dannybuoy Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) Coming soon! Edited January 1, 2016 by dannybuoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) Im stoked about both of them. The Ultra is just the bass preamp to end all bass preamps, I was only chatting to Doug about it earlier today, and the Vintage now sounds like its worth another try. Edited January 1, 2016 by Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 That ultra is lush .........shuder to think how much it will be mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 [quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1451680264' post='2942462'] That ultra is lush .........shuder to think how much it will be mind? [/quote] it does look really nice! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 [quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1451680264' post='2942462'] That ultra is lush .........shuder to think how much it will be mind? [/quote] £40 more than the standard version, looks well worth the upgrade! https://m.thomann.de/gb/darkglass_microtubes_b7k_ultra.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 That's not as bad as I thought :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 No information on the ultra on the Darkglass site. I'm guessing that it is still in the prototype stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanEly Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Right that's it, I think the Aguilar has just lost it's place on my board... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 [quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1451682113' post='2942499'] No information on the ultra on the Darkglass site. I'm guessing that it is still in the prototype stage. [/quote] There are a series of new product announcements coming in January. The new Vintage Deluxe has been officially announced and should be in stores this month, the new B7K ultra and the yet to be seen amp should be announced very soon. I assume it's well past the prototype stage and Thomann have just listed it early (intentionally or not, I'm not sure!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinness21 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Can't wait! Although having said that, I thought the era knob added so much versatility. With the b7k ultra do you think you would be able to set a light od/vintage sound with the bypass or will it just completely bypass the drive circuit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 [quote name='Guinness21' timestamp='1451686380' post='2942554'] Can't wait! Although having said that, I thought the era knob added so much versatility. With the b7k ultra do you think you would be able to set a light od/vintage sound with the bypass or will it just completely bypass the drive circuit? [/quote] The era knob has been hardwired to fully clockwise, whereas anything you could do with the era knob can be recreated with the two mid controls. A bit more fiddly perhaps, but certainly no less versatile, quite the opposite From what I understand, the ultra it is a completely clean pre with the distortion off as per the B7K blend fully anticlockwise. Distortion on effectively brings in a B3K circuit before the preamp. Its a logical evolution and the extra mid controls and master volume knob really set this up to be a killer upgrade. I'm not sure I would trust the Thomann price though, they have got it pretty wrong before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonywhite985 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I'm now having serious GAS issues over the B7k ultra, and what's making it even worse for me is the fact that I've just bought a Sansamp BDDI after having regret for shifting my old B7k a few months back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I'll not be rushing out to buy any of them I have to say. I suspect I'd feel the same as I have about all the Darkglass stuff I've owned... Meh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 [quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1451755289' post='2943149'] I'll not be rushing out to buy any of them I have to say. I suspect I'd feel the same as I have about all the Darkglass stuff I've owned... Meh... [/quote] Probably The B7K Ultra will sound as you would expect, but I'm interested to hear how the new eq switches affect the tone. However, the Deluxe I imagine will have a lot more going for it as a standalone pedal with the attack and grunt switching, as well as the extra mid band. Just anxiously waiting for official pictures and full specs of the Amplifier now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Ah, first glimpse of the Jon Stockman distortion, sounded good in the couple of sound clip teasers posted over the last few months, hopefully aesthetics improve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjelkeman Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Really looking forward to the amp announcement. Suspect it will replace my other lightweight amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 [quote name='Kev' timestamp='1451757620' post='2943173'] Ah, first glimpse of the Jon Stockman distortion, sounded good in the couple of sound clip teasers posted over the last few months, hopefully aesthetics improve [/quote] now thats interesting, looks like basically a b3k with some b7k bit thrown in, love stockman's dirt sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 [quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1451755289' post='2943149'] I'll not be rushing out to buy any of them I have to say. I suspect I'd feel the same as I have about all the Darkglass stuff I've owned... Meh... [/quote] Me too. Very underwhelmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Love the look of the Ultra! Though I'd probably prefer the Hi Mid knob to be in the distortion stage rather than the other way round... I'm not the expert though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 There's an Ultra version of the Vintage planned for April release too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1451899924' post='2944308'] There's an Ultra version of the Vintage planned for April release too. [/quote] That's the one I'm waiting for Edited January 4, 2016 by Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Kev did you say there were soundclips of the stockman pedal? andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 There were a couple last year, only little low quality teaser videos, not really worth looking for from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Doug did let on though that they'd analysed the original studio recording projects (made before Darkglass were even around) that were done with a combination of amps and plugins in order to replicate that sound using one pedal: http://youtu.be/Cjvtx3HMUks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1451939899' post='2944880'] Doug did let on though that they'd analysed the original studio recording projects (made before Darkglass were even around) that were done with a combination of amps and plugins in order to replicate that sound using one pedal: [media]http://youtu.be/Cjvtx3HMUks[/media] [/quote] love that song, can feel my wallet getting a tad scared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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