We appreciate you so much! Still not gonna dive into the badwater, but it's great to see the various features. Plus, I'm VERY convinced that you can make anything sound amazing. So I always have to take your amazing reviews with a grain of salt.
Thank bass gods, you’re back! Still fighting between discrete pedals straight up to my amp, or a bass preamp at the end of my chain and direct to the mixing table. Decisions are tough but you help in such a great way. Cheers!
I couldn’t care less what Amos reviews I just watch for the bass lines. I like to try to reproduce them with the gear I have after watching. I can get the sounds with my pedals but for some reason I still can’t play anything he writes. 😂
Awesome breakdown, Amos! Glad to find your video again. You ring a bell on the 250 Hz cut option. I'm relying on the Darkglass EQ approach; high, low and a 4-band mid 250 to 3K coverage. Having that plus a one-knob comp, two distortion options and 900 dark watts to reduce my pedal board. (add comma)
Great review as always, big fan of the "Tone creation" segments. Happy to see you back on the channel! Walrus always makes gorgeous sounding and looking pedals, this one seems very practical too. I can certainly imagine it working really well on a small board, although I did have the same thoughts as you when you were reading off the frequency ranges, I like being able to down into the ~200-300 territory in the lows, while also into the 1.5-2.5k range for the high mids where the presence of a basses attack often sits, so the mids sweeps on this do seem a little odd, but you showed they can still accomplish a lot with the tone shaping. I'd be interested to hear their reasoning for choosing those frequency ranges.
The main takeaway for me was the phrase “knob forest” and the fact that I’d love a Yamaha custom shop ❤️ pedal sounds great though. I very nearly got one but ended up getting a Model FeT instead and absolutely love it!
Lovely pedal Amos and of course you prove to be my favourite person for demoing pedals(which is no small feat as Nathan Navarro and Patrick Hunter are fantastic but they just don't go as in depth as you do to the settings and each one of your songs you do always have me bopping my head and being like "that's awesome"). Really hope to see you deep dive the infinity if you aren't sick of demoing Darkglass units. 😂❤️
Thanks Ian! Nate and Patrick are great, and both inspirations to me. Glad you like the music! It takes the longest to get together, but I feel it’s worth it. Infinity video quite possibly coming somewhat soon
I must admit, that I can barely pay attention to the pedal because I'm so blown away by that custom shop Yamaha! You need to do a video dedicated to that bass!
Very glad to see the best bass gear reviewer has returned! Quality, thorough and inspiring reviews. Inspiring to the extent that you got me to add an Alpha Omicron to my board which for reference, I'm an avid Microtubes X enjoyer and built a DG board, but WOW this Badwater is tasty!
Great to see you back Amos, always enjoy the unique presentation and the live "tone-shaping segments". Is that a Yamaha BB with the Nordy Wal electronics? We need to see more of that bass!
Terrific rundown. I absolutely agree that the EQ points could use some tweaking. The low-mids should go lower, 250 Hz, as you said. The high-mids go too high for my taste. According to Walrus, the bass controls frequencies below 200 Hz and the treble controls frequencies above 1000 Hz. Regarding your comment about about preferring the drive switch in the down position because that one has the most bass, I would say that the beauty of this unit is with that switch in combination with the blend knob. The idea is that you can focus the distortion in the mids or highs while getting more clean bottom from the blend knob. Kind of what Geddy goes for. Finally, you mentioned the compressor is only one knob. I don't recall seeing mention of it in the user manual (I can't understand why not) but there are apparently internal Attack and Release trim-pots.
Just discovered your channel and loving the videos dude! 😍Really helpful. I was wondering if you've spoken about Parralel signal splitting - since you have a Lehle P-split - in pedal boards and also about general order of pedals - mainly compression! Thanks a bunch and keep it up!
Thanks, really great videos that dig into how a pedal is used. Any chance of a rig run down of a touring rig? My daughter is a Swift fan , so would probably watch as well 😉
Wonderful video as always! If I didn't already have all of the stuff separately (eq/drive/compression etc) I'd probably consider this pretty strongly! As it stands I can't really justify this for the EQ section alone knowing I'd use less than half of it lol. The compressor is a nice touch but you gotta take my empress out of my cold dead hands before I take that off my board!
For sure! Ultimately Board Beaters are about simplifying complex elements and shrinking the footprint. Aside from the EQ, they’ve had to sacrifice knobs for ease of use. Always wanted to check out an empress!
@@AmosHeller highly recommended, especially for people who don't "get" comp pedals. The visual aid of the LEDs giving you a clear picture of what's actually going combined with just actually sounding good is unbeatable for me!
