NPD: I'm a jerk. Sorry Darkglass.

[engedi1]

Love the darkglass sound, hate the darkglass price.

Used my friend. The only way to fly.

 

[rodv66]

Used my friend. The only way to fly.

For now, using my sans amp VT. Maybe one day I will GAS up.

 

[ole Jason]

I use an M900 and still have a b7k but I don't follow the brand super closely. Maybe this has already happened but I'd like to see them reach out more to non-djent bassists. A lot of people think the DG stuff is only good for clackity clackity midrange djent bass but I use it in hippie rock bands and on straight ahead jazz gigs.

 

[NoxNoctus]

Love the darkglass sound, hate the darkglass price.

I remember when $150 was a lot to me for a pedal. Now my cheapest is $150

 

[gregmon79]

I dont play metal either. I love the B7KU, its a super versatile beast. I could rock Motown on that bad boy

 

[Josh Kneisel]

Funny enough, most of the bassists I meet are either A)Unfamiliar with anything other than Boss and maybe Way Huge, or B)if they know what "a Darkglass" is, they usually follow up with "huh, I thought they were for metal?". Seems the stigma is you need to be in a metal band and play a Dingwall to own one lol

For my electronic-alt-rock infused band that sits somewhere between Mutemath and Twenty One Pilots, I guess I'm the odd one out

I use a Darkglass SuperSymetry and I play jazz...

 

[MGR]

I fell out of favor with my B3K. It happens. It was just too one dimensional and although it clicked off all the items on a checklist for effective bass overdrive, I just couldn't get with the sound after a while and switched to more open and natural sounding OD's.

 

[Ant Illington]

I've been pretty quick on the draw about my distaste for Darkglass distortion, over the years. I've not been shy mentioning it in threads about their boxes. The truth is, I really didn't like what I heard a few years back. I first tried an early Finland version with a Dingwall ABZ5. I later tried a VMTD. There was a fizzy quality to the top end, and not enough oomph in the lows and lo-mids, with either box.

Well, I recently ordered a B7K out of the classifieds, and it arrived today, and I need to admit that I've changed my tune. I've moved on in my choice of head and cab, and bass, which I'm sure played a big role in that.

I just plugged in my new B7K, which is a USA generation model. I grabbed my Ric 4003, and plugged into my Demeter head and Barefaced BB2, with the crossover dialed down. Boom. I liked it. I wondered if this was related using lower output single coils, so I grabbed my EMG hum bucker 5 string Spector. There it was. A tone I liked. I tried to dial in that fizz I hated, but it wasn't coming through the way I recalled. I could hear traces of it, but it wasn't there as prominently.

I was able to dial in quite a nice clean tone, with each bass. This is why I ordered the pedal. I had an idea for some signal routing and DI recording, where the clean DI and the parallel out would be a potential source for blending tones I'm trying to get.

I'm not sure what to attribute the difference to. Probably a combination of factors. It isn't my new favorite box, nor the end-all to my tone quest, but it's not what I remembered and have described on TB in other threads. It just goes to show that there are lots of variables at play, as we all go hunting for tone.

I'd like to apologize to @Darkglass for casting any and all shade I've hinted at, implied, or probably boldly stated. I know there's plenty of support for your products in this forum, and I knew there must've been a reason why, but I just couldn't hear it, until now.

That's some modesty!

 

[Spidey2112]

I grabbed my Ric 4003,

You had me at... Ric...

 

[BadExample]

I think we could make visiting Bodom lake count .

IMO, if he swam in the lake, that should be considered a DIY baptism.

Yer not a jerk, @monsterthompson Freedom of opinion and expressing it is only useful if allowed and willing to learn something new and change that opinion. Otherwise it is a deterrent. You just gathered new data points, formed a new opinion, and were man enough to bring it to the table. What is not cool is forming (dreaming up) an opinion, not one's own opinion, but what others want to hear, in attempt to gain money, power or popularity. I have not read one thread here that gave me the impression that anyone on TB does that, including the commercial accounts. I might be the BadExample, but I have standards!

I give you three likes. I'd give you three thumbs up if not for the dambid table saw. Now I need to relearn the low B too. And same goes for @Darkglass for his kind words and always very nice manners at TB. He might be the only one that hasn't called me a beeeeeg dummy yet

Cheers mates! This is a happy thread!

 

[KevInDaBassment]

It seems so simple, but a change of bass can have a huge effect on the pedal since some work better with different signal levels/types. I swear by the Blowerbox + P-bass formula...simply awesome.

 

[monsterthompson]

Don't get me wrong. It is a fine tool. Still, the enthusiasm for it is a little overwhelming when everybody prescribes it as the cure for every ailment, in every thread. Let's be realistic; it's not bourbon

 

[geowis]

I was contemplating starting a thread recently based on a similar experience. I recently purchased one of Duke's Audiokinesis Hathor 1203's. It's a great, lightweight cab and definitely a keeper. But, the order of my favorite gear has changed through the cab. I have a PJ with Geezer Butler's in it, and now I understand what everyone's been loving. But, not everything has changed for the better. I think the moral of the story is, every time you change something you may be changing more than you anticipated.

 

[bobba66]

Burn the witch!

 

[engedi1]

I was contemplating starting a thread recently based on a similar experience. I recently purchased one of Duke's Audiokinesis Hathor 1203's. It's a great, lightweight cab and definitely a keeper. But, the order of my favorite gear has changed through the cab. I have a PJ with Geezer Butler's in it, and now I understand what everyone's been loving. But, not everything has changed for the better. I think the moral of the story is, every time you change something you may be changing more than you anticipated.

Getting audiokenesis cabs has also changed my entire perception of my gear. I never realized how much cabs color the tone until I heard the Duke's stuff

 

[JCooper]

I've found cabs to affect distortion SO much more than I would have guessed...

 

[monsterthompson]

I've found cabs to affect distortion SO much more than I would have guessed...

It is part of why I changed my tune on the B7K. I'm working with a bunch of cab sims in Guitar Rig 5, including mic placement. It is crazy to hear what changes.

 

[vivaknoxvegas]

I am the same. I tried and tried to get Darkglass to work for me, and I just never got there. I love the company and I know they make amazing gear for a lot of bass players.

 

[Gab124]

Great story. I don't read that much in the pedal forums and never used OD at all, as I am no where near a metal player. But, for some reason the Darkglass name and some stuff I read on it made me want to try one out. I was using the VT as everyone seemed to be doing and struggled with being perfectly happy with it. I bought a new B7K Ultra and pretty quickly found a tone I was very satisfied with. I play through many rigs and some front of house as well as DI for recording, but I always have my small board with the Ultra, Empress ParaEq and a Smoothie - that is my current tone nirvana. Darkglass does make good stuff that will work in many genres aside from the expected heavy metals.

 

[monsterthompson]

Wow. Just plugged my fretless in. This has potential. Still not interested in the distortion sound, but there's more going on in the clean pre than I had considered when I first owned one.