DARKGLASS Alpha Omega 500 /// DARKGLASS Microtubes 500v2

TEST: Darkglass Alpha Omega 500 & Microtubes 500 v2

bassist: @Rene Flächsenhaar
camera: Christian Fleischer
riddled by first world problems: Gregor Fris



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[diluteduk]

I love that you start using a dirt cheap harley benton passive bass being played fingerstyle. Whenever I see someone playing darkglass, they always use a pick for the attack in the sound. It's great to see you can still get a great sound out of these with cheap (but good) gear.

[lc]

The first riff instantly reminded me of Command and Conquer, loved that game

[andymfilms]

I just bought the Alpha Omega 500 I’m a guitar player and I just bought 2 P bass’s this amp is absolutely incredible. You can get amazingly clean vintage super quiet tones or you can go to all our doom distortion there are so many settings and with the graphic EQ it’s amazing some of the best settings are blend the clean sound with a little bit of distortion and it sounds so good that way just the right amount of spank most of the tones you hear in this video or full out distorted but it goes the other way to and the size of this amp it is a game changer and it’s also built like a tank solid diecast aluminum heavy duty cooling fan very impressed plus the software that you can put on a Mac or PC to change the cabinet emulation incredible I highly recommend this amp

[chrisjs]

I have an M900v2 and I use it to play clean jazz bass with an acoustic guitar and a singer. It’s actually great for that.

[tylerd]

i actually would like to see a video of just clean tones on it, but i could watch rene play anything

[trunks]

I’ve had this amp since it came out it’s a huge game Changer I was scared to buy this with no reviews but I’m glad I did it literally does every I need minus a tuner who knows what a update on the amp will bring. The only bummer on the whole thing is no foot switch was included at least that’s an okay price but still it should be included.

[danevechart]

I was literally about to break my damn phone when he said they weren’t going to do any high gain tones

[fuzzjohn]

I don't have either of these amps to test but a workaround to get the distortion without cab simulation is to load a neutral impulse response i.e. a cab sim IR that is flat. I can post a link to a page or just search "neutral cabinet IR pack". Then load a 0dB IR into one of the cab slots on the amp and you should get just the distortion clean.

[drewsmithbass]

The 900's position at the end gives me the fear

[ObeseChess]

great review that addressed the beef I had with the v1 - they sounded really "sterile, " both clean and distorted, as compared to using one of the Darkglass preamps in front of an amp. Sounds like the new power amps make a big difference on that front!

[TheSentry]

I happened to own both the A/0 500 and 900 for a while. I definitely was left with the opinion that there is no volume difference at all between the 500 and 900 and the tone is identical. The main difference I found is that the 500 was quieter, so that's the one I kept :-)

[sawyernaz]

Just got the microtubes 500 it's so awesome!

[ThomasGeist]

I was so busy admiring René that I barely listened to the amps! 😂

[dingdingnian]

René Flächsenhaar - you are the man - love that playing 🎸👍🎶

[cobboom]

They just look so freaking cool and sound beastly!!!

[valbeccia]

Great video/s, you have a new sub!
Really a difficult decision as dual DI’s is really handy. The Alpha Omega 900 V2 is still king in my opinion though the MT 500 is very tempting.

[bullet]

This Dude Bass playing is clean and clear 💯

[Amateurreviews]

Ich weiß nicht wann ich das letzte mal so gut reingelet worden bin

[alexskibicki]

Cool demo. The amps sound awesome. The distortion channels sounds killer. \m/

[matto]

René just blew me right out of my chair with his 1st assault ;-)