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NEW Ashdown OriginAL Valve Pre-DI Pedal

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Feb 11, 2007
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#1
We need a thread for this new pedal!

I've got mine on pre-order from Sweetwater. Looks like this is gonna be a huge hit!

Thoughts, comments?

- Ashdown Engineering

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The 300 watt amp head version is out. I am really looking forward to hearing how this sounds! The features are all there - but lets be real...

Ashdown does not have a great track record with pedals.

Hopefully the construction is rock solid and the tone is classic beefy ashdown all the way.
 
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Maybe I'm being picky but if I were to buy a preamp to go direct into a PA I would need an effects loop to run my octave pedal. To my way of thinking it's the only way to go. I may be wrong about this but that's what I'm looking for in a preamp at this point in time. Otherwise, this one looks pretty nice.
 
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howlin said:
Maybe I'm being picky but if I were to buy a preamp to go direct into a PA I would need an effects loop to run my octave pedal. To my way of thinking it's the only way to go. I may be wrong about this but that's what I'm looking for in a preamp at this point in time. Otherwise, this one looks pretty nice.
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How many current preamps have effects send and return? I always thought that was a feature that an amplifier with a built in preamp might have.
 
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I played the Original head at summer NAMM, and really, really liked it. The EQ was really well executed, and the thing made great bass sounds. How's that for a generic review? :D

I want one, and will probably end up with one, but there are a few things I don't love about it.

1) 300W. That is probably enough for what I need, but TB has trained me to think otherwise.
2) The direct out is hard-wired to be a pre-EQ direct out. I know "sound guys prefer that," but I think that is a generic, BS response. Any direct signal I send it Post-bass, and basses can sound wildly different, so post-EQ doesn't have to be a bad thing.

I'm thinking this yet-to-be-released DI unit may be just as good a fit for me. I held one in my hands, but I didn't demo it - I had way too much fun with the amp to think about what else they had to offer.
 
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I've had this pedal for a while now, done several gigs with it, straight into the PA - best bass sound I've ever had! It's difficult to describe why it's so good, I find it's just a great balanced sound for bass guitar. I'm not keen on the overdrive sound but then I haven't spent much time experimenting with the overdrive settings, besides, I use a Sansamp pedal and an alpha/omega pedal for distorted sounds, which work very very well fed into the OriginAL pedal.
 
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Phil Hargreaves said:
I've had this pedal for a while now, done several gigs with it, straight into the PA - best bass sound I've ever had! It's difficult to describe why it's so good, I find it's just a great balanced sound for bass guitar. I'm not keen on the overdrive sound but then I haven't spent much time experimenting with the overdrive settings, besides, I use a Sansamp pedal and an alpha/omega pedal for distorted sounds, which work very very well fed into the OriginAL pedal.
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Where did you get your Ashdown OriginAL Valve Pre DI pedal? As far as I knew, the pedal was not available for sale yet.
 

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