Ashdown Double Shot vs Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive

The Ashdown Double Shot and the Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive are both pedals sharing full, transparent, bright. The Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive leans harmonically rich and aggressive.

Similarity
citedBlended 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.

36% — somewhat different

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • full
  • transparent
  • bright
Citation fame
citedCitation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.
17%
0%
Price

$87.94via Reverb

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Description

The Ashdown Pro-FX Double Shot is a two-channel bass overdrive pedal and a scaled-down version of the Ashdown Triple Shot Tri-Band Bass Overdrive. It features dual overdrive circuits with band-specific gain control, allowing independent shaping of low and high frequency overdrive levels to preserve bass clarity while adding defined grit to the upper register. A blendable clean signal lets bassists retain fundamental low-end definition beneath the drive. It is part of the Ashdown ABM Pro-FX range designed in the UK for bass-focused applications.

The Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive is a bass drive pedal designed with Megadeth bassist James LoMenzo, debuted at NAMM 2023 as an evolution of the Ashdown HyperDrive. It features sweepable highpass and lowpass filters for targeting specific frequency bands, a drive blend knob to mix clean and driven signals, adjustable input gain, and a VU meter for visual input monitoring. The circuit delivers a wide gain range from warm deep harmonic overdrive to bright cutting distortion, with full-spectrum frequency shaping rather than the HyperDrive mid-only approach. Suited for heavy rock and metal bass playing, it preserves low-end fundamental clarity while adding harmonic aggression on top. Used by James LoMenzo live with Megadeth as his primary bass drive.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
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  • Metal
  • Hard Rock
Tonal lean
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  • harmonically rich
  • aggressive
  • saturated
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