Product: Ashdown Bass Chorus Plus
Price Paid: gbp 75.00
Submitted
09/29/2007
at
06:11pm
by
ian sayers
Ease of Use
:
7
easy enough to use.
Sound Quality
:
No Opinion
couldn't form an oppinion on the sound because it sounded like the tide was coming in whenever i tried to use it
Reliability
:
No Opinion
didn't have it long enough to judge reliability. build quality was excellent but never got to use it on a gig.
Customer Support
:
2
the retailer i bought it from sent it back to ashdown for repair but it came back with the same fault so asked for a refund.
Overall Rating
:
2
only got to use this at practice session. could not have used it on a gig. too noisy.all my gear is top of the range ashdown, that's why i bought this pedal but very disappointed. have now purchased a digitech x series bass chorus.
Product: Ashdown Bass Chorus Plus
Price Paid: USD 69.99
Submitted
06/23/2007
at
03:19pm
by
Craig
Ease of Use
:
5
In one respect, this is an easy to use pedal. 5 pots and a switch. But in another respect, it's difficult, because getting any usable sounds out of it is impossible.
Sound Quality
:
1
I was surprised as to just how bad it sounded. I own a Ashdown Drive Plus pedal and have been pretty happy with it. But this thing is NOISY! It adds a terrible hiss at any setting (some settings make it worse than others), and anytime I turned the Chorus/Flange knob towards Flange, I got terrible high pitched sounds. This happened even without a bass plugged into it! I returned it after one day.
Reliability
:
9
It's built like a tank, so I think it would last, but I'm not giving it a chance to.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I haven't had to talk with Ashdown, but the retailer where I bought it from was good.
Overall Rating
:
1
I was looking for a subtle chorus effect to use from time to time, but this thing is just bad. I'm going to try the DigiTech X Series Bass Chorus next. It appears that these are being discontinued because they are getting harder to find and the price is falling. That's a good thing because they need to be discontinued... I try hard to keep my effects chain clean - I use as little as possible and am picky about what I do use. Currently I use a Aphex compressor, Korg tuner, and an Ashdown Drive Plus. This is a completely different animal than the Drive Plus pedal and would not recommend it whatsoever.
