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Darkglass Vintage microtubes - favorite settings

#2
I used mine as an always-on tone-shaper and light overdrive. My bass has a low output, so I can set the Gain up between 10-11 o'clock without a lot of drive unless I dig in. I set the Blend to 100% wet, Era to around 2 o'clock and Volume to taste (I use mine to push a tube amp a bit, so my Volume is always boosted above unity). With the Vintage Deluxe I just got the EQ makes it far more versatile, but of course also much less plug-n-play...
 
#3
i have just the other day found a new sweet setting. i keep the blend 100% wet. the drive and era is both at around 11 and the level is a little over unity.
this really gives me a dynamic light drive that gives me that nice light breaking up sound!

just so you have something to compere with:
The setting i had before was blend and era at 12 ish, the drive set at 2 and the level at 11.
 
#6
I'm using mine as an always-on light overdrive, last pedal in my chain.

Currently I have it set to:
Blend: 10 o'clock
Era: 1 o'clock
Level: 1 o'clock
Drive: 12 o'clock

Really liking it around this setting...

I used to set it up differently with my old bass (again as an always-on light overdrive), something like:
Blend: 4 o'clock
Era: 1 o'clock
Level: unity
Drive: 8 o'clock

Really it just depends on what bass I'm using.
 
#7
I use mine stricly as an OD, does a fine job. I have EBS Valvedrive always on as a tone shaper with a bit of drive when I dig in. So when these too are stacked it can be a bit aggresive.

Scale is 1-10
Blend: 6
Era: MAX
Drive: MAX
Volume: 6

What I have noticed, whatever way I set the dials, it sounds freakin awesome all the time!
 

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