Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive vs Behringer BOD400 Bass Overdrive
The Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive and the Behringer BOD400 Bass Overdrive are both pedals sharing full, harmonically rich, low gain. The Ashdown James LoMenzo Mega Drive leans aggressive and transparent. The Behringer BOD400 Bass Overdrive leans warm.
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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.38% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- full
- harmonically rich
- low gain
- saturated
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$79.90via Reverb
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.
The Behringer BOD400 is a bass overdrive pedal based on the Boss ODB-3 circuit, designed to add gritty overdrive and distortion to bass guitar without losing low-end definition. A blend control mixes the overdriven signal with the dry bass signal, preserving the fundamental while adding harmonic content. The circuit supports the full frequency range of four, five, and six-string basses. It delivers warm tube-like saturation at low gain settings and more aggressive distortion at higher settings. Built as a budget alternative to the ODB-3, the BOD400 covers rock, metal, and alternative bass tones where grit and growl are needed without overwhelming fundamental clarity.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Alternative Rock
- aggressive
- transparent
- warm