Darkglass Microtubes X7 Bass Demo

Signal chain: Radial X-Amp - Darkglass Microtubes X7 - Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 - Fender Rumble 4x10 - Shure Beta 52/Electro-Voice RE320

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[skafanatic]

I did buy one, for the life of me though I couldn't get tone out of it that was fitting the context that I needed. I did an A/B test with a Brimstone Crossover Distortion and found the Brimstone to be more versatile and had a few extra features that I feel crossover distortion really benefits from. Definitely not a bad sounding pedal, just a little to djenty for this cat. Plenty of great Darkglass products out there so it was easily remedied with B7K Ultra. Great review, thank you for the time and effort put into this!

[tonywatson]

Thank you so much for the lower gain, DI, and in-the-mix demoing!

[scottcruickshank]

Really liked the variety of basses showcased in this demo!

[alexskibicki]

Awesome demo, guys...sounds killer with the musicman bass, the jazz bass, and the schecter stiletto.

[rogergottleben]

Extremely interesting product but it definitely feels that this kind of concept requires sooo much more knobs that it currently has. One of the biggest shortcomings is that the clean sound can’t be applied throughout the whole frequency spectrum. I’m hoping to see X7 combined with the functionality of AO. Then Doug can have some of my money again.

[yairgrenade]

I think this is gonna be a no from me...
I find the distortion character way too harsh, to the point of hurting my ears. Much too ice-picky texture and not tube-like.
Also, the top frequency for the LPF is 500 hz, which doesn't allow you to use it as a regular distortion, where you just blend the clean signal and the distorted signal. However, this is the only darkglass pedal where the blend is normal, and in which the clean signal doesn't always stay at 100%...
I hope they fix these problems in the ultra version. Maybe there'll be a way to bypass the filters completely? Maybe a more flexible EQ will allow the user to somehow dial out the ice-picky-ness and get a nice sound.

However, the review was great! Thanks Bassic Gear Review team!

[IvanBassist]

The tone around 9:14 is my favourite :)

[Killerb]

Just when I thought I was gonna stop spending money.

[lars]

Very impressive! But can you do a Microtubes X7 vs. Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 Bass Demo?

[ryanronki]

song is Israel's Son by Silverchair

[Casual_Shots]

Damn that's a enclosure. Well done darkglass!

[GodsHotel]

daaamn, I forgot about the pedal - the player is sooo good! was looking at hands more than the pedal settings

[underpressureman]

So this may be a dumb question, but I notice alot of people calling this and other pedals(Preamp Pedals). I'm just curious, what would you guys say would constitute a "Preamp" Pedal, as opposed to just a Dist/Overdrive/EQ Pedal?

[IBJ]

What’s the riff at 1:53!? I know it and it’s driving me crazy lmao.

[russelw.]

can someone explain what low pass side is doing. I rewatched but i just dont get it.

[keyikush]

is it sounds good with any low end bass? i always wonder it

[androidquinn]

Could you demo the EHX Lester G/Lester K? I love the sound on guitar and I keep wondering the cool sounds you could get out of it on a bass.

[BLACKSYNTH]

M E H . Sold mine, terrible (for me) was similar to paralax Plugin that was lackluster too. I run a way huge Pork & pickle pedal and a bass modified RAT pedal. the bass mod is reletivly easy to do if you can solder.

[algarridm]

How would it sound this pedal into an Aguilar Tone Hammer 700?

[GR]

Happy to deliver the 666th like. Thanks for the demo. Is that a Carcass song in 1:52?