I totally understand! They did release the e500 within a year though, so I guess something totally new every year would be quite a hefty task :) I'd be curious to see what more they could do, but then again their drives do really cover a lot of ground already...
As usual, darkglass is suprising us with a "Bomb of a AMP" i can fit it in to my pockets. Glad you are getting stuff from them, hoping for mighty Dingwall to give you new basses for test when they come out ( budget Super J and PB)
Thank you! Yeah it's been super cool working with them, I really enjoy getting tones out of different gear. I've been in talks with a few other companies, we'll see what actually goes through :) Working with Dingwall would be the greatest, but I guess my viewcounts aren't quite there yet xD
Killer demo! 😎🤘🏻🎸 these amps sounds phenomenal. I personally would go with the alpha omega 200 amp since I do own the microtubes pedals. I do dig the killer grinding tone that the that amp provides.
@@Paajanenae yeah…even though I’m a huge fan of darkglass’s vintage series of distortion pedals, I do dig their alpha/omega series of pedals and the x series(personally I like the x7).
Thäng juu! AO oli itelle tässä uusi tuttavuus, oon joskus sitä kokeillut mutta vissiin juuri low gain-tyylillä silloinkin niin se jäi hyllyyn. Tämä herätti kyllä hirveän kuumeen sinne suuntaan, voi apua :DD
@@Paajanenae Kyllä se AO on iha kova ja mukavan monipuolinen soundeiltaan. Niinkun mainittu sitä on tullu kuultua vaikka miten monen metallibändin tuotannossa, kuten muun muassa oma suosikkini Children of Bodomin alataajuksilla.
UA-cam eating my comments again? Great video as always. Intro was amazing your best yet by far! These look cool, but how much do they cost? Reserving full judgment until I see a price tag.
Thank you! Price should be around 500 dollars in the US and around 540€ in Europe. I've had some comments pop up three months after they're posted, UA-cam is weird like that sometimes.
Nice review. Killer tune. I prefer my music heavy, but I’d also like to hear them A/B’d leveled and clean for when you need to do something softer or more classic.
Thank you! I did not miss the compression when I tried these with no pedals, the intro has quite heavy compression from the Super Symmetry. That being said, in the two pedalless clips I drove the amps pretty hard which results in a lot of natural compression (from the distortion).
I have not! These heads are currently used in me & my friends studio, mainly with a loadbox or a cab so I've not felt the need to try out the headphone out
Can you add details of the cabinet? I am trying to get this ampli and also searching for a compatible cabinet. What is the range of ohms acceptded by the ampli? Is 4 -16 or is 4 - 8 ohms?
This cab seen in the intro was a Marshall 1982A 16 Ohm, but what you hear is an IR I regularly use. Any 410 cab would be a great match, why not even some 212s as well.
Nothing specially since with a 4 ohm load you won't get the full 200 watts these are rates 200 watts at 3 ohms so at 4 ohms it would be like 150-160 watts for 500 dollars I'mma pass my tc electronics bam 200 doesn't have this issue. And has an input gain knob which for me is needed.
I wish we had had time to mic up the cab, it sounds incredible! I used the Panda Sound Bass Cabs pack for the tones here, specifically the Holy Cab IR :)
@@francoishtzl157 What it's in the free pack as well? That's awesome, IMO that's the best IR ever, I've been using it religiously for the past 3-4 years!
@@Paajanenae i am sure its easy to tweak, but i miss the real lo to hi mids Section between 80-1khz, this is a important Frequency Range for Soundforming - i just don`t get it. And the only Pre DI Out is massive baffling, it makes the whole Point of this Amp obsolete 😛.
I guess what I was trying to say was that for some reason I didn't really miss a dial for the 80-1000hz region. In my experience thats also a region I seldom do anything in post, apart from a slight cut around the 250-300 to fit it better into a cover mix which usually already have a bass track under mine. 😄
No way to tell how loud they are in this context. I’m assuming that the power rating is 200 watts @4 ohms. Most cabinets are rated at 8ohms. You’re probably only putting out 100 watts @ 8 ohms. If you’re playing metal good luck with that! Aren’t you guys all using IEMs anyway?
@@Paajanenae Are you playing Metal with a full band using real amps? Also, On most amps, turning the master volume up half way doesn't mean you're at half volume. Certain amps will start to break up after 2/3 of the way etc.
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I wish darkglass would add more unique products rather than rehashing the same 3 drives repeatedly- that being said these seem cool :)
I totally understand! They did release the e500 within a year though, so I guess something totally new every year would be quite a hefty task :) I'd be curious to see what more they could do, but then again their drives do really cover a lot of ground already...
As usual, darkglass is suprising us with a "Bomb of a AMP" i can fit it in to my pockets. Glad you are getting stuff from them, hoping for mighty Dingwall to give you new basses for test when they come out ( budget Super J and PB)
Thank you! Yeah it's been super cool working with them, I really enjoy getting tones out of different gear. I've been in talks with a few other companies, we'll see what actually goes through :) Working with Dingwall would be the greatest, but I guess my viewcounts aren't quite there yet xD
I’m really looking forward to an offshore Super P/J model. I think they could be huge sellers.
Through a 4 ohm cab,plenty loud.It's a beast.
Killer demo! 😎🤘🏻🎸 these amps sounds phenomenal. I personally would go with the alpha omega 200 amp since I do own the microtubes pedals. I do dig the killer grinding tone that the that amp provides.
Thank you! I was also really positively surprised by the Alpha Omega
@@Paajanenae yeah…even though I’m a huge fan of darkglass’s vintage series of distortion pedals, I do dig their alpha/omega series of pedals and the x series(personally I like the x7).