I've been using my old faithful SansAmp pedal for like 5 years now and I've been considering something like the darkglass, but the price point is so high and I was wondering how the Badwater would compare. Thanks for the video and would you recommend moving from the SansAmp to a pedal like this or darkglass?
Okay, complete noob when it comes to gear, and honestly I don’t trust anyone around where I live for credible information on anything. Haha why or when would you need a preamp if your amps EQ is already handling it all? I’ve seen players with Mesa M6 Carbines, amazing amps, with a noble preamp on their pedalboard, and I’m like “why?” That mesa already sounds great. Any info would be nice! Sorry, I’m not one for brevity.
“But is it good, should you buy one? Dude idk, let’s look at the buttons.” The absolute best, missed ya brotha
Thanks! It’s good to be back!
We appreciate you so much! Still not gonna dive into the badwater, but it's great to see the various features. Plus, I'm VERY convinced that you can make anything sound amazing. So I always have to take your amazing reviews with a grain of salt.
Great vid. Kewl channel
I love your editing and presentation! Great demo!
Love it 😄 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank bass gods, you’re back!
Still fighting between discrete pedals straight up to my amp, or a bass preamp at the end of my chain and direct to the mixing table.
Decisions are tough but you help in such a great way. Cheers!
I couldn’t care less what Amos reviews I just watch for the bass lines. I like to try to reproduce them with the gear I have after watching. I can get the sounds with my pedals but for some reason I still can’t play anything he writes. 😂
Nice to see you back
I like your style - thanks for demonstrating how you dial in your tones
You are a BAAAAD man!
Hey Amos, which natural history museum was that??
I always get Walrus and Wampler mixed up...
Hey Adam great channel! Could you pls review the Source Audio drive that you are using? Wondering if I should get that or the Vintage Microtubes.
Great video as always Amos! Missed ya
Thanks!
That Yamaha sound crazy good. Close to a wal I find. Happy you're back!
Happy you’re back Amos!!
Decent pedal, but it could never replace a Noble/FET-compressor setup. Enjoyed the Nordy Bass sound!
I have to agree, although at the price point (
Awesome breakdown, Amos! Glad to find your video again. You ring a bell on the 250 Hz cut option. I'm relying on the Darkglass EQ approach; high, low and a 4-band mid 250 to 3K coverage. Having that plus a one-knob comp, two distortion options and 900 dark watts to reduce my pedal board. (add comma)
"Knob forest" Band name!!!
He’s back!!! And no DG stuff this time 😉
Great demo! Missed your videos man, it's great to have you back
Thanks! Glad to be back
I really enjoyed your style. I’ve hit the sub button and look forward to diving into the channel .
Great review as always, big fan of the "Tone creation" segments. Happy to see you back on the channel!
Walrus always makes gorgeous sounding and looking pedals, this one seems very practical too. I can certainly imagine it working really well on a small board, although I did have the same thoughts as you when you were reading off the frequency ranges, I like being able to down into the ~200-300 territory in the lows, while also into the 1.5-2.5k range for the high mids where the presence of a basses attack often sits, so the mids sweeps on this do seem a little odd, but you showed they can still accomplish a lot with the tone shaping. I'd be interested to hear their reasoning for choosing those frequency ranges.
Thanks for saying that- I occasionally debate whether the tone creation bits are worth the trouble. Glad they’re helping!
You're back! We missed you!
Aw!
Great to see you back Mr. Heller. Awesome content as usual 🤛.
The main takeaway for me was the phrase “knob forest” and the fact that I’d love a Yamaha custom shop ❤️ pedal sounds great though. I very nearly got one but ended up getting a Model FeT instead and absolutely love it!
Fill your bong with the badwater
Ha!
Just found your channel and subscribed. Your videos are great! Thanks for the work you put in on these. I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next.
Much appreciated! Glad to have you. Everyone say hi to Mike!
Thanks for sharing, amazing !
Do you do the keys as well? I would prob listen to an album of you. What a jams
Lovely pedal Amos and of course you prove to be my favourite person for demoing pedals(which is no small feat as Nathan Navarro and Patrick Hunter are fantastic but they just don't go as in depth as you do to the settings and each one of your songs you do always have me bopping my head and being like "that's awesome"). Really hope to see you deep dive the infinity if you aren't sick of demoing Darkglass units. 😂❤️
Thanks Ian!
Nate and Patrick are great, and both inspirations to me. Glad you like the music! It takes the longest to get together, but I feel it’s worth it.
Infinity video quite possibly coming somewhat soon
Thanks dude! I just wash it and let it air dry and holy crap you slap too?! 😅 Sounds pretty great...appreciate the review!
