Darkglass Preamps 4 Band

Good lord. If they have a gain control adjustment I'm going to be a busy dude installing these preamps!

 

You sure he said 4 band? The Pre is supposed to be 3 band (bass, Low mid and High mid).
Good to finally see a price though. I've actually got a Dingwall NG-2 on order, but still plan to replace at least one or two of my other basses with the DK Pre. I'm wondering how nasty it's going to turn my Charvel with 18v active EMGs.

 

Yeah I hear ya. Or at least get what you're saying. Doug said that it ditches the Treble (which I always keep at neutral anyways). The mids are really where the B#Ks shine. I'm anxious to put the bark in one of my basses..... even more anxious to see the next batch of Dingwalls completed and out the door!

 

In case you didn't see it on their facebook or in the DK thread.
http://www.darkglass.com/creations/tone-capsule/

 

I'm intrigued. But I'm not familiar with Darkglass, so I'm wondering how this differs from, say, an Aguilar OBP-3? The frequency centers, obviously. Anything else?

 

It's basically their B7K pedal without the gain and treble. It's in the Dingwall NG-2 Combustions. I have an NG-2 on order, and was planning on getting the pre-amp for another bass that's got an 18v set of active EMGs with just two volumes and a general tone knob. For a lot of us guys playing heavier stuff, this gives us more control over our mids, which is where a lot of us punch through the mix to be heard. A lot of the guys here have really been anticipating its release.

 

Quite intriguing, eager to hear in depth reviews

 

You know what would be another cool feature that would really set these apart from other preamps on the market...other than an output gain control?

TWO output gain controls...one for each pickup. That would allow for dialing in the balance between the pickups that you want..no more 'weak neck pickup' problems with basses that use different pickups for the bridge and neck. I never understood why preamp makers don't do this so there must be a reason. Audere kinda does it on their Z-Mode preamps, but only in one of the modes.

Just an idea I've dreamed about a preamp with those features for years and I'd love to see Darkglass do it and put a hurt on the other preamps out there!

 

John East J/U-Retro preamps have separate gain controls for each pickup. That said unless you're using very different kinds of pickups together it's rarely an issue that can't be addressed with pickup height (i.e. as long as you're running matched J pickups, dual soapbars, P/J setup, etc.)

In any case I don't really see the DG Tone Capsule trying to compete with that market segment (Audere, John East, Mike Pope, etc.) so much as directly with preamps like the Aguilar OBP-3 and Bartolini NTMB, arguably the two most popular on the market by far. In that area I think it does a great job of hitting the mark with price and features.

 

What if....... Micro tube in an onboard preamp. Yeah I know, probably not possible without a bunch of hassle but that would be crazy to imagine.

 

I think Bestbassgear carries these now...

 

They do $200 im gonna pull the trigger on one soon if anyone else has already please spill the beans

 

just an idea, this could be mounted into a pedal fairly easily right? wouldnt be too much to just throw a couple in/out jacks, a dc power, and an switch.

i supose at that point its very similar to a b7k, but could be cool.

 

I am interested in dropping one of these into a pedal box. Has anyone ever done that?