DHA

Flea666 · #1 11-02-2007, 05:10 PM

i was at music live today in birmingham england, and a few of the stands were using DHA pedals for people to try with their bass's, does any one know any thing about this?

syciprider · #2 11-02-2007, 05:29 PM

No, but thanks for telling us.

bongomania · #3 11-02-2007, 06:05 PM

LOL! Sycip, what should that poster have done instead?

syciprider · #4 11-02-2007, 06:54 PM

Sorry I couldn't resist. It sounded like he was sharing a story with us.

Flea, I am assuming that you want to know about the DHA pedals.

I have a VT-1 Std and I love it. It is responsive to attack and other changes to playing dynamics. I also love how it effectively has two distortion controls. The normal gain and the input pad. The gain control provides nice tube overdrive. Overloading the input returns a kind of distortion that sputters like your amp is about to break. All this sounds like it is simply layered on your bass signal so the bottom is intact.

Swift713 · #5 11-02-2007, 10:18 PM

damn gas

DHA · #6 11-03-2007, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Flea666

i was at music live today in birmingham england, and a few of the stands were using DHA pedals for people to try with their bass's, does any one know any thing about this?

Hi,

Yes, there are pedals on the bassdirect and Vanquish guitars/E basses stands. The bassdirect stand also have the VT5-400-bass amp which has been very well received so far. Its an all valve pre-amp with valve compressor, valve Fx loop and 2-3W valve output stage that then feeds a Class D 400W solid state amp.

I was there yesterday, maybe we met? I will be there again on Sunday if anyone would like to chat.

We have our own stand at bassday in Manchester next Sunday. I will be giving the amp to it's new owner there.

Dave
DHA

ob3ron · #7 11-03-2007, 11:22 AM

would anyone happen to have a clip of the VT-1 Std doing subtle overdrive? thanks!

diechris · #8 01-30-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ob3ron

would anyone happen to have a clip of the VT-1 Std doing subtle overdrive? thanks!

here ya go! im bad at writing reviews... but here's a quick clip i did.

http://media.putfile.com/pbass-spb3-...lean-overdrive

pbass w/spb-3 pickups... into my dha vt-1 played clean.. then turned on with overdrive.

i really like the tone. it sounds very natural keeps that... bite? i guess you could say.. without getting buzzy like lower end overdrive units. i use a 1spot 9v with an adapter.

bongomania · #9 01-30-2008, 08:40 PM

I just received my DHA compressor in the mail today! I haven't even had a chance to plug it in yet, but I'm excited.

ob3ron · #10 01-30-2008, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by diechris

here ya go! im bad at writing reviews... but here's a quick clip i did.

http://media.putfile.com/pbass-spb3-...lean-overdrive

pbass w/spb-3 pickups... into my dha vt-1 played clean.. then turned on with overdrive.

i really like the tone. it sounds very natural keeps that... bite? i guess you could say.. without getting buzzy like lower end overdrive units. i use a 1spot 9v with an adapter.

thanks a lot man. that sounds sweet! i want something that preserves my natural bass tone and this sounds like it.

I was gonna wait for the new ashdown overdrive and vt bass to come out but boy am i tempted now!

diechris · #11 01-30-2008, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ob3ron

thanks a lot man. that sounds sweet! i want something that preserves my natural bass tone and this sounds like it.

I was gonna wait for the new ashdown overdrive and vt bass to come out but boy am i tempted now!

tuning is in drop C so it handles the low notes pretty well without getting muddy. i really love tone from it but the band im in now calls for something different and im bumming about it.

diechris · #12 01-30-2008, 10:36 PM

also sorry for waiting so long! haha

Alfie · #13 01-31-2008, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

I just received my DHA compressor in the mail today! I haven't even had a chance to plug it in yet, but I'm excited.

I have just ordered his compressor, what are your first impressions?

uly_ · #14 01-31-2008, 03:46 AM

Anyone knows how the DHA VT-1 is doing with active basses? Do they rip the hell out of that tube, or?

dannybuoy · #15 01-31-2008, 03:47 AM

Should be fine, there's an adjustable input pad knob.

uly_ · #16 01-31-2008, 03:52 AM

Yea I just stumbled across the description hehe, gotta read before asking dumb questions. Thanks for replying though

perogato02 · #17 01-31-2008, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by uly_

Anyone knows how the DHA VT-1 is doing with active basses? Do they rip the hell out of that tube, or?

I combine the DHA VT-1 with an EBMM SUB4 (and yes, it has an active preamp) ... And it behaves nicely. But I still have to search for a good setting to let it rip and snarl

bongomania · #18 01-31-2008, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfie

I have just ordered his compressor, what are your first impressions?

It arrived non-functional. Looks like I'll have to send it back for repair.

Edit: Dave just called me up to work out what might have happened with this unit, and we've figured out some plausible things I should test before (or possibly instead of) sending it back. Big thumbs up to Dave for personal attention to the customer!

Alfie · #19 01-31-2008, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

It arrived non-functional. Looks like I'll have to send it back for repair.

Bugger.