I played a prototype of the Jazz bass (not a production model), superbly made and amazing value. If only there was a 5 string !

The low e-string seems to disappear in the soap demos. I'm thinking the pickup must not be wide enough for the string spacing and the string is not aligned with the magnetic field. It's too bad because they look and sound cool otherwise!

I love the soap bar ones, they have a real unique character ....

That Low Rider is killer! As is the player playing it!! I love the fact that you go through all the different playing styles, so everyone can actually hear what the gear you're playing sounds like in different scenarios!! The main question i have about the Low Rider is: How's the balance? Is there any significant neck dive? Keep killing it!! 🤘🤘

I’d be buyin the saint soap. Definitely putting flats on it. Would be super curious to hear this bad compared with the short scale version. Long scale (LS) rounds vs. LS flat vs short scale (SS) rounds vs. SS flats

Great review as always. They all look really cool - Getting Reverend bass vibes from these

If I remember correctly, the bolt-on T-bird design was inspired by Joh Entwistle's famous "Fender-bird."

Mullet looks great man. They all sound great but the Saint Soapbar with rounds sounds incredible.

Love that there's a company doing something new rather than P or J bass version 111763

Super well made video with clean sound, amp sound, playing styles.. it has it all! 🤩😍

Those Saint Soaps sound phenomenal

I've been dreaming about T-Bass with jazz bass neck for ages! It looks great!

Man I wish these guys would direct ship to the US. That green saint soap makes me drool.

Why saint soap have a gap volume on E string?

The soap bar basses have the same problem the Fender Gold foil has, the E string has much lower output like the pickup is misaligned

The green speaks to me. All really nice though. Personally wish they were a few hundred dollars less but dont we all wish everything was cheaper! Thanks for sharing these with us and great job on the video. Edit: I was looking at prices for The Low Rider and The Grail bass at over $1,050 usd each. The ones shown in this video are less than half that price putting these along with the Squier CV series liked you stated. A great value at that point and now I'm REALLY interested. Shipping across the pond is my only gripe.

The Saint has a GORGEOUS tone and the colorrr 😩😩😩😩 i’ve been looking for a new bass, this might be it!!

Love the shapes and colours, some interesting looking stuff

I just got my Saint Soap today. No issues with the frets on my greenie. I did have to do a setup, but it was decent out of the box. I'm normally a P player, but this one just might be my new favorite. (Have to let the Honeymoon phase run it's course.) To me it sounds like a cross between a P and a Thunderbird. A darker sounding P might be a good description.

Great to see some affordable basses with nice colors. Hate that standart red, yellow, blue. Nice color picking and props for fitting that market. Roasted sounds also cool but never played one. First saw this with Sire basses.

I mean you kinda have to compare them to a Reverend now. Almost identical shape!

Those spectacles work for you Jonny. 👍🏻

Great review! I need that lowrider asap

Oh, the Lowrider is so brutally affordable and it seems to sound great!

interesting!They all look like the ideal mid-range choice to me

Liking the PJ version. Very tempting.

A thunderbird with a normal bridge? You have my attention

I'd love to hear them all with some fuzz on them too. Nice review though. I think I'd agree about the J pickup on the Saint. I'm not usually a fan of a bridge pickup on it's own, but that sounds like it imght be useable! I just wish Ashdown would match their product annoucements with the availability of the product. Images of the roasted Capri have been around since January on their Facebook. It's October and they're still only at pre-orders. There isn't any point trying to create a buzz around their products if people can't actually get their hands on them.

