The coolest distortion pedal for bass EVER?!… Darkglass Alpha Omega (unboxing!)
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- Опубліковано 17 кві 2017
- To check out a cool interview with Jon Stockman (co-creator of the Alpha Omega pedal)... go here: bit.ly/2vbgMER
In this video I’m unboxing and demoing one of the most versatile drive pedals I’ve ever used… seriously, EVER.
The "Alpha Omega" by the awesome guys over at Dark Glass.
It’s like two drive pedals in one box - but, with a multitude of different signal mixing options so you can get some fantastic multi layered dimensions to your bass tone.
Oh… and it get’s cooler…
I’m giving it away too... all you've got to do is watch the video for the full details.
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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I had never heard of Karnivool before this video! Went over and listened to the Sound Awake album, and was completely blown away. Scott... you need to post a video of recommended bands/artists for us to check out. Every time you link a band/artist it always leaves me listening to new music, which I haven't done in many years. Gracias, sir!
i dont mean to be so off topic but does any of you know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb lost the password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me
@Briggs Axton Instablaster ;)
For the ones who want to skip the talking: demo starts at 8:32
saemikneu thank you... thank you so much
Yeah but the useless stuff is made fun through crafty editing...
Great video + English accent=8 minute intro monologue.
Have to agree. It's just too much talking, sorry to say.
And even then, you don't get the overdrive sound until 11:58.
7:58 - "... like a guitar player ... BLECH!!!"
You are hilarious, Scott.
And btw thank you Scott for all you've done for the world of bass!
Yeahhh Scott on the Darkglass team! Welcome man.
I like both blends in the middle, that brings you clarity, a smooth distortion and a bit of rawness, that cuts through the mix.... perhaps a little bit more omega 😁
badass pedal!
Never thought I’d find a wild Werner
If it was made by apple it wouldn't have any audio output
legend
Oh, it'd have output. But the AC adapter would be combined with what would normally be a 1/4" output jack into an 8-pin proprietary combination connector, to which you could attach a 1/4" output jack adapter dongle, available from Apple for the low, low price of $9.97. Why remove the 1/4" output jack on a pedal when the industry standard is to have a 1/4" output jack?
One word: courage.
+ Lonely Potato
Lonely Potato - best answer EVAH1
And you would buy a new one every year to make people think you're loaded.
If it was apple they would give you a 3 year warranty after 2.95 years after you bought it. Or use sub standard chips that fry and over heat.. Cost 2x the price to fix it... Really apple is a joke. Over priced and under powered.
plays smooth music with distortion..... breathtaking
Wow. This is the first bass distortion pedal that doesn't sound like the buzzing of gnats. I've been jonseing for a pedal that could imitate John Wetton's sound when he was in King Crimson. I could definitely see the potential in this pedal when you plated on your Precision bass. Beautiful!
Hey Scott, you think this could capture a good Cliff Burton distortion? I've been using a metal muff for about 10 years in my Metallica tribute band and I love it, but this seems like it could be a little crisper harmonically. I just don't know if it would give enough grit
@@codydavis7481 darkglass… not enough grit??? WHAT?! haha I’m just bustin your chops man, overall I don’t think you should try to sound exactly like Cliff because he got real lost in the mix live and on RTL and MOP. This pedal would give a GREAT tone, but it won’t sound like Cliff to be honest. It’ll be better. This is coming from a Cliff fanboy that knows his tone isn’t really usable
@@ionehkontehdiabo7627 I ended up just adding the Harmonic Booster into my chain before the metal muff and it cleared up my tone drastically. Still get all the distortion I wanted from the muff, but now all my notes are precise and distinguishable on top of that 🤘
@@codydavis7481 hell yeah man the harmonic booster kicks ass
If you love this, you will love Nolly! He playes so amazing with the darkglass pedals
I have actually wanted a Darkglass Microtubes B3k, or B7k ;), for an extremely long time, ... but after hearing the Alpha Omega, I think I have my new obsession!! The best setting by far is at 13:35 with the growl turned on and the blend around one o'clock!!
