NPD: B3K Version 2

[fretmeister]

 

Version 2 is supposed to be more like the circuit in the M900 amp, so I'm very interested to see how close that is.

 

Will give it a go this evening.

[LegateNaarifin]

I have a mk1, would be interesting to hear how this one differs

Not that I should be looking for excuses to give Darkglass more of my money 

[fretmeister]

I like it a lot. The tone control in particular is very useful - much like in the M900 amp

 

I tried it with my Urge II (mainly because my P-Ray has proper old thuddy flats on it which sound crap with drive!) and it was thick, chunky and clear. As the Urge II is really a posh P bass it already has a loads of mids so the new Mid button was overkill and not in a good way. But I imagine that being very useful with a Jazz bass or other naturally mid scooped bass.

 

The Grunt switch is excellent. If the blend is at 100% it might be a bit OTT depending on the amp settings, but when used with a bit of blended clean it gives some excellent..... heft..... to the low end drive.

 

It's definitely more aggressive than the B7K too.

The biggest problem I now have is that it won't fit on my Nano board unless I remove something. So over the holidays I might dig out my Pedaltrain Junior and load it with all the drive pedals I own for a proper comparison.