How versatile are the Darkglass amps and cabs?

[ambient]

I’ve watched no end of video demonstrations of their gear. The demonstrations tend to feature someone playing very fast and distorted metal riffs.

 

Is that all they’re good for though?

 

I have a couple of their pedals, I do use them to provide distortion, I also use them - particularly the Alpha Omega Ultra - as just a preamp.

 

Are they suitable for other genres and styles of playing too?

[Lozz196]

The bassist from The Cockney Rejects uses one of their amps, just set to a regular bass sound, no (or very little) drive and it sounds great. Wasn’t the sound I was expecting when I saw him setting it up, was pleasantly surprised.

[ern500evo]

I used my M900 in a covers band, covering a lot of genres. I personally think the clean sound of them is a bit of a hidden gem. All the demos, as you say, seem to concentrate on the dirt channel, but they do clean very well. There’s a YouTube video of Andy Irvine playing a yellow Dingwall through a M900, where he stays on the clean channel. 

[ambient]

1 minute ago, ern500evo said:

I used my M900 in a covers band, covering a lot of genres. I personally think the clean sound of them is a bit of a hidden gem. All the demos, as you say, seem to concentrate on the dirt channel, but they do clean very well. There’s a YouTube video of Andy Irvine playing a yellow Dingwall through a M900, where he stays on the clean channel. 

Ah, thank you. I’ll check that out.