mike257 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 So, they snuck this out under the radar! I headed off to investigate the "Win an Ashdown drophead" compo at GAK and chanced across this: [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/ashdown-stacked-actor-bass-distortion-nate-mendel-signature/59941"]http://www.gak.co.uk...signature/59941[/url] Looks interesting, two footswitchable distortion options, with the ability two split the two tones to two seperate amps, apparently built and tweaked for him to use on tour with the Foos. Anybody even heard about this, let alone had a go? My curiosity is piqued! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 cool! I'd not heard of this either. It's a bit pricey for me but no doubt i'll buy a used one off the forum in a year or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 There is another thread somewhere about this. I talked with the a&r guy from ashdown about this at the bass show last year. Still waiting to see more than a production sample rhough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike257 Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 I did a search in case I was beaten to the punch but couldn't find a thread on here. Seems to be very little info on it online, not seen any demos yet, but it's apparently for sale in all the usual suspects. Somebody buy one and let me borrow it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 As far as I'm aware it's not for sale [i]yet[/i],despite being advertised...I think Ashdown are still waiting on delivery from wherever they are made. It sounds like it's going to be a cool pedal...I'm going to try to get hold of one when they are finally released (along with the Pino Octave pedal). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattbass97 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Just emailed ashdown and got an instant reply!!! Heres the exciting news from the ashdown artist relations and marketing guy! Hi Yeah there will be a video demo done by Nate but at this time we are in the process of final testing with Nate in LA next week, we will have more info on this at a later date at this time i do not have a firm date but should have in the next week or two. It will be worth the wait keep an eye out on our web site and Facebook page for more info. Sorry for the delay. All the best, Dan Gooday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskit_case Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Went looking for more info on this pedal and it looks like Ashdown have canned it. The pedal is in their archive and appears to be no longer in production, [url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=pedal&ID=276"]link.[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 [quote name='basskit_case' timestamp='1351514747' post='1851960'] Went looking for more info on this pedal and it looks like Ashdown have canned it. The pedal is in their archive and appears to be no longer in production, [url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?section=pedal&ID=276"]link.[/url] [/quote] Oh dear, this one sounded promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Not surprised really, when you think of big bass distortion tones Nate Mendel's not really the first name that comes to my mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattbass97 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 i had emailed them and they had a video shoot planned and everything! what a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskit_case Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 My mistake, the pedal is not dead, emailed Ashdown and got this response: [quote][color=#454545][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]no it has a styling change, just taken[/size][/font][/color] [color=#454545][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]it down whilst we do new graphics then it will ship.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#454545][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]sorry[/size][/font][/color][/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillento Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 it is available now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Yeah saw one in Dawson's in Manchester at the weekend, couldn't be bothered to try it, I own a Nate Mendel fender P now thought it would be wrong to get the Ashdown pedal as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Has a critical design fault as far as I can see, unless you use it as an always on pedal. The output when switch on will always be the full clean signal PLUS the OD that you dial in. So you will always get a volume hike compared to your bypassed tone. I'm pretty sure, reading about it, that this is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillento Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 [quote name='hamfist' timestamp='1375180354' post='2157607'] Has a critical design fault as far as I can see, unless you use it as an always on pedal. The output when switch on will always be the full clean signal PLUS the OD that you dial in. So you will always get a volume hike compared to your bypassed tone. I'm pretty sure, reading about it, that this is correct. [/quote] Well, in my settings there is no volume spike. On the other hand I prefer to have a bit of clean signal added anyway. Actually the pedal is called NM2 or NM-2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Sounds like the same issue as the EHX Bass Big Muff, which made me solder on a separate master volume control to fix it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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