Why should guitar players have all the fun? Ashdown’s Bass Drive Plus pedal generates a wide range of bass distortion effects from a slight grunge through to no holds barred, high-gain overdrive.

The Drive control sets the amount of distortion, Distortion Tone adjusts its character and Distortion Level balances the amount of the effect with the clean bass signal.

The pedal is housed in a durable metal case and features an input level control with a trademark Ashdown VU meter to allow optimum signal matching from any instrument – active or passive. The pedal also features an output level control – essential for obtaining the perfect balance between the effect and the true bypass mode.

• Ashdown Artists Storm Reading/ Leeds Festival 2008!

  Another year and another triumphant reading festival, with what must certainly have been one of the strongest line ups in years the festival rocked from start to finish and Ashdown were there onsite to take in the atmosphere and to catch up with old friends which is always a great way to end the summer!

• Lonely gets together with Ashdown

  With the new album Culture Vultures out this month, Orson are gearing up for live dates where fans can see bassist Johnny lonely with his new Ashdown Classic rig.

• THE SOUND OF JIMI HENDRIX IS BACK!

  Limited Edition new releases from Gibson and Dunlop bring back the magic sound of Jimi Hendrix: find out more about the Gibson Custom Shop Jimi Hendrix Flying-V and Dunlop's three Jimi Hendrix signature pedals (Octavio, Wah and Fuzz Face)

• BOSS: GREAT NEW FX PEDALS AVAILABLE NOW!!!

  No less than five great new Boss pedals were introduced early this year at NAMM in California. They are now available to the UK, but quantities are very limited - get your hands on one as soon as you can, or you might be disappointed!!!

• NAMM 2007: New Ashdown Classic bass amps are louder, deeper and even more dynamic

  Winter NAMM 07 sees the launch of an uncompromising new series of high-end, British-built bass amplification from Ashdown Engineering. The company that already makes the bass gear used by players including U2's Adam Clayton, SOAD's Shavo Odadjian and the Foo Fighters' Nate Mendel is set to raise the bar even higher with Ashdown Classics – a range that includes 500 and 1000-Watt amp heads, three 500-Watt combos and four cabinets.

• Ashdown Product Reviews

  Check out the industrys take on Ashdown products with links to top Guitar mags reviews of Ashdown products.

• Ashdown Artists

  Ashdown Bass Amps are used world wide by some of the top bass players in the world. Here are just a handfull.