I've bought in their physical shop as well as ordered from their Reverb store. Never had any problems. Good stock, well taken care off
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Having had the XD-1 and the VFE RUP, it sounds like it addresses my two main gripes with them: the distortion characteristic was always mushy and it felt like it was layered on top of the clean instead of blended into one. DG has amazing blends and it sounds like it's a less mushy fizzy distortion. Mileage will vary of course
Can't believe the instagram announcement for this came the day after I decided to order a dual band crossover+compressor pedal to use with my darkglass distortions. Oh well.
Wasn’t this the idea of the VFE Triumvirate, except it split the signal in three? Always wish I’d tried one before it was discontinued.
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- Douglas Castro, Founder: darkglass.com
I have never bought anything from them but I have talked with the owner and he was cool!
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Multiband distortion has been around for decades. It was popularized by John Entwistle through the cumbersome but wonderfully effective technique of using clean bass amp(s) for lows and dirty guitar amp(s) for highs. It's been a studio technique for decades...
...but OK, you're talking pedals.
Multiband OD pedals have been available for years from a number of manufacturers. I like my VFE Triumvirate, but it's awkward to manipulate because of the six controls crammed onto the small pedal, and I've never attempted to tweak the internal trim pots for the filter frequencies because that's even more awkward. I could name a few more that have been around for awhile... but in short, a Darkglass multiband OD pedal has been tops on my wish list for years, and I'm thrilled that it's now a reality and I'll have my hands on one soon! 
Has there been any indication of what the compression circuit is like compared to the hyper luminal?
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I believe I read that’s its based the Buss compression circuit from the Hyper Luminal
hmm, very interested to learn more - like attack and release time ranges, etc. @Darkglass are there plans to elucidate in the manual? What does "increase the amount of compression" actually mean?
Having seen Doug’s post about the X7 approximating many of their other drive sounds short of Omega, I think I’m going to order one. I’ll likely be doing some gigs without an amp when I’m on the west coast, so I’m a little concerned about the more limited EQ on the X7 alone. Maybe I’ll still do AOU + X7, I don’t know.
Please let us west coasties know where you’re playing... I love seeing TB bands.
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I’d like to hear that too... but even from the high gain clips, I bet it kills doing low gain.
Would like to hear it in a mix as well. All that gain is great solo but is it going to get swallowed by guitars and cymbals?
Both X pedals have mid contols so I seriously doubt that. Also, remember that the low end stays clean.
