Ashdown James Lomenzo Hyper Drive clips

gibsualdo · #1 02-09-2009, 10:23 AM

As requested by jimmyjammer, I thought I'd put these up here.

First up is my active Spector Euro LX running clean into a VT Bass Sansamp preamp, then into my soundcard. Next is my passive Epiphone Thunderbird through the same set up. I've used the VT Bass for all recordings, settings as follows -

Level - Unity gain
Low - 12 o'clock
Mid - 12 o'clock
High - 12 o'clock
Character - 9 o'clock
Drive - Fully rolled back.

Not my personal favourite settings, but I'm sure my tastes are very different to a lot people so I didn't bother going with them. Also, you might have to adjust yr volume for each clip, as I was too lazy to adjust the level for each one. For all recordings the EQ on the Spector is flat and the tone on the TBird is fully cranked.

Spector clean - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321740

T-Bird clean - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321754

Next up are James Lomenzo's recommended settings from the Ashdown website http://www.ashdownmusic.com/tech/manuals/JLsettings.pdf played through both the Spector and T-Bird. Input on the Hyper Drive is at 12 o'clock for all Spector clips and 1 o'clock for all TBird clips, with the output fully cranked on all clips -

JLo's favourite overdrive setting (Spector) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321770

JLo's favourite overdrive setting (TBird) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321782

WWIII Full-bore mid-drive setting (Spector) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321792

WWIII Full-bore mid-drive setting (TBird) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321799

Blues-drive setting (Spector) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321805

Blues-drive setting (TBird) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321814

Cello con Flamos (Spector) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321822

Cello con Flamos (TBird) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321826

Finally my personal favourite settings. First 2 clips are with the same settings on the VT Bass as the above clips, played on my Spector with the EQ flat -

Clip 1 - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321836

FREQ - Fully rolled back
Q - Down
Drive - Fully cranked
+10 - Up
Mix - 1 o'clock

Clip 2 (the same as above just with less drive) - http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321843

FREQ - Fully rolled back
Q - Down
Drive - 12 o'clock
+10 - Up
Mix - 1 o'clock

This last clip, is with my personal setings on the VT Bass and the same Hyperdrive settings in clip 1. Again played on the Spector, but this time with the treble at about half way. This will possibly be a bit too trebley for most people's tastes, but what the hell. Works for me

- http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=7321856

VT Bass settings:

Level - Unity gain
Low - 2 o'clock
Mid - 11 o'clock
High - 2:30 o'clock
Character - 10 o'clock
Drive - 10 o'clock

Hyper Drive settings:

FREQ - Fully rolled back
Q - Down
Drive - Fully cranked
+10 - Up
Mix - 1 o'clock

Hope these can be of use to some people, apologies for my crap playing.

RCCollins · #2 02-09-2009, 11:42 AM

I wonder how James feels about being called "JLo" haha

Nice clips, too. I always heard this thing was pretty good.

sonic assassin · #3 02-09-2009, 01:21 PM

id like to hear only the top end driven. the ashdown clips on their site didnt help, and yours were good, but just bordering the sound i wanted to hear.

something like only driving about 5-700hz and up

dannybuoy · #4 02-09-2009, 03:05 PM

The last clip sounds cool, me like. But this pedal is too big for my mini board I'm afraid!

bbe · #5 02-09-2009, 04:33 PM

thats a solid sounding pedal. thanks for those clips!

gibsualdo · #6 02-09-2009, 09:33 PM

Thanks folks, glad I could help.

dannybuoy - It's actually a tad smaller, than i expected it to be. Even so I agree, it really is pushing it in the pedalboard real estate department.

I've not opened it up yet, but I'd be willing to bet it could be squeezed into a regular Sansamp sized enclosure, if it weren't for the daft-looking input level indicator and over-sized knobs.

sonic assassin - Looking at the manual, the FREQ and 'Q' controls may be of interest to you. It reads:

The FREQ control adjusts the band of mid frequencies that are subjected to the distortion effect. The range can be swept from 200Hz to 2.2kHz. The FREQ control also works in conjunction with the 'Q' switch. With the 'Q' switch in it's down position the bandwidth of the variable frequency is set to 1 octvave. With the 'Q' switch in it's up position the bandwidth is half octave which gives a more peaked and focused effect.

I'll see if I can get some more clips up focusing on the FREQ and Q controls at higher settings. I'm a bit sedated atm so the playing, may leave a lot to be desired and also take some time

gibsualdo · #7 02-09-2009, 10:39 PM

I can't really say I'm much of a fan, when the FREQ knob is at anything more than around 12 o'clock, judge for youselves though. It might be useable at higher settings with a bit of tweaking with the rest of the pedal, but for now I'm going to bed!

