Kev

Any problems with that bud give me a shout

Which one is yours? Shouldn't be too long before I will take delivery of my beauty now

[quote name='Waddycall' timestamp='1443889568' post='2878530'] It has a wenge neck but is a 2005 model. How would that compare? [/quote] It would be a custom shop if it does. 2005 Corvette Standard has an Ovankgol neck. It is highly likely to be Ovangkol, but if it is wenge then like I say it will have to be a custom order and worth more as a result. [quote name='Waddycall' timestamp='1443890352' post='2878541'] The asking price is just shy of £600 so I think I'll give it a miss. Thanks for the help. Pete [/quote] Much too high. Hang around, you will find one for circa £400 on here or the Warwick forum in no time.

Bargainous. I'm a little sceptical at how good it will be with electric 5 string bass though. And would it handle a gig situation i.e. with lots of other noise? Cheaper, but still expensive for a clip on tuner...

[quote name='bobe01' timestamp='1442698751' post='2868902'] any info about ratio on these? thanks! ps, no fancy finish, like on this pic? [/quote] That finish is there, that is just a very high res photo So, I have had mine for over a week now so I'll make a few comments. Bit of a disaster initially, the preorder I had wasn't working on arrival, pedal wouldn't engage so had to send it back. Mark at Bass Direct fortunately had one left so exchanged with no problem and once again Doug at Darkglass was very apologetic and helpful when speaking to him about it and checked that I had it sorted. Great customer service once again. The pedal itself is a work of art. Perfectly crafted from the custom one piece enclosure and it looks the mutts. The LED meter is very cool and very visible without being too bright or distracting. It also seems to be fairly accurate. Struggles to keep up when playing fast and constant runs but if you suddenly start playing harder or softer it will react immediately, so it may well have been designed that way. It is COMPLETELY transparent, I cannot see that it colours your tone at all. It's a compressor, so it is difficult to talk too much about it as you really need to play with it and see how it reacts to your playing to understand. But for me it really tightens up my playing and works fantastically well with my other DG units. I prefer this to the Cali76 Standard I had, by some way; I found that pedal, whilst sounding really cool, colours your tone too much and always seems to compress a little harder than I would like, in any setting. However, they are very different compressors so it isn't a matter of one being[i] better[/i] than the other e.t.c. This excels at clean, transparent, punchy compression. I think the price is [i]very [/i]good for a boutique pedal of this quality, coming in at £70 less than the Origin equivalent, a chunk less than the Diamond, Empress, Keeley.... I mean, the rrp of the MXR bass comp is more; the street price is £40 or so less, but that isn't much of a difference at all considering mass produced vs handmade. And it has, like, a million blue LEDs, so thats obviously improves everything

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1443181630' post='2872882'] Not heard of that one! I am looking forward to the Mr Black Fwonk (demo on PedalsAndEffects on YouTube). [/quote] It hasn't really been announced yet. I sent a faulty super fatman to him a while ago, couldn't fix it and didn't have the parts to replace anymore so instead I am waiting for the new pedal to be finished and will be sent one of those instead

First coat of oil on the body

The Darkglass collection Actually, this is all I have left at the moment. I am still waiting for the new WMD Protostar filter, should have an early one when it is eventually released

Out of interest, how similar is the MXR Bass Distortion to the fuzzrocious rat circuits? I found that pedal truly awful, but with all the positive talk about these circuits I assume MXR just got it rather wrong? It did seem to suffer from the usual MXR dirt pedal complaints i.e really poor separation between clean and distorted, thin wet signal etc.

I see Nolly has been using it, perhaps it has kicked the Cali off the board for him?

I'll take the P i think Mighty generous of you boyo! Now, when is it you feel like giving away the Wal's?

Unsure yet, electronics are proving to be a bit of a headache, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, it will be worth the wait.

Very much so. I am holidaying in Lanzarote until next weekend, so I imagine my bass direct preorder is sitting in my work office as I type. Frustrating! Heard great things so far, think Darkglass have knocked it out the park at this price point if it is truly a great bass Compressor.

Really, the sound cuts when it engages? That doesn't sound right? True, it won't be an issue for most, but unless I am missing something that's quite a design flaw if its not faulty. Happens with digital pedals of course, but first I have heard with an analog.

Glad your enjoying it buddy Well, I did end up ordering the Darkglass, from bass direct this time, so will hopefully have one next week

Bass Direct prices are damn reasonable at the moment, try to use UK companies where you can, support the economy and all that, makes returns easy if needed too! Nowhere is cheaper than BD to preorder the Darkglass comp at the moment.

Is a trip to bass direct possible for you? I reckon you need to pay them a visit and have a play. As said, the vintage deluxe is all about warmth but if it is a clean pre you want the B7K betters it, in my most humble opinion. The slightly cheaper option is buy a B3K or Vintage, as opposed to both preamps

If you intend to use it as a clean preamp, you would be better off getting the B7K due to its more sophisticated EQ controls. But, if you are looking for warm vintage drive then the Vintage would be a better option. I now run a Vintage Microtubes into a B7K and this combination covers most if not all drive tones I could imagine

I don't think anything he says in the vid is not what everyone already knows, really. Why own a sports car for commuting? Why buy an Italian tux for a family christening? People just do it, for a variety of reasons. Each to their own!