Need feedback choosing Darkglass pedal combo

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Hi!

I’m doing a refresh on my pedalboard, and after buying the Neural DSP Darkglass plugin, I’ve fallen in love with the sound. I’m looking at two different pedal combos, as I like to combine clean and slightly distorted sounds. I really like the slightly compressed varm distortion of the Vintage Microtubes.

Here are the two contenders:

1. Keeley Bassist compressor; DG Harmonic Booster; Vintage Microtubes

2. DG Luminal Booster Ultra; Vintage Microtubes

Which combo would you choose and why?

Thank you!

 

[LowRenzo]

Hi!

I’m doing a refresh on my pedalboard, and after buying the Neural DSP Darkglass plugin, I’ve fallen in love with the sound. I’m looking at two different pedal combos, as I like to combine clean and slightly distorted sounds. I really like the slightly compressed varm distortion of the Vintage Microtubes.

Here are the two contenders:

1. Keeley Bassist compressor; DG Harmonic Booster; Vintage Microtubes

2. DG Luminal Booster Ultra; Vintage Microtubes

Which combo would you choose and why?

Thank you!

Funny you post this as I've just spent the last couple weeks figuring out the same for myself.

Personally I went with a seperate compressor (DG Hyper Luminal) because I already have a SansAmp to serve as my amp-sim / DI-box, and because I already had a Harmonic Booster as well.

The order of pedals I ended up with was Hyper Luminal > Harmonic Booster > B3Kv2 (won out over the VMT, but barely), and then I run that into my SansAmp. You can't have that functionality in that order using the VMT and the Luminal Booster, as the VMT will always be either before comp and EQ, or after the cab sim / DI. So then you would need a seperate signal to have the VMT in the mix as well.

I use the comp to even out the strings a tad, and then use the HB2.0 to boost the B3Kv2 when I wanna go from 'rock to metal' so to speak.

Long story short; seperate pedals for comp, drive and boost, plus eventually a cabsim of some kind would give you many more possibilities than combination pedals.

 

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Thanks! But is it a no-no to put the dirt pedal first?

 

[LowRenzo]

Thanks! But is it a no-no to put the dirt pedal first?

Not at all, it just gives you different options / sounds to work with!

 

[odarellmc]

Thanks! But is it a no-no to put the dirt pedal first?

It can be, depends on the dirt, a always on like the Saturn vi yes, a lil fella ( dirt pedal) no..

 

[GlassToMouth]

I bought the DG Harmonic Booster years ago thinking I would use it mostly as a boost for occasional as solos and clean boost. It turned into my always on preamp. I'm using the Source Audio Atlas as my comp and the NUX MLD NBP-5 as my occasional gain and/or boost with the added bonus of cab sims and HPF.

 

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Thx for replies my dudes! I wound up getting the Microtubes Infinity for my DG kicks.