VT Bass and Spector settings same as all the clips in my original post, except for the last one.

Hyper Drive settings:

INPUT - 1 o'clock
FREQ - Starts at 9 o'clock, then 12 o'clock, then 3 o'clock, then fully cranked.
DRIVE - Fully cranked
MIX - 1 o'clock
OUTPUT - Fully cranked

'Q' in up position - http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7323840

'Q' down position - http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7323845

This time with my favourite VT Bass and Spector settings from the last clip I posted earlier in my first post..

Hyper Drive settings:

INPUT - 1 o'clock
FREQ - Starts at 9 o'clock, then 12 o'clock, then 3 o'clock, then fully cranked.
DRIVE - Fully cranked
MIX - 1 o'clock
OUTPUT - Fully cranked

'Q' in up position - http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7323848

'Q' down position - http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7323854

jimmyjammer · #8 02-10-2009, 12:22 AM

wow, what a brilliant job you have done Gibsauldo... thanks!

jimmyjammer · #9 02-10-2009, 12:27 AM

...er i meant Gibsualdo... TOP JOB

sonic assassin · #10 02-10-2009, 01:22 AM

how does it handle lower drive settings? im really digging the high pass control.. leaves the bass alone.

gibsualdo · #11 02-13-2009, 06:43 AM

NP jimmy, hope these'll make the decision to buy or not a bit easier.

sonic - I'll try and get some more clips up over the weekend.

mvw356 · #12 07-03-2009, 08:46 AM

sorry to bring up an old thread.

i bought this pedal a while ago and i'm very happy with it's sound. it's versatile and let's you add from subtle distortion to full blown chainsaw like fuzz. imo it shines when you don't blend in too much distortion because it gives you the impression that you have two signals, one clean and one distorted. very nice. if it had two separate outputs for both signals this pedal would be absolutely awesome. does anyone know if it's possible to add another output just for the distorted signal?

Ekim · #13 07-25-2009, 11:44 PM

I like the J-Lo settings with the Spector bass. Sounds like a great pedal.

bongomania · #14 07-26-2009, 01:11 AM

Kind of tragic that the clips were recorded through a VT Bass IMO. That makes them very much not representative of the tone of the pedal.

stflbn · #15 07-26-2009, 06:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bongomania

Kind of tragic that the clips were recorded through a VT Bass IMO. That makes them very much not representative of the tone of the pedal.

Agreed... I listened to the "clean" settings and went 'huh... nice slight grit/hair right there', but wonder what the hell the pedal in question actually sounds like.

I never understand why people produce clips of pedals that are reliant on other pedals. All it does is confuse what the pedal in question really sounds like, or produces more questions like...

Hmmm, this pedal must sound like crap by itself if it needs the VT-bass pedal to add girth and tone to it... is this true?

**john turner** · #16 07-26-2009, 09:08 AM

please post a few clips (At least one reallyl saturated) of the spector direct into the ashdown.

thanks

. (always on the lookout for cool disto's).

bassguppy · #17 07-26-2009, 10:27 AM

Found this sample over at BassChat.UK.

http://www.machinesofhate.pwp.blueyo...uk/LoMenzo.mp3

I have one and it comes out on a rare occasion. Don't use it too much though as I'm so-so at using effects.

gibsualdo · #18 01-16-2010, 12:55 PM

Say if I'd used an Ampeg SVT, with a mic'd up cab to record these, would that be any better or worse than using the VT Bass?

Sorry about the delayed response, I only returned to the forums just before xmas after several months away from here. Haven't got the Hyper Drive anymore either.

EDIT: Just re-listened to the VT Bass only clips and done some testing. No "hair" or "grit" on the T-Bird I can hear, and what you hear on the Spector, is just slight clipping from where I'd badly adjusted my interface for the hot (18v) output on my Spector, it does the same with a DI from my Ashdown ABM (drive OFF) instead of using the VT. As I said in the original post the drive on the VT was rolled all the way back

Guess that's what happens when you're not used to recording much *shrug*

CYDbass · #19 01-17-2010, 02:19 PM

Afraid I have no way of recording any clips, but I use a Lomenzo too. Brilliant pedal, holds more than enough low end and, as mentioned, the use of the mix knob allows lighter overdrive sounds when rolled back to about 12 o clock, but put it up to 4 o clock and wind up the input and drive and there's some really great noise!
Setting up the input to just miss the red zone at normal playing level allows you to increase the distortion on your sound by digging in.
Built like a tank too, solid as hell. On the larger side (handles also seem fairly pointless) but is a great unit to use.