Darkglass Vintage Deluxe Settings

I am intrigue by the title of this thread. If I happen to own one, I might summit some settings. you say that the pedal sounded to thin on your rig. was the grunt switch set to thin? did you add too much treble on the pedal? if so, that could be the reason. if you're trying to thicken your sound with the vmtd, check out this clip. hopefully it'll help you out on some setting ideas.

 

Ahh I see. you didn't take the time to test out the pedal. and yes the pedal is bad a$$ and I'm pretty sure it'll work out for you if you spend some time testing it out. it's versatile and it's useful for many type of music. including rock and metal. once you find the right setting for the pedal, you should be set on having a totally awesome sound. I was thinking of purchasing that pedal based on that clip I've posted. I really dig how warm and heavy it can sound. I would most likely to purchase one as a warm heavy distortion.

 

That's a shame. the pedal did have some potentials. maybe the darkglass vintage deluxe might of worked better on solid-state amps like a gallien-krueger or a hartke. if you're still interested in overdrives, there are plenty of options for that.

 

late response because you already returned it but i use as follows.

full blend
boosted level (2-3 o'clock)
drive all the way off
mild eq scoop (as a starting reference not knowing what sound you're after)
grunt set to "fat"
attack - boost or flat works depending on your freshness of string. if they're old i use boost, if they're fresh i leave it on flat.

the drive is mainly responsible for low end loss. I use mine as a clean boost to drive my Markbass TTE500 amp (hybrid tube w/3xecc81 and 1xecc83 tubes) and it works damn well. full thick, tight bottom end.

same trick applies to the v.1 vintage deluxe.

 

I know this doesn't really answer your question but I found the darkglass vintage deluxe kinda thin but very good for nice tone, I mix my dark glass b3k to keep the tone overdriven and still have that heavy low end

 

There you go. it's always good to explore effects for your bass. I use flanger on bass. I currently own a mooer e-lady flanger pedal and it sounds awesome on bass. I really dig the swirling flanging sounds that this pedal provides. it also sounded pretty cool when I combine it with distortion.

 

Indeed it is a great flanger pedal to try out. and there are many good flanger pedals to try out on bass. here are a few recommendations.

Mooer E-lady
Electro-harmonix electric mistress
mxr micro flanger
mxr m117 flanger
mxr bass chorus deluxe(it has a flanger feature)
ebs unichorus(same with this one)
rocktron reaction flanger
t.c electronic vortex flanger

 

Here a pic of a typical setting on my Vintage D. My bass rig is a Mesa D800 and a Fender P.

 

I have a VMT but not the Deluxe. I find I get better tones using it with my SA EQ. I really love the tones I get and the EQ makes it sound better. Too bad you couldn't find something useable. The pedal is not for everyone.

 

Thanks for the tip. I tried this with my new Vintage Deluxe--switches on Attack and Grunt--with my Gibson LP and it absolutely kills. I dialed back the level just a bit, but it sounds amazing...

 

good man, glad it worked for you. the Vintage is a rad pedal