Johnny Noble I believe it! It just takes me a long time before I buy pedals, haha I should probably just go for it :P
That riff was superb...just awesome!!!!
You made me buy this pedal, and it's absolutely AWESOME! Love it!
#darkglassalphaomega I liked the 'bite' setting the most because I find most overdrive pedals in the bass market just give lows and highs and nothing in between so it's great to see a pedal with a very wide tonal variety rather than just a wide distortion variety.
Hey Scott, to be honest I was blown away by the opening tone! #darkglassalphaomega
You said it perfectly regarding losing the bottom end with many distortion pedals. What i've done to resolve this, was run a boost pedal along with it to bring up the low mids. It simulates a bassy distortion, but no where near as well as the Darkglass Alpha Omega. I'll absolutely be putting this on my wish list.
saw this week the day it released, been binge listening to karnivool since then. thank you so much for showing me.
Who's the lucky winner of this beast of a pedal?
#darkglassalphaomega The Bark!!! from the Alpha setting gives me that pick up and plug in feeling straight away. I only discovered your channel and website yesterday. Wow what a resourse you have created. Gratz:)
I just got myself this badboy last week. I need to experiment with the settings a bit more to get my tone, but this video certainly helps me to get this sorted. Thanks, Scott!
Got mine on my birthday BUT had to wait couple days an actually plug in and play. Honestly I spent ALL day w/it, playing it and getting amazing tones out of it. I love this thing sooo much, and only took a yr to actually get it
#darkglassalphaomega The setting in 14:20 is great! The "bite" adds a lot in cutting through the mix, while still holding the bottom end really well. Love this thing!
i love the growliness of the omega setting! it would be perfect for the rock sound i'm looking for! #darkglassalphaomega
That sounds unbelievable. I don't usually use pedals...but I might have to search that out...Thanks for the demo.
I think this was the funniest but at the same time complete review of a bass pedal i've ever seen
#darkglass alpha/omega! Every setting is perfect. I just received a Hyper Luminal compression for my birthday. I'm sold on them.
#Darkglass Alpha Omega. I love the blend between the two, (about three quarters towards the Omega) I feel like this is what Cliff Burton might sound like if he were still alive.
Although I have an 18v preamp/eq on my bass, I still love the added eq (I have the Ultra version). Now the pedal is a nice transition from smooth grooves, to crunchy riffs with more grit, and then the amazing distortion options for dominating the mixdown. Sits very nicely after my synth fx and octavers. Such a versatile stomp box! I have been unimpressed with most bass distortions and this nails every detail I could have wanted!
Really badass sound!
#darkglassalphaomega I'm leaning more toward the Omega, but it's absolutely brilliant to be able to blend the Alpha with the Omega (just to add a bit-o-grit!). The 3-band EQ, the Growl and the Bite switches make this pedal sound like a very versatile distortion pedal!
as a greek guy i love the names of the darkglass :)
Hey Scott! Tried this pedal when Douglas came down to Singapore for a meet and greet and was totally blown away by the raw screaming distortion that the omega side + bite brings, especially with aggressive playing. Probably love it because of how strong the mids sound in this setting. The best part about the pedal is that it is incredibly responsive to how hard you pluck, so you can control the saturation with your fingers according to how intense you want to sound. Was sold after 5 seconds of trying it. #darkglassalphaomega
this is a killer pedal! have a very great clean, dry or dirty bass sound together with the luminal hyper compressor. will not miss the two effects! like it 🤘
I loved it when the drive was all the way up and the blend is at 1 O'clock. I think this pedal would fit my music like a glove, pun intended! #darkglassalphaomega
"like a guitar player, bleh.." LMAO!! @7:55
Those boxes would be a very nice christmas gift ahahah
great unboxing. !
#darkglassalphaomega Personally I liked the 15:06 part best and the tone would definitely sound interesting in a metal setting with stand out bass playing. Keep up the good work with the channel!
