Darkglass Electronics AO Bass Pre-Amp & Overdrive
Besides being an amazing composer, producer and bassist, Jon Stockman is amazing at crafting some of the most devastating bass tones in the world. We got together in our then Helsinki headquarters 18 months ago and after endless tweaking and tens of prototypes we are finally ready to announce our first co-designed creation: Alpha Omega. This creation differs greatly from our previous preamplifiers and overdrives: it is fully operational amplifier based and has two distinct distortion circuits (Alpha and Omega) which can be selected or blended using our Mod knob. This unusual control, in conjunction with the toggle switches and 3 active band equalizer makes Alpha Omega the most flexible among our designs.
Product Features
- Blend: mixes the clean and processed Signals. The clean signal remains at unity gain while the volume of the overdriven signal is set by the level knob, allowing for fine mix tuning.
- Mod: Selects or mixes between the two distinct distortion circuits: Alpha is punchy, tight with a lot of definition, whereas Omega is simply brutal and raw.
- Bite: boosts high midst (2.8Khz) for additional presence and definition.
- Growl: Shelving Bass Boost for a fatter tone and increased low end saturation.
- Direct Output: A balanced version of the ¼” output, useful for running into PA’s or studio mixing consoles.
Great Pre-Amp/Drive Pedal This thing is amazing. The tonal possibilities are almost endless. I have played for over 30 years and have had all different kinds of amps, pedals and effects units, but this one, as a stomp box is tremendous. The 3-band EQ allows you to just use a a normal DI if you want, and then you can add as little or as much crunch an drive as you want. Easy to operate and very flexible design with a DI a normal output and a parallel output. If you are looking for a premium pedal, it costs a little…