thodrik Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 24 minutes ago, ezbass said: With a Way Huge, Swollen Pickle. I have always fancied stacking a Way Huge Swollen Pickle straight into a Malekko Barker Assmaster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 28 minutes ago, thodrik said: I have always fancied stacking a Way Huge Swollen Pickle straight into a Malekko Barker Assmaster. Meanwhile stinky poo get's censored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said: Meanwhile stinky poo get's censored. I'm not aware of the stinky poo bass overdrive, unless that is the new nickname given to the Boss ODB 3. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 The Ashdown James Lomenzo Hyperdrive. When they appear in the classifieds, they’re normally cheap as chips. I think I only paid £49 for mine, brand new. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 8 hours ago, ern500evo said: The Ashdown James Lomenzo Hyperdrive. When they appear in the classifieds, they’re normally cheap as chips. I think I only paid £49 for mine, brand new. Form factor is too big for me, but that is a great sounding pedal. It was really good to see how he sets it up too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, fretmeister said: Form factor is too big for me, but that is a great sounding pedal. It was really good to see how he sets it up too. An amazing pedal, which would sell like hotcakes if it was reasonably sized and had "Darkglass" "any-name-other-than-Ashdown" plastered over it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 53 minutes ago, fretmeister said: Form factor is too big for me, but that is a great sounding pedal. It was really good to see how he sets it up too. 37 minutes ago, Bigwan said: An amazing pedal, which would sell like hotcakes if it was reasonably sized and had "Darkglass" "any-name-other-than-Ashdown" plastered over it! Completely agree, the size will certainly put a lot of folks off. I tinkered with mine for quite a while and then watched that video, that first tone he gets, which he describes as ‘just a little bit of crackle on top of the string sound’ just sounds so good. I’m actually messing around with some pedals now and thinking that for this weekends gig I may take the Darkglass X Ultra off my board and pop the Ashdown pedal back on. I’ve seen them sell for as little as £25, which is just crazy for how good they can sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, ern500evo said: Completely agree, the size will certainly put a lot of folks off. I tinkered with mine for quite a while and then watched that video, that first tone he gets, which he describes as ‘just a little bit of crackle on top of the string sound’ just sounds so good. I’m actually messing around with some pedals now and thinking that for this weekends gig I may take the Darkglass X Ultra off my board and pop the Ashdown pedal back on. I’ve seen them sell for as little as £25, which is just crazy for how good they can sound Still prefer mine to all the Darkglass X variants I've owned and sold. Being an inveterate tinkerer I've long been planning on doing my own version in a smaller enclosure, 1590BB portrait max, preferably 125B/Boss sized. Just getting the time is the problem! Edited August 4, 2022 by Bigwan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Bigwan said: Still prefer mine to all the Darkglass X variants I've owned and sold. Being an inveterate tinkerer I've long been planning on doing my own version in a smaller enclosure, 1590BB portrait max, preferably 125B/Boss sized. Just getting the time is the problem! That would be a great pedal! I’ve decided I’m taking mine to my gig on Saturday, fortunately it’s only marginally wider than my Darkglass XU, so I’ll just put it on the board in place of that. I think it would’ve sold in spades had it been the same size/form factor as something like a B3K. I know the VU meter is kind of Ashdowns trademark, but I am sure most players would gladly sacrifice it to make the pedal much smaller Edited August 4, 2022 by ern500evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 27 minutes ago, ern500evo said: That would be a great pedal! I’ve decided I’m taking mine to my gig on Saturday, fortunately it’s only marginally wider than my Darkglass XU, so I’ll just put it on the board in place of that. I think it would’ve sold in spades had it been the same size/form factor as something like a B3K. I know the VU meter is kind of Ashdowns trademark, but I am sure most players would gladly sacrifice it to make the pedal much smaller Never been a fan of the vu in a pedal. Totally pointless... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) 100% agree Ashdown are missing a trick in not re realising the Hyperdrive in a small package... Love mine (it stacks fantastically with other drives) and have kept it but no space on the board for such a monstrosity Edited August 4, 2022 by danbowskill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 @Ashdown Engineeringplease re-launch the hyperdrive in a smaller enclosure! 🙏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 I might have to get one anyway. After all, I have a large board too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisswanbon Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 (edited) Those hyperdrive's are fantastic! I had one as an always on drive for years. I met James Lomenzo around that time and couldn't stop talking about how tremendous it was. Currently getting my distortion and drive from a EHX Sovtek Big Muff Deluxe and Hot Wax... the amount of options available between these two is fantastic, especially the Sovtek. Between the clean blend, footswitchable-sweepable-active mids and noise gate, it's just a well thought out, fantastic thing and all analogue. Form factor for both is a bit huge, but worth the real estate IMO. Edited August 4, 2022 by thisisswanbon Image added 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NAS Bass Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Currently using (again) my Joyo British Sound. Cheap and pink! Does the lower gain stuff well as well as Lemmy style drive. Always keeps the bottom end and the mid control combined with the voice gives me a wide range of very usable sounds. Might not work for everyone and as usual, its only one factor along with bass, strings, pick/fingers, amp etc. Its certainly not just a "Marshall in a box" sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 10 minutes ago, NAS Bass said: Currently using (again) my Joyo British Sound. Cheap and pink! Does the lower gain stuff well as well as Lemmy style drive. Always keeps the bottom end and the mid control combined with the voice gives me a wide range of very usable sounds. Might not work for everyone and as usual, its only one factor along with bass, strings, pick/fingers, amp etc. Its certainly not just a "Marshall in a box" sound Similarly, the Joyo American Sound gives a nice growl with no loss of bottom end. Based (unsurprisingly) on a Fender tone stack and sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassy Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) On 29/07/2022 at 11:56, Jonse said: Xotic BB bass preamp! Super versatile yet easy to use. A constant on every board I've done since I've had it. They come up used every now and again. This is the best overdrive I have used. Based on a tubescreamer but the eq is great. I play a jazz, mainly bridge pickup and this adds just the right amount of breakup and extra low end. No idea why Xotic stopped making these? I emailed them and they said they have a new version coming out in 2023. Edited October 9, 2022 by Bassy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Venal Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 A RAT in parallel with a LPFed clean signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 I’ve never liked rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Venal Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 Heresy! 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreadBin Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 8 hours ago, fretmeister said: I’ve never liked rats. Same I've tried a LOT of them, I'm still not entirely satisfied. I'm currently using a combination of Le Bass, Hot Wax and a Darkglass B3k but am not getting what I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagman Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I’m quite liking the Solidgoldfx Beta Germanium into my old Ashdown ABM Good for Rock Music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassist_lewis Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) JPTR FX have a couple of good overdrive/distortion pedals. The Jive is a clone of an Akai tape machine preamp, it has 3 diode switches for different amounts of drive. It's odd sounding but very cool. they also make the Tesla Wolf which is a distortion. It's quite bright sounding but you can trim that with the tone knob, plus it has a dry level as well. The Crook by Poison Noises is also pretty coo. Its basically an OCD with a couple of switches and a bass volume. Edited October 18, 2022 by bassist_lewis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ern500evo Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) Bit of a thread revival, but I thought I’d post here as I recall there being some fans of the Lomenzo Hyperdrive here. Going by a comment from Mark Gooday on a post on their FB page, it would appear we are about to get a new Lomenzo pedal. Please let it be as good as the original bit in a much smaller enclosure! edit to say this is in reply to a comment asking for a new Hyperdrive. Edited March 16, 2023 by ern500evo 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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