I liked the sound at 13:40 the most. I love the roughness of the alpha distortion blended with the clean signal. The "growl" setting gave the sound even more balls than it already had \m/. I'd really like to play with this pedal and discover even more awesome tones than the ones shown in the video :D
#darkglassalphaomega ( I hope it's not too late )
Pedal sounds amazing and looks really practical. I never realised how important it was to include a little bit of clean with your blend, I think it improves the tone a lot with either the Alpha or Omega circuit, definitely my favourite sound from the video. #darkglassalphaomega
Nice peddle, looks easy to use, and great sound, sorry I missed the contest.
I love how this pedal (and company) have completely stormed the internet (at least for pedal guys, -specifically bass players). Someday I hope to own one (so why not #darkglassalphaomega), but for the time being (unless I win), I'm still building my bass pedalboard on electro-harmonix pedals (they're great). It's cool seeing the verity of distortion. I personally prefer a little bit of spice in my bass tone when using a touch of distortion while maintaining the presence of the clean channel, so just a hint of distortion boasting the signal. It sounded like the alpha would be better at pushing towards the front of the mix, while the omega would be great at filling up the back (so I would probably prefer about 75% omega).
It would also be really cool to see what kind of effects you can get on a clean signal almost using it as an eq pedal. Perhaps turning the blend all the way up, the level knob about even, and the drive knob most of the way down. Then you could do one of two things: the bite knob on, and a drop in bass, boast in mid, and about flat in high for blending the bass on a clean solo with chords without the mud of the low end. Maybe also doing the inverse, with the growl and bass boasted, and the highs and mids dropped to put a bunch of beef in your tone for some epic bass drops and amp rumbles. I've been experimenting with these techniques using combinations of distortion, chorus, phaser, and synth pedals so that I could do anything with the bass without the sound guy's preset eq killing it.
If you still haven’t managed to pick up a Darkglass pedal I would suggest checking out Neural DSP, they have a real good emulation of the vintage and BK7.
#darkglassalphaomega blending the distortion circuits together is crucial af!
The tone at 16:44 was rad! Super usable pedal Scott! Thanks for the demo! #darkglassalphaomega
i,m sorprise!! I was just looking for a preamp but the #Darkglassalphaomega definitely got my attention! very versatile distortion!! love it!
#darkglassalphaomega this is an awesome pedal, i really loved how it sounded with 100% alpha distortion, with blend at 50 and growl on, that makes a really badass tone
#darkglassalphaomega Great review Scott!! I personally like the 50/50 setting on the pedal! I've been looking for a distortion pedal that is more than a "one trick pony" Again Excellent Review
#darkglassalphaomega
I really loved the final Alpha tone you dialled in at before at 14:41 before swapping over to the Omega circuit. I'm recording a solo project at the moment, and trying to get a really good tone entirely in-the-box is quite frustrating, so getting this sound out of a single pedal is exactly what I need. Thanks for running the giveaway!
That's some serious grit there!
#darkglassalphaomega My favourite setting is the one where it is on... haha
But seriously it is such an amazing sounding pedal JON STOCKMAN IS A GENIUS and I am so proud he is a fellow Aussie!! I would love to get my hands on one despite my fear of potential option paralysis!
In case my answer was cheating, my favourite setting if I had to pick was the omega side with a bit of clean mixed in because I think it just has something special about it...
Alpha with 50/50 clean blend for me. #darkglassalphaomega
great demo
Just commented on the EH freeze, will put it here too - we need to get you a pedal board / display setup for less struggle. Love what you do, keep schooling me, cheers!
#darkglassalphaomega I think I'd use this stomp with just a bit of the alpha crunch mixed with the clean.
#darkglassalphaomega Alpha "Bite" setting was dope af!!
Nice sounding peddle, and it was fun watching you noodling with it, but I get my sound with just my amp alone.
I bought an AlphaOmega 900 a few months ago. I haven’t left my house since! 😂
#darkglassalphaomega Amazing and versatile pedal. I love all the myriad tones, but my fave is 100% alpha, blend 50/50, gain max, growl off and bite on. That allows the fundamental of the bass to shine through but gives smooth saturation while providing high end to cut through. Amazing tone! I need it on my pedalboard next to my B7K Ultra! Thanks for the review, Scott!!!
sounds great! Too bad I found this video a few years too late lol.
