Also the VU meter is pretty cool looking and it lights up pretty bright, overall the pedal has a cool retro look about it. I am well pleased and won't be shopping for anymore pedals now :)

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Evan

Posted by Bassman from Ohio on Mar 23, 2007

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: All types

This pedal I got and I tried it out and it didnt give me a good distortion sound out of my bass, it sounded like a cheap imitation of a distortion and I very weak one at that. This pedal isnt worth the money you should just get a better one like the mxr or the GK distortion its worth the money. I have a active bass, but maybe that has something to do with it. Isent it back.

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bone crushing distortion

Posted by Travelator from Rochester, NY on Mar 21, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, punk, metal, experimental

This is a great pedal. I was really suprised by the price tag because this thing is VERY versitile, with a little tweaking it goes from sub-bass super mud to really twangy/middy punky distortion. Perfect for my Heavy/Indie rock project and it hold it's own in Metal jam sessions as well. And it True Bypass is unique to pedals in this price range and just seals the deal.

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Awesome

Posted by D-moE from Wilmington, NC on Dec 13, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active bassist

Reviewer's Play Style: Power/prog. metal, funk, soul, avant garde

This pedal is very awesome. It is a near perfect distortion pedal. It can provide any type of distortion you like, and offers a very large amount different tones because of the two different gain frequencies (high and low, the current picture is outdated). In fact the peadl is damn near perfect save one thing: programming. If they were to make it where you can save a couple of settings and switch between them it would be the greatest pedal ever, but it is very fantastic as it is.

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