Nice review Alfie :) I really appreciate the idea to add some different content/reviews than famous bass players rigs rundown (which is awesome as well :)). Keep up the good work and can't wait for new videos :)
Thanks Petey! Glad you enjoyed it. I think the full sized version is probably more versatile but if you don't need that line out you can get away with the mini.
@@WhichBass The only weak point of the Battalion as far as I am concerned is the noise gate. It takes too long to close and if you listen as a note fades out it doesn't cleanly cut off, but glitches out before finally closing to silence. It is fine for reducing noise during fairly long quiet parts of songs, or for between songs, but it useless for stop/start parts or for quickly silencing the signal at a stop.
I too have a full sized battalion and it is a killer sounding preamp. I’ve been using it for recording and it sounds phenomenal. And I do agree that it’s an underrated preamp pedal. Great tones at an affordable price.
I never believe that you will make a pedal review, now you have infinite possibilities to cover different kind of gear, also I love how the channel has a variety of bass content now and it's not just gear review for other musicians
Thank you Yael! That's very kind of you to say so! It's a big deal for me! I'm glad you're enjoying the different content. Your the first person to tell me you like it. There will be other bass rig videos to come but it's nice to try something different. Thanks so much!
Nice review man. Just seen the bigger brother of this pedal in the pre-owned section of Guitar Guitar. Was looking for a pre-amp with a D.I for my pedal-board, tried an MXR variant but found the distortion too buzzy for my taste - just looking for a bit of subtle grit. Need to give the big Battalion a try next time I'm there if it's anything like the little one. Cheers.
Sorry for a newb question. But if I want to go from my bass, to my pedals, then out to an audio interface, that’s where I’d need a preamp. It’d be the last thing in the signal path before the interface? So then Instead of a bass amp, id have this pedal, then I’d hear the bass playing through the monitors that are plugged into the interface for laptop as normal? I’m new to wanting to record so I’ve only ever plugged my bass & pedals I to my bass amp. My bass amp doesn’t have any 2nd sort of output where I’d go to the interface so I presume that a preamp would replace the bass amp? Is that correct?
Don't be sorry for newb questions. We've all been there. For your situation, the easiest solution is a preamp and a DI. In simplest terms, the preamp boosts your signal and shapes your bass tone via eq and drive. The DI converts your signal from unbalanced to balanced. That balanced signal is suitable for recording into your interface. You can buy separate preamp and DI boxes or buy them as a combo pedal. The Nano Battalion doesn't do a good job of advertising this, but it's also a DI box in addition to being a preamp. You just need a TRS cable between the pedal and your interface to transfer a balanced signal. The product detail page on the EHX site mentions this. I'd recommend the combo pedal route if you're starting out. It's typically cheaper and easier to manage one pedal. I've had the Nano Battalion for a few weeks and so far it's solid. There are many more options out there though. PS. Your other assumptions are correct. Preamp/DI combo pedal should be last in your chain and go straight to the interface and it would replace your bass amp.
I really enjoyed this review, very nice demos and bass playing. I have been looking at this pedal for some time now and i have made my decision, i am defenately buying it! Thank you for this video, also have you considered making a bass rig video on Joey Demaio from manowar? I believe this would be a very interesting one and i would love to see it!
Cool demo and awesome Ibanez bass. 😎🤘🏻🎸I have Ibanez soundgear basses and they’re keepers to me. And the pedal sounded pretty cool. I did like the warm and heavy overdriven sounds it provides. I’m thinking about getting one.
Update: I own the regular battalion preamp pedal and it has the same killer mosfet distortion tone as the battalion nano. And It sounds phenomenal in a recording.
Thanks Scott! I didn't realise until I listened back, it is pretty close! Cliff used the Tube Screamer which is also a soft clipper so it's a great coincidence!
Hey Alfie, didn't want you to think I forgot about you. Trying to get those samples of the Bogen on bass , just having a few difficulties working with my sound guy and his hackintosh that keeps crashing and I don't think they'll come across as good trying to do it on my phone .I've picked up an interface for home and hopefully soon I'll have something to share . \m/
Yo Alfie, I haven't had a chance to watch this review yet, but I will. Just commenting to ask or say or mention you gotta do a gear review on Dusty Hill. Tis only fitting me thinks.
No worries Brian, you know where I'm at. Good call on Dusty. That's a shame. I can't do a rig video atm but here's a photo I took from the HardRock Cafe In Poland of a Dusty bass you may like! twitter.com/AlfieWilliamsUK/status/1306536236178432000/photo/1 . The link is playing up, try copying and pasting it in a browser instead.
Catching up slowly with the releases, but yeah, I like the pedal. I still haven't found my match made in heaven in regards to bass dirt. It's always too saturated, or too shrill, too little, or whatnot. Good video anyway !
Thanks dude! Good to see you. I know what you mean. I think I'm a bit like that too! I'm looking for something very specific. When you find your match you got to tell me!
I have this thing, cant figure out how to use it. It didnt work for me straight in to a power amp. And it seems too OP [overpowered/too many features] as a dirt box, even though it works like that. Interested in seeing what you guys do to it..
