Ashdown Triple Shot vs Carl Martin Bass Drive
The Ashdown Triple Shot and the Carl Martin Bass Drive are both pedals sharing full, transparent, saturated. The Carl Martin Bass Drive leans harmonically rich and warm. Current prices: $179.99 vs $292.23.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.51% — moderately similar
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- full
- transparent
- saturated
Ashdown Triple Shot
Ashdown · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$179.99via Reverb
$292.23via Reverb
The Ashdown ADM3S-U Triple Shot Drive is a multiband bass overdrive pedal from UK manufacturer Ashdown Engineering. The signal is split into three discrete frequency bands: Dark (bass), Medium (midrange), and Light (treble), each fed through an independent distortion generator with its own Roast control setting the overdrive amount per band. The bands are recombined for full-frequency output. Requires an 18V power supply (included). The multiband architecture allows bassists to apply heavy saturation to midrange while keeping low bass clean, preserving low-end definition under heavy drive.
The Carl Martin BassDrive is a dedicated bass guitar overdrive pedal from the Danish manufacturer, providing warm harmonic saturation and drive character tailored to the bass frequency range without sacrificing low-end punch and definition. Features a blend control allowing the overdriven signal to mix with the clean bass signal for preserving fundamental punch. An EQ section shapes the driven signal for different bass and amp combinations. Suitable for rock, blues, and alternative bass applications where warmth and grind are wanted alongside defined low-end. Made in Denmark by Carl Martin.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Electronic
- Metal
- Blues
- Alternative Rock
- harmonically rich
- warm
- high gain