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mdc wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:00 pm

andyman wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:29 am As a mild overdrive? Not just for lead?

I was actually considering pulling the trigger on a BD-2.

BD2 is never a bad choice!

I feel I'm letting the side down, but I couldn't get on with the BD2. I found it too bright and too, erm, I want to use the term "processed"? It sounded kinda false to me. Never edge of break up - always over that edge.

bassdriver wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:49 pm tried a lot of overdrives on bass. love the Darkglass Alpha Omicron !

+1 And even better, the Alpha Omega (a few more bells and whistles).

Anyway, I've tried the Hot Cake, on a non-Vox amp. It was very good on the edge, or just past the edge of breakup. But at full gain, it was just too wooly/not defined enough.

DaveA wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:45 pm

bassdriver wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:49 pm tried a lot of overdrives on bass. love the Darkglass Alpha Omicron !

+1 And even better, the Alpha Omega (a few more bells and whistles).

I feel like the proliferation of "the Darkglass sound" has made heavy music more boring.

That might be. For my (non-metal) purposes, it's fine though. I use a ten-band graphic EQ into that pedal, and then into a slightly overdriven Class D head and it sounds pretty effin' good.

The best is having the fuzz on and just turning the volume knob down. That's impractical sometimes though so a rangemaster for guitar, EP booster for lap steel

ChudFusk wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:06 pm

DaveA wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:45 pm

bassdriver wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:49 pm tried a lot of overdrives on bass. love the Darkglass Alpha Omicron !

+1 And even better, the Alpha Omega (a few more bells and whistles).

I feel like the proliferation of "the Darkglass sound" has made heavy music more boring.

haven't played anything DG, what's that sound like, compressed, scooped?

While I do get that the four pedals here seem like they are aimed more at the "Journey Cover Band..."/"Tone Attorney..." set?

I can't say that what the set out to do and the combinations that they settled on do not feel pretty practical.

(Even more so when I think of the folks who went right to a BOSS pedal or the Nobels in this thread...)

TylerDeadPine wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:45 pm

ChudFusk wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:06 pm

DaveA wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:45 pm

+1 And even better, the Alpha Omega (a few more bells and whistles).

I feel like the proliferation of "the Darkglass sound" has made heavy music more boring.

haven't played anything DG, what's that sound like, compressed, scooped?

Here’s the demo that made me want to buy one:



You get a good variety of sounds and it has a blend knob.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:45 pm

ChudFusk wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:06 pm

DaveA wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:45 pm

+1 And even better, the Alpha Omega (a few more bells and whistles).

I feel like the proliferation of "the Darkglass sound" has made heavy music more boring.

haven't played anything DG, what's that sound like, compressed, scooped?

Yeah, the cliched djenty scooped scritchy shit