Ashdown John Myung Double Drive Pedal

If it is based on the Pearce BC-1 that he used to use then I'd be super interested.

 

HX Stomp has the Pearce BC-1 channel 1, 2 and jumped modeled close to perfection with Billy Sheehan. If it interests you.

 

I had a Pearce BC-1. It was nice to be able to play around with and set my own EQ, level of overdrive, etc. I foolishly sold/traded it to a studio for time. I don't know if the digital thing would be the same.

 

Understandable. Billy sheehan ditched his (for touring) and carrys his Helix with him. Just sharing in case you want to try it out sometime at a store or something.

 

At this point, they have to be pretty rare, despite being built like tanks. Thank you for the heads up. A lot of the EBS stuff seems like they have the idea, but the samples I've heard seem to be lacking what I liked about mine. Back in the day, it was truly like the hand of an angry god came down to smite all those in it's path.

 

John was using the Suncoast B1p and B501 preamps, which are the Pearce clones. I see in the description that the JM signature pedal produces Harmonic Distortion. If it’s like a Pearce/Suncoast sound, I’d be keen to get it.

 

Looking forward to hear some demos. I don't need this pedal at all, specially at that price range, but I still want one lol. Thankfully it's not something I'll be ordering anytime soon (if ever...).

 

Holy crap.

Yeah, I’m gonna need to hear a shootout between this, a Suncoast pedal, and an OG rackmount unit before I would even consider wanting one at that price.

 

I just can't get over how terrible that layout is. Knobs so close to the left footswitch because... dual VU meters?

 

Ashdown is taking preorders but no demos yet!!!!

 

just to keep things cross referenced of sorts, here's the other thread about it New Ashdown John Myung Drive Pedal

 

Looks like we now have a demo video. Thoughts?

 

Meh, pretty uninspiring. Plus the reviewer seems to be determined to not really show it off very well.

 

Does nothing for me I’m afraid.

 

Harsh and buzzy sounding overdrive in that demo, imo. Rather hear it through a amp and mic’d cab. Probably would sound better.

 

I really liked how it sounded.... But for the price I would need it to be capable of alot more then it is.

I'm from the UK, Ashdown have never been a boutique or prestige brand here (can't speak for elsewhere) , and I'm not knocking them for it. They have fantastic customer service and I've owned and enjoyed a few of their amps. Whilst I would hazard to say "cheap and cheerful", they are the sort of thing you would expect to play through at the Lamb & Flag on a Thursday night as the house backline. Solid, hard-working, no frills.

They've done a few ranges of pedals and I feel have largely kept their pricing in line with what I would expect from them.... But for some reason this and the Geezer sig just seem way overpriced. I felt the same when they released the Stuart Zender Funk Face. If it was £150 I might be tempted (but I am a fan of big pedals).

 

I'm weighing this against my Grizzly Bass. As some of you know, the Grizzly Bass gets a lot of love around here for good reason. It does not do raunchy, high gain overdrive, but it takes the 18v musicman bongo's output like a champ...and that has not been the case with a bunch of other pedals I have tried it with.

 

The Grizzly is hands down great: clean boost, overdrive and distortion, had one for a while, couldnt fault it.