Oon aina tykänny alpha/omega säröistä! Aivan tautisen hyvä saundi ja aivan huikee step up videoiden laadussa! Kiip ap tö guud wörk!
Thäng juu! AO oli itelle tässä uusi tuttavuus, oon joskus sitä kokeillut mutta vissiin juuri low gain-tyylillä silloinkin niin se jäi hyllyyn. Tämä herätti kyllä hirveän kuumeen sinne suuntaan, voi apua :DD
@@Paajanenae Kyllä se AO on iha kova ja mukavan monipuolinen soundeiltaan. Niinkun mainittu sitä on tullu kuultua vaikka miten monen metallibändin tuotannossa, kuten muun muassa oma suosikkini Children of Bodomin alataajuksilla.
Just amazing bro 🤘
UA-cam eating my comments again?
Great video as always. Intro was amazing your best yet by far!
These look cool, but how much do they cost? Reserving full judgment until I see a price tag.
Thank you! Price should be around 500 dollars in the US and around 540€ in Europe.
I've had some comments pop up three months after they're posted, UA-cam is weird like that sometimes.
Just paid $200 ,Korg has recently acquired them .A steal.
@@scottsmith7193 I bought one as well hahahaha
Amps and pedal only Darkglass!!! Finlandia Darkglass perfect sound
Hell yeaahh 💪😎
Nice review. Killer tune. I prefer my music heavy, but I’d also like to hear them A/B’d leveled and clean for when you need to do something softer or more classic.
Thank you! 🥰 I'll need to do some more thorough testing at some point, I only had four days to film and edit this one 😄
Good review, thanks a lot. Did you miss the compression that is available on the other 500 and 900 models? Thanks.
Thank you! I did not miss the compression when I tried these with no pedals, the intro has quite heavy compression from the Super Symmetry. That being said, in the two pedalless clips I drove the amps pretty hard which results in a lot of natural compression (from the distortion).
Can these amps do clean tones as well? I love the driven sound, especially the A/O, but I also want to be able to do warmer, clean tones when needed.
Yeah sure, just roll the gain back and you're good to go!
Have you tried the headphone out yet as a alternative DI out? Really curious about that
I have not! These heads are currently used in me & my friends studio, mainly with a loadbox or a cab so I've not felt the need to try out the headphone out
Are there any mounting brackets for DG products? Im thinking flightcase ;)
Nothing official as far as I know!
Can you add details of the cabinet? I am trying to get this ampli and also searching for a compatible cabinet. What is the range of ohms acceptded by the ampli? Is 4 -16 or is 4 - 8 ohms?
This cab seen in the intro was a Marshall 1982A 16 Ohm, but what you hear is an IR I regularly use. Any 410 cab would be a great match, why not even some 212s as well.
What is that first song???? Or if it's not a song, make a full one of it :D
Ahaha, thank you! I wrote it for this demo, but maybe it'll resurface later? 😄
What's the bass used for the intro portion?
It's a custom Warmoth precision bass with roasted maple neck, stainless steel frets and a single EMG MMCS pickup in the sweet spot :)
What does wattage have to do with Loudness?
Not a lot, but it's a common misconception 😄
Nothing specially since with a 4 ohm load you won't get the full 200 watts these are rates 200 watts at 3 ohms so at 4 ohms it would be like 150-160 watts for 500 dollars I'mma pass my tc electronics bam 200 doesn't have this issue. And has an input gain knob which for me is needed.
What cabsim ? Or it is actually the cab 412 ?
I wish we had had time to mic up the cab, it sounds incredible! I used the Panda Sound Bass Cabs pack for the tones here, specifically the Holy Cab IR :)
@@Paajanenae Thanks ! Nice to try free IR
@@francoishtzl157 What it's in the free pack as well? That's awesome, IMO that's the best IR ever, I've been using it religiously for the past 3-4 years!
@@Paajanenae they have free IR
I don't know if it is in the free i don't think so
@@francoishtzl157 I just checked and it is! Awesome! 🔥
That was funny af
Haha, we had fun making it too 😂
Bass: 80Hz, Low Mids 1kHz, HiMid 3kHz, what? Only clean pre EQ and effect DI Out? why?
The EQ was actually really easy to tweak and all the frequencies felt just right! I agree on the DI Out though, that's a bit baffling 😄
@@Paajanenae i am sure its easy to tweak, but i miss the real lo to hi mids Section between 80-1khz, this is a important Frequency Range for Soundforming - i just don`t get it. And the only Pre DI Out is massive baffling, it makes the whole Point of this Amp obsolete 😛.
I guess what I was trying to say was that for some reason I didn't really miss a dial for the 80-1000hz region. In my experience thats also a region I seldom do anything in post, apart from a slight cut around the 250-300 to fit it better into a cover mix which usually already have a bass track under mine. 😄
@@Paajanenae ah okay 🙂. For all Bassplayer i know, me included, it is crucial to have access to these Frequencies.
No way to tell how loud they are in this context. I’m assuming that the power rating is 200 watts @4 ohms.
Most cabinets are rated at 8ohms. You’re probably only putting out 100 watts @ 8 ohms.
If you’re playing metal good luck with that!
Aren’t you guys all using IEMs anyway?
I've been using a 200W @ 4Ohms bass amp for years into an 8 Ohm cabinet and never have I had to turn it more than halfway up on the master volume 😅
@@Paajanenae Are you playing Metal with a full band using real amps? Also, On most amps, turning the master volume up half way doesn't mean you're at half volume. Certain amps will start to break up after 2/3 of the way etc.
@@AllenMarkel Yes I am 😄 The volume was always sufficient and I had room to turn it up louder if I wanted to. In my opinion 200w is enough :)