Hahaha
Amos do you still have your red fender bass and red rickenbacker bass
I must admit, that I can barely pay attention to the pedal because I'm so blown away by that custom shop Yamaha! You need to do a video dedicated to that bass!
Another great video. I hope you've got a bunch more lined up before you go back on tour again.
Good to have you back my man!
Good to be back!
Thanks for nice demos! I hope you'll demo out the Genzler distortion pedal sometime
Very glad to see the best bass gear reviewer has returned! Quality, thorough and inspiring reviews. Inspiring to the extent that you got me to add an Alpha Omicron to my board which for reference, I'm an avid Microtubes X enjoyer and built a DG board, but WOW this Badwater is tasty!
I will go to bat for the AO’s any time, and you know this!
@@AmosHeller I do know! Lol. It took me a bit to warm up to it but after some fiddling it is becoming a favorite
Great to see you back Amos, always enjoy the unique presentation and the live "tone-shaping segments". Is that a Yamaha BB with the Nordy Wal electronics? We need to see more of that bass!
Many folks have asked, and I think a deep dive might be next!
cool sounding!
Terrific rundown. I absolutely agree that the EQ points could use some tweaking. The low-mids should go lower, 250 Hz, as you said. The high-mids go too high for my taste. According to Walrus, the bass controls frequencies below 200 Hz and the treble controls frequencies above 1000 Hz. Regarding your comment about about preferring the drive switch in the down position because that one has the most bass, I would say that the beauty of this unit is with that switch in combination with the blend knob. The idea is that you can focus the distortion in the mids or highs while getting more clean bottom from the blend knob. Kind of what Geddy goes for. Finally, you mentioned the compressor is only one knob. I don't recall seeing mention of it in the user manual (I can't understand why not) but there are apparently internal Attack and Release trim-pots.
Thank you!
Don’t want you to think we only like darkglass stuff since this was also really cool, but is a darkglass infinity video coming too?
May be in the works…
Hi Amos, great channel. Love your humor. Which camera and lens are you using please?
Thanks!
Thanks! It’s a Sony a6600 + Sigma 16mm
Just discovered your channel and loving the videos dude! 😍Really helpful. I was wondering if you've spoken about Parralel signal splitting - since you have a Lehle P-split - in pedal boards and also about general order of pedals - mainly compression! Thanks a bunch and keep it up!
Great question! Perhaps I’ll do a thing!
Thanks, really great videos that dig into how a pedal is used. Any chance of a rig run down of a touring rig? My daughter is a Swift fan , so would probably watch as well 😉
Cirrus is not played with a Peavey Cirrus - disappointment
I mean, it *could* be
Wonderful video as always! If I didn't already have all of the stuff separately (eq/drive/compression etc) I'd probably consider this pretty strongly! As it stands I can't really justify this for the EQ section alone knowing I'd use less than half of it lol. The compressor is a nice touch but you gotta take my empress out of my cold dead hands before I take that off my board!
For sure! Ultimately Board Beaters are about simplifying complex elements and shrinking the footprint. Aside from the EQ, they’ve had to sacrifice knobs for ease of use. Always wanted to check out an empress!
@@AmosHeller highly recommended, especially for people who don't "get" comp pedals. The visual aid of the LEDs giving you a clear picture of what's actually going combined with just actually sounding good is unbeatable for me!
The bass guitar tone in STYLE is what made me pick up the bass guitar. It literally speaks to my soul.
I've been using my old faithful SansAmp pedal for like 5 years now and I've been considering something like the darkglass, but the price point is so high and I was wondering how the Badwater would compare. Thanks for the video and would you recommend moving from the SansAmp to a pedal like this or darkglass?
"Dipping your toe in the bad water?" Welcome back!
End of a long shooting day
For the sound demos are you using any IR's or is this bass tone straight from the pedal?
What's the pickup in your sunburst P?
This is top quality content. I am spamming your videos. (That's how I ended up buying the alpha omicron~)
What kind of pick and gauge do you use?
Thumbs up if you hit pause when he flashed his pedalboard 😳
Appreciate the effort! They’re all still up on Instagram @amosjheller
It doesn’t come with power supply. It’s trash.
Okay, complete noob when it comes to gear, and honestly I don’t trust anyone around where I live for credible information on anything. Haha why or when would you need a preamp if your amps EQ is already handling it all? I’ve seen players with Mesa M6 Carbines, amazing amps, with a noble preamp on their pedalboard, and I’m like “why?” That mesa already sounds great. Any info would be nice! Sorry, I’m not one for brevity.