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What the...Darkglass Vintage Microtubes?!?!

#382
zwkoch said:
Since it appears that Mjac and I are hunting for the same tone, I am holding my breath until he posts his review. Congrats Doug on the big release!
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Thanks!
There are still pedals to be delivered, so is not over yet!
I'll keep you folks updated on the deliveries to be made. In the meanwhile you guys keep me posted on your reviews please!

Regards,
Doug.
 
#383
Wow, it seems like every thread on the forum is about Darkglass right now. Glad to hear that the Vintages are making their way into customers' hands! Many more are shipping out this week, so if you haven't heard from your dealers yet, you will soon.
 
#385
I received my Vintage from Bass EFX today and tried it with a Ric 4003 through my Ampeg B-100R. This pedal flat out rocks. Even the random knob settings straight out of the box sounded great! :bassist:

One question, though: should I have received some sort of instructions along with the pedal? I know it's pretty simple, but...
 
#386
Darkglass said:
Just like with the B3K: clean signal volume remains at the natural, bypass volume.
Level knob controls the amount of dirty signal being blended with the clean one ;).
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So, if I'm following you correctly, the Level knob controls the volume of the dirty signal, relative to the clean signal. The Blend knob then controls the ratio of dirty/clean sent to the output. Is that correct?

In other words, I could make my dirty signal half as loud as my clean signal, but then set the blend to, say, 25% clean and 75% dirty?
 
#388
Charley Umbria said:
So, if I'm following you correctly, the Level knob controls the volume of the dirty signal, relative to the clean signal. The Blend knob then controls the ratio of dirty/clean sent to the output. Is that correct?

In other words, I could make my dirty signal half as loud as my clean signal, but then set the blend to, say, 25% clean and 75% dirty?
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Exactly. You can match the dirty volume to the clean one and set the Blend at 12. Or dial down the Blend and boost the Level, and vice versa!
This arrangement might seem a bit odd because is different than the usual Blend sections... but once you get a hang of it is very intuitive and the best thing is that allows for ultimate mixing control!

Specially when experimenting with extreme Drive settings, the processed signal can get extremely loud.
 
#390
Hey I have a question. I've been reading a lot of threads about the B3 and B7K and I'm wondering where it would be best placed on my board. I'm must likely going to be using it as a distortion/OD pedal. I will be running the VT bass in the same chain. I will have to ditch at least one pedal off my board due to real estate. I've been hearing ghat running it at the beginning is a good thing. If you're out there Doug, what is your opinion?? I'm very open to opinions and I will play with my order in time. Just looking for suggestions. Also, will I be good running this pedal at 9 volts?? Or should I get/need 18?? Here's my board as is right now:

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Bass going into auto wah, amp going into sansamp BDDI. The BDDI hasn't been being used due the VT. It will probably be coming off and in my gig case just in case I ever need that DI. Suggestions please, thanks!!
 
#397
gregmon79 said:
Hey I have a question. I've been reading a lot of threads about the B3 and B7K and I'm wondering where it would be best placed on my board. I'm must likely going to be using it as a distortion/OD pedal. I will be running the VT bass in the same chain. I will have to ditch at least one pedal off my board due to real estate. I've been hearing ghat running it at the beginning is a good thing. If you're out there Doug, what is your opinion?? I'm very open to opinions and I will play with my order in time. Just looking for suggestions. Also, will I be good running this pedal at 9 volts?? Or should I get/need 18?? Here's my board as is right now:

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Bass going into auto wah, amp going into sansamp BDDI. The BDDI hasn't been being used due the VT. It will probably be coming off and in my gig case just in case I ever need that DI. Suggestions please, thanks!!
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Hi! Based on the fact that the Vintage does do something along the lines of both the OCD and VT, I guess placing it around them for some A/B testing might be a good place to start.

Regards,
D.
 

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