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Ashdown Lomenzo Bass Hyperdrive

BruceBass3901

BruceBass3901

Oct 17, 2009
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Portsmouth, UK
#1
I have just got one of these pedals, and after flicking throguh some of James' own settings I found on the website, I am loving it.

Really, I was wondering if anybody else who has one of these has found a setting that they really love.

Anybody out there got one and wants to share with the group?
 
#3
For some reason they haven't taken off in popularity here. I only know of a couple guys here that have that pedal-- and one of them is LoMenzo. :p

I suspect the problem is that the rest of Ashdown's pedals are kind of lame, so people (including me) are reluctant to spend money to try it out.
 
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@bongo - I got mine for about half the retail price, so thought 'Why not give it a try?'. I like it, but it isn't massively versatile. I can only get a couple of usealbe settings out of it, but thats only from a 10 minute mess about with it last night.

@Rickett - Would oyu mind giving me an example of the setting(s) you use for yours?
 
#6
I bought mine a couple of months ago, and it beats the hell out my other dirt boxes (ODB-3, MXR M80). Really keeps the low end, even on higher gain settings.

My favourite setting is:
Input: 3 o'clock
Freq: 9 o'clock
Drive: Maxed out
Mix: 3 o'clock
Output: 11-12 o'clock
'Q' / +10: Up / down

Finally going to test it live this saturday. Can't wait!
 
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BruceBass3901 said:
@Rickett - Would you mind giving me an example of the setting(s) you use for yours?
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I do use mine for straight up distortion, but I also have 3 band electronics in both my gig basses, 1 fretted and 1 fretless.

In = max
Freq = 8 oclock
Q switch = up
Drive = max
+10 = down
mix = 100%
output = 12 oclock

But also keep in mind, I use an SVT VR. Wireless out into channel 1 normal, out of channel 1 bright, into JLo, out of JLo, into channel 2 normal.
So, I have a little bit different setup than going from the bass, to the JLo, to the amp.
 
#9
Having played with it a little more last night, I have come to the conlusion that it is a very 'treble-y' ditortion, as oposed to my Bass Big Muff.

@crapusername - The settings you sent me were very nice on the BBM, but the setting on the Lomenzo was 'lacking something' for the sound I want. Currently, my favourite setting is the last one from the website, the ''Cello con Flamos'' setting.

@Hypocrite + Rickett - Thanks for those, I shall try them out later =)

Thanks for all the help everyone
 
#10
I bought one of these yesterday and used it live on the night time. Messing on in the house was interesting and it yields some decent overdrives for soloing, but where it really shines is on the blues setting. I used this at our gig with my 5 string and 6 string straight into the amp and out through the front of house and it added a midrange roar while keeping a solid low end. For me this was ideal to thicken up the sound on our heavier songs and for the songs with one guitar.
 
#11
Bumping this old thread as I just got to hear one of these this past weekend - man, it's amazing! Fuzzbass was gracious enough to bring his arsenal of killer pedals so we were able to do back-to-back comparisons - tough competition with some of the most popular boutique pedals out there, but I much preferred this pedal hands down. J-Lo's signature pedal deserves more love folks. I gotta pick this one up!
 
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I'll chime in too. I love the Hyperdrive as much or more than any other OD pedal I've tried. It's hard to get truly bad sound out of it. For more lows, just dial the Mix (Blend) control back. I guess it's a mid-gain distortion device, but the sweep mid gives it great tonal versatility within its gain range.

I typically use the subtle setting James explains first in his demo below, but lately I've been enjoying heavier "full blitzkrieg" tones, and also using the mid sweep to dial in different tonal flavors.

I think bongo was right that its size and appearance might turn people off, but they work for me and it seems rugged. I love the tonal results so much I'm tempted to buy a backup in case it goes out of production.

Lomenzo's demo:
 
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Very very old thread........ Just got one of these (been after one for a while) and whooo mama it's blooming awesome! Had many of the usual suspects over the years (b3k, cat tail, and many more). For me, with the right amount of blend it's the perfect drive in a band mix
Now if only someone would take this circuit and put it in a smaller inclosure with a better foot switch and no silly vu meter I'm sure this would be the go to drive for many.
 
#16
Nice pedal, good score.

I saw one for sale a short while ago and was tempted to pick it up, but the bass player who was selling it was now using the EBS Billy Sheehan overdrive pedal who thought they sounded similar. I already have the EBS pedal, so passed on the Hyperdrive.
 
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There you go. People hear different things. ;)

I found the EBS to sound nothing like the B3K. Maybe you were using it wrong if you were getting a "fizzy" sound?

Danbowskill said:
I had the ebs Billy sheehan deluxe (mk 2) last year and I don't think they are that similar imo... I found the ebs far more fizzy in comparison, more like the b3k.
Much prefer the ashdown
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#19
Tbf I think my ebs might have had the unity gain issue where the clean knob had to be cranked to get unity, so my comment of comparison isn't that fair I guess. Maybe a revisit to the ebs might change my mind?? Who knows?..... Either way the hyperdrive is killer
 

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