Fender Downtown Express Bass Multi-Effects Pedal with DI Out

Makes my Jaguar bass sound great.

A great to use and sounding effects pedal to use with a bass guitar. Great quality material used but the only thing is you will need to get a separate external power supply but I managed to pick a boss one up from my local Music Store.

The functionality is top notch.

This Multi-FX is an extremely sturdy, stylish piece of kit that I fell in love with immediately. I paid roughly £150 for it, but that's a comparatively good price if you were to purchase a compression and distortion pedal separately. The gold finish is stylish and appealing to the eye and fits easily on my Pedal Train Nano, while I've had no issues with adhesion. This is an easy to use and set up item, which sounds good with little tweaking. I would have liked this to include a tuner but then how else would I spend my money if this gave me everything I need at such a good price - 8/10.

All good

All your basic needs in one pedal, but needs some serious tweaking to get the best from it. Overdrive very good, and tuned nicely for bass. EQ is smooth and effective, and mid adds some nice crunch. Compressor controls are tricky to get right, and not as tweakable as stand-alone pedals. However, I used the pedal on some fairly big gigs and the sound was pretty good.

Great product by Fender. Easy to use.

I wanted a standalone box to give some control over tone and volume along with a compressor and overdrive. This seemed to tick all of the boxes. I was aware that the unit does not come with a power lead but ordered this on the basis that the Amazon technical spec said you could use a 9v battery which was to be my preferred method of supplying power, whilst you could connect this to an external power bank be aware there is no battery compartment. What I liked was that the box is well constructed, looks very nice, I liked the mute function and it's easy to use. The EQ part was okay, if a little sensitive, if you turn the bass knob right down you get no sound which might work for some people but it seemed a bit strange to me. The best tone I could find was with everything a twelve oclock. The volume reduces significantly if you use the XLR out to a PA in fx mode, you can increase the volume on the box all the way around but that loses the flexibility to turn your volume up any further. The distortion was rather extreme, again this might work for some but found that the only acceptable setting for rock songs was with everything turned down to the lowest setting. The compressor did it's job but was noisy.

70年代のFenderのプレベのお供に使ってます。ベースの性能のおかげ？か、いい音出ます。

Dovevo ridurre all'osso i pedali che porto con me e, sebbene avessi molti pedali simili, ho voluto provare questo Fender per la "particolarità" di avere un compressore a bordo che mi aiuti nella dinamica. Certo, potevo usare quello "on board" della testata della sala prove, ma non mi soddisfaceva a pieno, e perdere spazio in pedaliera per un compressore, solo per mie carenze tecniche, mi dispiaceva. Così facendo ho ampliato lo spettro di suoni possibili in mio possesso. Spartana l'EQ a 3 vie, ma lo preferisco, carino il drive in low gain (è il mio "suono valvolare" always on). Detto del comp (che è possibile posizionare anche dopo il drive, ma avendo già detto delle mie carenze tecniche, io lo metto dietro), resta da parlare del mute (comodo per accordare, c'è un'uscita dedicata al tuner, che per mia ignoranza non sono riuscito a sfruttare, ma ho ovviato comunque, il mute fa comunque il suo dovere. Stupendo il case. Lato D.I., non faccio più live da anni, ma è bello sapere che c'è ed offra anche diverse soluzioni (su cosa mandare al banco mixer. Ci sono infatti 3 opzioni, purtroppo per come ho assemblato la pedaliera non riuscirei a mandare il suono pulito, ma va beh, ho già detto che non prevedo di fare live a breve, e per le registrazioni non mi mancano pedali alternativi).

Incredible value for the price; helps you achieve a real professional sound.

Ridiculous, no plug included.

Es un preamp cumplidor y con su propio carácter. La gente de la marca Aguilar trabajó junto con Fender para su desarrollo, según el vídeo del canal de YT de Fender. Yo lo uso como caja directa y voy a consola, me ahorra usar un amplificador y mi espalda lo agradece. Gran construcción y el diseño es precioso.