I got one for my studio. In direct comparison to the Tech21 Dug Pinnick I'm going to do a comparison because only by doing that will it make the review seem fair.
The Dug has a fixed crossover so it should be the inferior pedal. It isn't. The Darkglass by having an adjustable low and high pass makes everything too fiddly. You'll get a wider variety of sounds, but it'll take you longer to find them. In itself it's a great pedal, but not the most intuitive thing. The EQ is great as is the adjustable cab sim. It honestly depends on how many sounds you need to get out of it as it does take a while.
I can only confirm how fidgety it is. I replaced a Le Bass Two Notes with this, due to the Le Bass being non-intuitive. Well, this thing turn out to be even less intuitive. Especially with the distortion on.
The EQ is great when you use it in single channel/clean mode, but once you engage the distortion, all bets are off. It be becomes a guessing game of which knob to turn, which slider to slide or which button to push to achieve the sound you're looking for.
This is after a few hours of messing around, mind you. But from my experience with the Le Bass, it won't get any easier. It might be a common thing among these biamp devices.
My main issue with the pedal so far is once you engage distortion, you have almost zero option to minimize it to a level where it doesn't fully overdrive the sound. In this regard, you have a bigger window with Le Bass. For the clean sound using the DG EQ is far superior on the other hand.
Also, one thing that I didn't see mention is that Darkglass doesn't include a 9v adapter for the unit. You have to buy it separately. Which is kinda ridiculous in this price range.
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I can only confirm how fidgety it is. I replaced a Le Bass Two Notes with this, due to the Le Bass being non-intuitive. Well, this thing turn out to be even less intuitive. Especially with the distortion on.
The EQ is great when you use it in single channel/clean mode, but once you engage the distortion, all bets are off. It be becomes a guessing game of which knob to turn, which slider to slide or which button to push to achieve the sound you're looking for.
This is after a few hours of messing around, mind you. But from my experience with the Le Bass, it won't get any easier. It might be a common thing among these biamp devices.
My main issue with the pedal so far is once you engage distortion, you have almost zero option to minimize it to a level where it doesn't fully overdrive the sound. In this regard, you have a bigger window with Le Bass. For the clean sound using the DG EQ is far superior on the other hand.
Also, one thing that I didn't see mention is that Darkglass doesn't include a 9v adapter for the unit. You have to buy it separately. Which is kinda ridiculous in this price range.