For the record, the Ashdown Capri, while having a great neck, good soldering wrt pots & jack, nice fretwork etc has one HUGE fundamental flaw....the pickup. The E string is noticeably quieter than the ADG strings. Im so pissed of with it that I have ordered a 12k toaster alnico rail pickup from Dave Konig at Retrovibe Basses (nice guy, I bought his Stinger pre-amp, which is an homage to the pre-Ernie Ball Musicman pre-amp found in the original Leo Fender designed 'Stingray'). The fact that Ashdown think this is OK to release to the world speaks volumes (if only the E string spoke volumes). I love the shape of the Capri, the neck is great, fretwork all good....but that pickup sucks-ass. As an addendum, there is plenty of room in the cavity routing at the back for a little pre-amp and 9v battery too ;-) Also goes to show that some 'influencers' are nothing but corporate whores. Lastly, the Capri suffers from near suicidal neck-dive, don't even think of slinging it round your neck on a slippy nylon/polyester strap. I have mine on a nice fat suede-sheepskin backed 'Perri’s Leathers Ltd.' 'fat' bass strap...ergo, it stays put.

Love your videos and love your bass tone even more is there anyway you can post your GK with ampeg cab settings?

Not sure about the Lowrider thing. I am very interested to try locally in Germany. Don't know if activeness is the way to go here to be honest. I like the basic thunderbird tone. Always not sure about size, neck dive, 3 point bridge.

The E string on the green bass is quiet. Perhaps the pickup isn't catching the string. too small. Check it)

Hey Jonny, I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for this rundown of the roasted bases. Out of interest, does the PJ Saint have the same Jazz Bass style neck profile (with the 38mm nut) that the Saint Soap has? Ashdown's website doesn't make this clear.

Did you get to play the short scale too, outside of this vid? That's the one that I'm really interested in.

I liked the soap pickup basses best for tone. The lowrider is not for me with its looks, neck dive and too bassy boominess. I pre-ordered the Saint P-J in onyx green because I want that versatility and it didn't disappoint me in this sound demo at all. Apparently Ashdown take delivery of these roasted affordable basses in November. Thanks for demo. I hope mine is good when it arrives but I'm capable of set up and ironing out any minor bugs. Glad I ordered mine based on this review, Jonny.

impossible to purchase unfortunately :c

Are these all rear routed for the pickups? :) they would look really good without the ugly pickguards!

I think its interesting to add KGs to the weight as well, like what isnt it just a few countries that use LBs? anyways, great video!

Great review! Could you please tell them to make a lefty model? 🥺😅

Thank you Johnny, for this video! I am a huge fan of your channel. Love the basses, the neck and green color look fantastic. But, I feel like almost every bass that is reviewed sounds great and punchy. This is probably because of the fresh strings. I have once ordered the Paranormal jazz bass because of good reviews, but it was extremely underwhelming and low in output in real life.

Looks nice! but why no 5 stringers?

Alright. after finishing the video. I still want to get my hands on a lowrider. I was in musicstore cologne last saturday and tried out some basses. I like the shape of the T-Bird, but I absolutely hate glossy necks. It just doesn't feel right for me. And I love roasted maple necks with satin finish. Oooh yeah. So this might be the one for me. On the other hand, I also tested an Ibanez SR300 something which is only slightly more expensive and stuck in my head since.

I wish Ashdown instruments were easier to find in the US.

Cheers for the video. Can you confirm the Lowrider has active pickups? So where is the battery beeing placed?

What about neck dive, was that an issue with the roasted sainted?

Hu hu Lakland headstock👌

Jonny, all the bases you have came with Ashdown gig bags. Do you know if that will be the case with ones supplied on pre orders by the likes of me from Ashdown?

What flats are on the saint soap? That's my favourite sound here.

Looks good from far , 67min until I know if this will be my next bass...

Roasty toasty

Please review the vintage basses

Did they announce when they will start shipping these out?

To bad these are so hard to get in the US.

The single pickup ones don't have any definition in the notes. You can't hear the E string properly....not the best sounding basses in my opinion. Maybe the PJ model will do the job but the rest not really....

Are those soapbars humbuckers? They look an awful lot like that Gretsch G2220 pickups…

You have to try really hard NOT to look like a badass with that low rider!

looks suspiciously like a Reverend.

Saint is the best. Lowrider you can barely hear