Ashdown is a British amplifier brand with a long history.
With its founding roots in Trace Elliot, the team aims to achieve higher quality and better prices.
Artists such as Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Foo Fighters and The Who are known to use Ashdown.
We have now become their importer and distributor and will be rolling out many of their products.
They are originally an amp brand, so you may have a strong image of amps, but in fact they also have a line-up of effectors, basses, headphones and other products.
The bass guitar in particular is designed by Dan Lakin, founder of Lakland.
You can see how serious they are.
Manufacturing is done in South Korea.
The method of manufacturing in Asia, spending more on hardware and realising high quality while keeping prices low is currently a trend in Europe and the USA. (Reverend Guitars, Anaconda Basses, Bassmods, etc.)
This model is THE SAINT, a bass with a unique body and P and J pickups.
The look, sound and playability will be familiar to those who normally use Fender guitars.
The wood choice is traditional: alder for the body, maple for the neck and rosewood for the fingerboard.
Lightweight woods are used and the weight is kept in the low 3kg to low 4kg range.
The pickups are the so-called PJ style, with a classic PB-style split coil and a J-style single coil.
The front produces a fat but tight sound, the rear is tight and articulate, and the mix is sharp with a distinctive mid-range.
Features HIPSHOT tuning keys and WILKINSON bridge.
It is clear that they understand the importance of the hardware and have spared no cost in this respect.
It is also characterised by its relatively light weight, which we think is a big attraction for musicians who actually play it.
Although it is sold as an outlet, it is in fact a brand new product purchased as new from the manufacturer.
The reason why they are marked as outlet is because some of the pegs are tilted, some of the paint is a little dripping and we judged that the quality is not good enough to sell as new in Japan.
For this reason, we have set the price at 10% lower than it should be.
However, it does not mean that the product is 10% less competent, but it has a nice quality.
The bass is a new brand from Dan Lakin, so you should definitely have high expectations for it.
SPECS.
BODY WOOD - LIGHTWEIGHT ALDER
BODY FINISH - HIGH GLOSS POLY
NECK WOOD - MAPLE
FINGERBOARD WOOD - ROSEWOOD
NECK FINISH - OIL
FINGERBOARD RADIUS - 10
TRUSS ROD - 2 WAY - ALLEN ADJUSTMENT AT BODY
NUT - BONE - WIDTH 44.5mm
FRET WIRE - BS-DHP-2295 (2.2mm x 0.9mm)
FRETS NO. - 20
SCALE - 34
PICKUPS - 1 - PBASS STYLE & 1 JBASS(AT BRIDGE)
CONTROLS - VOL/VOL/TONE
POTS - 3 - CTS STYLE 250K
BRIDGE - 4 STRING THROUGH BRIDGE STRINGING ONLY
TUNERS - HIPSHOT LICENSED - ULTRA-LTE CHROME
STRINGS - HIGH QUALITY - STAINLESS STEEL ROUNDWOUND .045-.105
STRING RETAINER - STRING TREE
STRAPS - DUAL DESIGN
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - SOUTH KOREA
Accessories: None (gig bag, etc. on request).
Text: Shunsuke Saga
Inspection : Shinohara
With manufacturer's warranty
Ships in a sturdy cardboard box.
We can also ship to overseas destinations.
Contact Info
LINE : vwj2699r
email : info@bassick.jp
tel : 045 534 7133