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Darkglass Vintage Microtubes Bass Preamp Pedal

Bass Preamp Pedal with Overdrive
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Adds Tube Character to Your Bass Tone

Conjure up legendary rock sounds with the Darkglass Electronics Vintage Microtubes bass preamp pedal. The bass players here at Sweetwater have used the Vintage Microtubes to craft warm, tube-like tones that not only sound natural, they actually feel that way, too. Playing through the Vintage Microtubes yields an organic compression reminiscent of classic tube amplifiers and old-school tape machines. Level, Drive, and Blend knobs dial in and fine-tune the Vintage Microtubes's clean and overdriven signals. This pedal's true gem, however, is its Era knob, which serves up everything from '70s midrange warmth to modern metallic punch. The Darkglass Electronics Vintage Microtubes bass preamp pedal - it's what your tone's been missing!

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Darkglass Electronics Vintage Microtubes Bass Preamp Pedal Features at a Glance:
  • Bass preamp pedal with overdrive
  • Level knob sets the volume of your overdriven signal
  • Drive knob controls the amount of saturation in your overdriven signal
  • Blend knob adjusts the ratio between clean and overdriven signals
  • Era knob serves up everything from '70s midrange warmth to modern metallic punch
Inject your tone with the Darkglass Electronics Vintage Microtubes bass preamp pedal!

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Bass Preamp pedal
  • Form Factor: Pedal
  • Inputs: 1 x 1/4"
  • Outputs: 1 x 1/4"
  • Power Source: 9V DC power supply (sold separately)
  • Height: 1.75"
  • Width: 3"
  • Depth: 4.25"
  • Weight: 0.55 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: VMT

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Woahh!

I am blown away by how rad my bass sounds with this thing!!!
by Sweetwater Customer on

Warm Grit and Grind

I am running a GK 500w 2x12 that was just a little too clean and "quacky" after using an Ampeg combo for years. I wanted to warm it up just a bit. This pedal will do the job quite well. It is not a fuzz. It is not a distortion. It has a warm tube overdrive tone that will bring out the bass in a mix but is not overwhelming. The "era" knob covers a wide range of mid-scoops and its no problem to find a setting to cover whatever genre you are playing. It grinds, it growls. Im using Emg HZ soapbars, i cant imagine how this thing would sound through a active jazz bass. My first Darkglass product. I will be buying more.
by Darkfall from Texas on
Music background: Gigging bassist. Alternative metal, classic rock, country.

Love this pedal!!

This pedal is now one of my "always on" pedals. It is a good boost and adds just the right amount of grit when I really dig in!
by Dustin on

This is an ESSENTIAL pedal!!!

The Darkglass Vintage Microtubes pedal is an "always on" pedal on my board! When I first started playing bass, I was using valve tube heads for the warmth and sustain that tubes provide! My current amp is solid state. It is great sounding amp but when the gain is turned up, it will slap you in the face with its presence; even with a 4 channel EQ! The cure … the Darkglass
Vintage Microtubes pedal! This is NOT a distortion pedal. This pedal provides a warmth and fat low end, reminiscent of a valve tube head. Thanks to Brandon Eden and Darkglass for the improvement I NEEDED!!!
by Scott T from Southern Oregon coast on
Music background: Wanna be for over 50 years playing both types of music rhythm and blues.

Probably the best Bass Overdrive pedal you can get.

Want Geddy tones? You got em'. Want Lemmy tones? You got em'. Want Cliff Burton tones? You got em'. Want SVT tones? You got em'. Want your own tones? You got em'.

But seriously, this pedal is quite literally the holy grail of my bass rig. It's got all the bottom end you could ever want. While the era knob is different than your standard tone knob, it seems to me like a parametric mid scoop that gets more intense while turned clockwise, but far more subtle/not noticeable more counter-clockwise. It's very straightforward, and unlike some of it's cousins, it does not impact your natural bass tone nearly as much (I believe that there may be a slight change in your upper mids in your clean tone, it compliments the blended overdriven tone quite well and isn't noisy or obnoxious.)
by Liam on
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