Car keys as a knife LOL Love it. Do it all the time!
Wow! I didn't know that about the history of that pedal. I love the SOUND AWAKE album and have always loved the tone on the Goliath song. Great! heavy song from an Awesome! Album and group..🤘🍺
#darkglassalphaomega 5:27 That tone is sick
#Darkglassalphaomega I preferred the omega to the alpha but the mix of the two combined I liked a little more
I loved the tone @ the 12 minutes mark. Not too fuzzy, not too clean. Great pedal! #darkglassalphaomega
I've been a long time watcher, just Subbed! Thanks Scott, my bass playing would be shit without ya!
Who won?
Seriously...every setting on that pedal was amazing...my EHX Soul Food is looking at me funny now... #darkglassalphaomega
Same here dude! My homemade fuzz pedal is sounding exquisitely crappy after those tones.
The rain in the background is relaxing 🤣
#darkglassalphaomega
When you cranked the Omega just after the 15 minute mark, I loved it. That extra mid in a distorted bass tone is what makes it for me.
#darkglassalphaomega The setting in 15:06, it sounds like a screaming crazy whale with wings
The year is 2005, Gojira's bass player tries out a Darkglass pedal. From Mars to Sirus is born.
#darkglassalphaomega The setting in 15:06 was amazing.This pedal is mix of Cliff Burton and Lemmy. Love watching your videos Scott! Keep it up!
poster
Chris Squire is there as well. Oh, all these guys have played Rickenbacker !
That's the best bassist you can think of!? You're a poster
That clean tone was amazing. What pickups do you have in your p bass?
I'm not a bassist but I enjoy this posts/lessons
" your gonna sound like a guitar player ,,,eyyuckkk ..LOL
One word:
KARNIVOOL
Even with the clean signal gone, there is still quite a bit of bass in the mix from what I can hear. It's not preferable, but it's still kinda neat.
#DarkglassAlphaOmega
Hey Scott, cheers for running this giveaway =D I'm a big fan of the Alpha side of the drive has so much nice flavour. Darkglass definitely have their stuff on point!
I'm torn between the growl and the bite! Maybe both? #darkglassalphaomega
Karnivool !!!
Love them... so good!
I didn't know about them. I've GOT to check them out! Sounded amazing!
+1, I'll be checking out Karnivool too. :)
Great Aussie band!!!
Set fire to the Hive :o)
#darkglassalphaomega Great demo. Love this pedal. I'm a massive Jon Stockman fan and am so chuffed he's helped release such a good pedal. For me it was Alpha, probably with the growl setting on!
Great review Scott! #darkglassalphaomega I liked best the alpha with the growl on! I'm sure you can get even grittier tones out of it!
#darkglassalphaomega ALPHA with GROWL great review
#darkglassalphaomega I like Alpha for reminding me of the bass on Muse's "Hyper Music" and Omega for reminding me of the guitar on The Smashing Pumpkin's "Cherub Rock," and I love 'em together!
Dude... "Cherub Rock"... best tune EVER!
I enjoyed your machine gun slapping warmup after you plugged in! Do you find it easier to slap/pop on standard Fender string spacing vs your custom basses with tighter spacing?
I saw this video and even commented on it hours ago. Right after that I suddenly felt this urge to listen to Cherub Rock (and now I'm deep in Smashing Pumpkins territory on Spotify). It's surreal to see you had the exact same impression based solely on a bass drive tone! Music is so powerful... Cheers!
Right on! Cheers
Scott's Bass Lessons Scott, I wanted to thank you for expanding my effects universe for the second time. First, you introduced splitting and blending signal chains with the Line Selector, and now you got me layering different distortions in parallel instead of saturating them in series. I'm finally closer to somewhat replicating fav recordings with my humble setup. You rock Dude!
