With the
Darkglass Vintage Ultra v2 with Aux In
, the Finnish bass specialists present a revised version of their preamp pedal, which is very popular as a supplier for the optimal vintage sound. Accordingly, the bass effects pedal delivers a surprisingly amp-like sound that is as clean and as distorted as the best tube stacks and can be adjusted via an elaborate tone control. In addition, Darkglass Vintage Ultra v2 features a headphone jack and a balanced Direct Out with switchable speaker simulation, while the Aux-In allows playback of backing tracks or play-alongs.
The Darkglass Vintage Ultra v2 with Aux In delivers a massive clean sound, whose organic dynamics and harmonic richness bring the bass signal to life and evoke clear associations with a high voltage tube circuit. In addition, the preamp features a separately switchable overdrive unit that covers the spectrum between rich overdrive and rich distortion. The "Drive" control lets you control the intensity of the distortion, while "Blend" adds the clean signal to get pressure and definition.
The 4-band tone control allows the sound of Darkglass Electronics Vintage Ultra to be precisely adjusted, with the semi-parametric mid-bands allowing a significant influence on the character-forming frequencies. In addition, two typical Darkglass switches are available: "Grunt" and "Attack". While Grunt determines the saturated bass components in the signal, Attack can be used to give the signal more presence or take away some of its sharpness, depending on the other equipment used
For direct bass pickup on stage or in the recording studio, the Darkglass Vintage Ultra v2 with Aux In also provides a balanced direct out, while the headphone jack allows for silent practice. Thanks to the switchable speaker simulation based on Impulse Responses, a particularly natural sound image is provided. Last but not least, the Aux-In allows the playback of backing tracks or playalongs.