Fender Downtown Express Bass station

Effect Pedal for Electric Bass

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Latest User Reviews

2 years ago

Solid Unit - Gig worthy

Bought this to use as a preamp/di to match with my rumble amp. Boy was I happy with the pairing! Using it along with my Harley benton jazz bass and the sound cuts through our bands mix. Love the mute switch as well as the really decent 3band EQ and pretty powerful compression, although the overdrive seems a little dry imo.

Nevertheless, it is a great pedal with a clean DI out - just be sure to get a matching power supply @400ma!

6 years ago

All in one

Very well build pedal with a lot of tonal option.

If you are looking for something that can do it all, this is a very nice option especially for the price.

Both the eq and compressor work as expected and sound great. All though I do wish the compressor had an attack time control.

The overdrive isn't the best, it works if you want a little edge to your sound but if you want more than that it doesn't sound great.

However the overdrive does sound quite nice on a bass synth.

The option of sending the DI pre-fx is also a nice bonus.

When you are looking for a power supply do not forget this pedal needs 400ma which not every power supply offers.

The bright blue LED's are very cool, and you can turn them off when you're not on a dark stage.

Overall a very decent pedal that's definitely worth its price.

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Fender
  • Released in 2019
  • Average price : $205
  • Analogue compressor
  • Overdrive with speaker emulation
  • Equaliser
  • Controls: Master, Bass, Middle, Treble, Level, Tone, Drive (Overdrive Channel), Blend, Gain, Threshold (Compressor Channel)
  • Switch: Mini toggle
  • Footswitch: Mute, Equaliser, Overdrive, Compressor
  • True bypass
  • 6.3 mm jack input
  • 2x 6.3 mm jack output
  • DI out
  • AC adapter connector: Hollow plug socket 5.5 x 2.1 mm, negative pole inside
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