I don't think it's meant to be a preamp, it's just an overdrive pedal based on the drive section of the battallion preamp. Like how darkglass makes the b3k which is the overdrive part of a b7k without all the preamp stuff
@@howler9171 I was preparing to argue since 🎵🎶 I have the box🎶🎵 I was going to say it says preamp there, but it actually doesnt, it says predrive. I'm actually gonna put it b4 my drives, see what happens. Thanks for the inspo 😎😎
Try using some of the settings in the video. It may be a good place to start. It all depends on what you want. Also a good tip is turn the drive knob down to 8/9 o'clock and blend to taste. That way you only get a tiny bit of dirt/saturation and have a different tone.
Gav! Hey dude, I didn't know you watched my channel! I'm glad you spotted it! I've kept it all this time and wear it with pride! Hope you're doing well!
@@Daneki Hey Dan! I didn't realise you watch my channel either! I'm glad you both spotted it. As I said to Gav, I wear it with pride! Hope you're doing well!
@@WhichBass Pre sets selector knob snapped off, on my POG 2 , I tried to get a preplacement the only way by contacting the factory directly , it came to a grinding holt with the woman on the switch board having Kittens.
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Nice review Alfie :) I really appreciate the idea to add some different content/reviews than famous bass players rigs rundown (which is awesome as well :)). Keep up the good work and can't wait for new videos :)
Dzięki Karol! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'll still be going back to the Know Your Bass Player videos soon. It's just nice to change the pace a little!
@@WhichBass That's exactly what I meant and I agree in 100% :)
@@WhichBass Requesting Scott Reeder and Al Cisneros, if they aren't already planned :)
Love your videos and the Battalion as well. I think it is an underappreciated pedal as I love my full size version.
Thanks Petey! Glad you enjoyed it. I think the full sized version is probably more versatile but if you don't need that line out you can get away with the mini.
@@WhichBass The only weak point of the Battalion as far as I am concerned is the noise gate. It takes too long to close and if you listen as a note fades out it doesn't cleanly cut off, but glitches out before finally closing to silence. It is fine for reducing noise during fairly long quiet parts of songs, or for between songs, but it useless for stop/start parts or for quickly silencing the signal at a stop.
I too have a full sized battalion and it is a killer sounding preamp. I’ve been using it for recording and it sounds phenomenal. And I do agree that it’s an underrated preamp pedal. Great tones at an affordable price.
I never believe that you will make a pedal review, now you have infinite possibilities to cover different kind of gear, also I love how the channel has a variety of bass content now and it's not just gear review for other musicians
Thank you Yael! That's very kind of you to say so! It's a big deal for me! I'm glad you're enjoying the different content. Your the first person to tell me you like it. There will be other bass rig videos to come but it's nice to try something different. Thanks so much!
Nicely done review. You happen to have any bass amps, cabs, and/or combo amps you wish to review later in the future?
Thanks dude, I appreciate that! Oh for sure, I have a few things I plan on reviewing which I'll post between the main content.
Nice review man. Just seen the bigger brother of this pedal in the pre-owned section of Guitar Guitar. Was looking for a pre-amp with a D.I for my pedal-board, tried an MXR variant but found the distortion too buzzy for my taste - just looking for a bit of subtle grit. Need to give the big Battalion a try next time I'm there if it's anything like the little one. Cheers.
Glad I could help! Finding the preamp sound in your head is harder than it looks! Best of luck.
@@WhichBass Thanks man!
Sorry for a newb question. But if I want to go from my bass, to my pedals, then out to an audio interface, that’s where I’d need a preamp. It’d be the last thing in the signal path before the interface?
So then Instead of a bass amp, id have this pedal, then I’d hear the bass playing through the monitors that are plugged into the interface for laptop as normal?
I’m new to wanting to record so I’ve only ever plugged my bass & pedals I to my bass amp. My bass amp doesn’t have any 2nd sort of output where I’d go to the interface so I presume that a preamp would replace the bass amp?
Is that correct?
Don't be sorry for newb questions. We've all been there. For your situation, the easiest solution is a preamp and a DI. In simplest terms, the preamp boosts your signal and shapes your bass tone via eq and drive. The DI converts your signal from unbalanced to balanced. That balanced signal is suitable for recording into your interface. You can buy separate preamp and DI boxes or buy them as a combo pedal. The Nano Battalion doesn't do a good job of advertising this, but it's also a DI box in addition to being a preamp. You just need a TRS cable between the pedal and your interface to transfer a balanced signal. The product detail page on the EHX site mentions this. I'd recommend the combo pedal route if you're starting out. It's typically cheaper and easier to manage one pedal. I've had the Nano Battalion for a few weeks and so far it's solid. There are many more options out there though.
PS. Your other assumptions are correct. Preamp/DI combo pedal should be last in your chain and go straight to the interface and it would replace your bass amp.
I really enjoyed this review, very nice demos and bass playing. I have been looking at this pedal for some time now and i have made my decision, i am defenately buying it! Thank you for this video, also have you considered making a bass rig video on Joey Demaio from manowar? I believe this would be a very interesting one and i would love to see it!