#darkglassalphaomega when you kicked in the omega side of the pedal. it had that cut through the mix tone. awesome. coming to you from the west coast.....San Diego. it doesn't hurt that you have the mad licks to demo pedal. CHEERS
You look like you're having a ton of fun with that pedal :)
#darkglassalphaomega I dunno what you were on around 16:09, but that's when my 8 month old daughter started dancing. Therefore, that's my favorite.
Jimmy Charles I agree with you, I liked the setting at 16:09...and I felt like dancing too 😂 #darkglassalphaomega
The Casey Neistat of bass guitar
#DarkglassAlphaOmega
My favourite one was Omega with the blend in the middle. That pedal is amazing, it offers a lot of control. Most of the pedals make the bass sound just like a guitar with overdrive, taking out the bass sound when you hit the high notes. That's one of the reasons I've never got one and that's why I would like to put my hands in this beauty.
Great review, Scott!
Both distortions are incredible but I just love how the 'Alpha' distortion sounds. My favorite setup includes the blend at 3/4 (maybe at 12 o' clock) and the distortion all the way up (I'd love try out at 3/4 too to not saturate completely the signal) with the 'Growl' up and the 'Bites' down. I play progressive metal and my problem with each distortion is that the low end has no power once you hit the pedal and it creates a lack of energy on the song, so you have to add another effect in the chain to replace it, that's what I love in the Alpha°Omega, this is the kind of energy that the riffs need to sound properly with power. This pedal is so versatile that I really love it so much!!!
Btw, thanks for the review, Scott, I needed this :)
#darkglassalphaomega
#darkglassalphaomega To be honest, everything that comes out from this little bastard sounds perfect to me. But if I had to choose one - Alpha is the king. The growl switch makes it sound round and rich as I prefer - I am not into a bright sounding bass... but this is just me ;)
Nice that opposite players like this. I'm more into the early Billy Gould bright clank, but with a warm fuzzy bottom under it. Seems the Alpha side with bite may be more "it" for me:)
who "won" Scott?
Does anyone know if he actually gives away the gear he claims to give away?
Good question
I've searched through his other giveaway vids and I haven't found anything indicating that he did indeed give equipment. Didn't do an exhaustive search though
Questo fa di lui un cialtrone?
Does this make him a...cialtrone is a slob? sloppy?
#darkglassalphaomega I really liked the full alpha setting at 12:20. It was nicely distorted but still had a definition and cleanness to it. Killer tone ! Thanks for a great demonstration of the pedal!
#Darkglass Alpha Omega loved the alpha channel with the high mid boost on.. a little of that on top of a clean signal would make a great rock tone with just a little grit to it. Would love one of those.. thank you for all your work and time bringing us these videos
#darkglassalphaomega THE ZEST! Man I totally dig that salty tip on the distortion. Both the modes sound huge, but I guess I'm more into the Alpha one!
I like the alpha effect, but a blend of both sounds great also. #darkglassalphaomega
Hey, when you are going to vintage ultra review? I just found this video while checking different bass pre-amp videos and i liked this video, so would be nice to see review for vintage lutra pedal also.
#darkglassalpha I love the full omega signal! So much meat and so much growl!!! Thanks for the vid Scott! Keep em coming! :)
#darkglassalphaomega
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1.8
So I think both Distortions are the Lords Choice!!!
#darkglassalphaomega'
hey Scott , my favorite setting was 15:06 for sure when you switched over to the omega side , my band are doing a gig up in the boiler room , a gig in Guildford, Surrey, in London like you, and that pedal would be perfect for me to use.
I love everything you do Scott with Scott's Bass Lessons, keep at it
turtlesauruscat well I hope he gives it to you then as it sounds like you could use it
Colin Cassidy thanks so much man, i really hope i get it
#darkglassalphaomega I really liked the alpha setting with growl ...sounds Billy Sheehanesque
#darkglassalphaomega Yeah an awesome pedal. Loved it with the Alpha channel on and drive up fully. Great sound. Scott love your channel, and you make the bass so much fun. Bless you man.
i liked when the drive was all the way up and the blend was all the way up on the omega cause it gave it an interesting sound id never heard before