Thanks Andrew! Glad I helped tip the scales! Joey Demaio is on my list for sure! Watch this space.
I enjoyed this. Keep it up man.
Thanks a bunch Kei! Glad you enjoyed it.
Cool demo and awesome Ibanez bass. 😎🤘🏻🎸I have Ibanez soundgear basses and they’re keepers to me. And the pedal sounded pretty cool. I did like the warm and heavy overdriven sounds it provides. I’m thinking about getting one.
Ibanez do have some great basses, I'm glad you enjoy them. I'm glad you liked the demo Alex, let me know what you think if you get it!
@@WhichBass sure thing.
Update: I own the regular battalion preamp pedal and it has the same killer mosfet distortion tone as the battalion nano. And It sounds phenomenal in a recording.
Cliff tone? NAILED IT!!!
Thanks Scott! I didn't realise until I listened back, it is pretty close! Cliff used the Tube Screamer which is also a soft clipper so it's a great coincidence!
Hey Alfie, didn't want you to think I forgot about you. Trying to get those samples of the Bogen on bass , just having a few difficulties working with my sound guy and his hackintosh that keeps crashing and I don't think they'll come across as good trying to do it on my phone .I've picked up an interface for home and hopefully soon I'll have something to share . \m/
Hey dude! No problem at all. You know where I'm at! Thanks for keeping in touch. I'm looking forward to it!
Good for royal Blood stuff?
Yo Alfie, I haven't had a chance to watch this review yet, but I will. Just commenting to ask or say or mention you gotta do a gear review on Dusty Hill. Tis only fitting me thinks.
No worries Brian, you know where I'm at. Good call on Dusty. That's a shame. I can't do a rig video atm but here's a photo I took from the HardRock Cafe In Poland of a Dusty bass you may like! twitter.com/AlfieWilliamsUK/status/1306536236178432000/photo/1 .
The link is playing up, try copying and pasting it in a browser instead.
@@WhichBass Awesome looking bass.
If Cliff lived on this is 100% something he’d buy
I think he would yes!
Catching up slowly with the releases, but yeah, I like the pedal. I still haven't found my match made in heaven in regards to bass dirt. It's always too saturated, or too shrill, too little, or whatnot. Good video anyway !
Thanks dude! Good to see you. I know what you mean. I think I'm a bit like that too! I'm looking for something very specific. When you find your match you got to tell me!
Yo man
Where’d you go?
I really want to see more content from you bro!!!!!!
Sorry Xero! I been sick! Coming back to you soon.
You had me sold at the bridge part of Orion, my fuzz is just too much distortion for that part, but I can use them in tandem for the solo
Glad you enjoyed it! It came out better than I expected haha.
Is the white casing in metal or plastic?
Metal.
I have this thing, cant figure out how to use it. It didnt work for me straight in to a power amp. And it seems too OP [overpowered/too many features] as a dirt box, even though it works like that. Interested in seeing what you guys do to it..
I don't think it's meant to be a preamp, it's just an overdrive pedal based on the drive section of the battallion preamp. Like how darkglass makes the b3k which is the overdrive part of a b7k without all the preamp stuff
@@howler9171 I was preparing to argue since 🎵🎶 I have the box🎶🎵 I was going to say it says preamp there, but it actually doesnt, it says predrive. I'm actually gonna put it b4 my drives, see what happens. Thanks for the inspo 😎😎
Try using some of the settings in the video. It may be a good place to start. It all depends on what you want. Also a good tip is turn the drive knob down to 8/9 o'clock and blend to taste. That way you only get a tiny bit of dirt/saturation and have a different tone.
Big Box drives power amp
Pretty cool pedal, though, the "treble" being at 1khz and "bass" being at 200hz bothers me more than it probably should.
Yeah, they're not so much "treble" and "bass" knobs, more they're "high mids" and "low mids" knobs
Yeah, I know what you mean. It's not the best but it's an "ok" place to start EQing.
I thought you had a 5502 lakland
It's a 4401!
@@WhichBass awesome!!
Hey that t-shirt is my band discord and we broke up a long time ago, how strange!
Alfie, you're the best for this haha
Gav! Hey dude, I didn't know you watched my channel! I'm glad you spotted it! I've kept it all this time and wear it with pride! Hope you're doing well!
@@Daneki Hey Dan! I didn't realise you watch my channel either! I'm glad you both spotted it. As I said to Gav, I wear it with pride! Hope you're doing well!
@@WhichBass actually indee spotted it!
@@WhichBass
I see all things friend.....all things lol....also that shirt is limited edition bro cus we only made like 100 haha
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Glad you liked it Gourab thanks!
WOW ALFIE THAT IBANEZ LOOKS LIKE A WORKHORSE
After my experience EH I will never buy anything from them again , lets say build quality and customer service is none existent.
Really? That bad? Tell me more.
@@WhichBass Pre sets selector knob snapped off, on my POG 2 , I tried to get a preplacement the only way by contacting the factory directly , it came to a grinding holt with the woman on the switch board having Kittens.