DARKGLASS EXPONENT ℮⁵⁰⁰ BASS AMP

[@MarioSouzaLima]

Gregor, I recently watch a interview with you... in german. Man, we all would love to hear a little more about you (it was great to finally hear you playing but I can't understand german). What about a special Bass the World with Gregor Fris?

[@PerezBroz-p5o]

On a side note, that Sandberg Jazz is my favorite bass in the whole world, it sounds so good.

[@lucasenders4532]

Hey what's the name of this bass. It looks sooooo sick!

[@bakkhertz]

I think a better way of thinking of these are a multi FX with a power amp attached. I think my next amp will be one of these since I've wanted to get into digital FX and I am looking for a smaller (wattage and weight) head so this checks a lot of boxes.

[@restojon1]

That is THE most convincing and appealing "argument" I've ever seen and heard for me to buy merch from a youtube channel. I never buy merch but due to how you persuaded me in this case, I'll make an exception.

[@basstheworldofficial]

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[@callumord8894]

TC Electronic: “Hey, I’ve seen this one before! This is a classic!”

[@GonkHWWC]

Auch wenn mich der Inhalt manchmal nicht brennend interessiert, schaue ich eure Videos, weil es immer tolle Bass Licks und was zu lachen gibt😊

[@squishy949]

Very cool concept but I'd be a little worried about complete dependance on the companion app. It's up to Darkglass to keep that app up to date and working and if it ever falls out of support you've got a very shiny expensive brick (well, I would hope it still works on the last profiles you set? but it still seems it's functionality would be crippled without the companion). I appreciate devices that utilise companion apps to make setting them easier like the Two Notes CAB M or HX Stomp with HX Edit, but total reliance on it makes me uneasy for something at that price point.

[@raichoo]

Exactly my thoughts. I have the Element but set it up in a way that hopefully does not require me to ever change the settings again. I'm really not a big fan of the "everything is controlled via an app" trend. I'd take a pedal with lots of knobs over this every day. It's probably still a product that will scratch a lot of people's itches. Not mine, though. I'm perfectly happy with my "old school" Darkglass pedals 👍

[@raichoo]

@@JVMC_ZR1 I'm aware that it's the Darkglass suite. It assumes that Darkglass will forever be maintaining support for older devices in the Darkglass suite. I've seen things getting EOL'd quite a lot. Time will tell if this is going to happen here as well. Anyway, I'm not always taking a computer with me to gigs or practice. YMMV and that's fine. I personally dislike depending on a piece of software on a computer or phone to be able to control my gear. Just feels wrong to me.

[@squishy949]

@@JVMC_ZR1 True, I would hope the desktop app will last longer as breaking changes are much less common than on mobile OS's, but you're still relying on Darkglass keeping the software working into the future which is not guarranteed. It's a trade off for all that awesome functionality you get, but like I said it's amount of functionality here that's completely dependant on the app that worries me. But for that you get most of the functionality of a full pedalboard plus a 500W power head in one box so I can still easily see the appeal.

[@wolfram4321]

Take a cookie and don’t worry. This is the same topic as with every multieffect. Since decades this works fine. Zoom even offers updates to their effect boards and Darkglass will surely do also. And if they don’t make any updates? Than you stay with the current status which is already very interesting.

[@OswaldBatesIIIEsq]

I love this technique at 5:15. On top of that, it's a beautiful jazz bass with fanned frets.

[@TheArson9]

Does anyone know what bass that is?

[@spaghettieddie326]

@@TheArson9 that would be an early version of the Dingwall Super J.

[@robertf1309]

Something tells me there's going to be a 900 wattage version of this soon with a footswitch. I'll wait for that to come out because this sounds soooo amazing! I might even sell my entire pedalboard for this

[@markanthony5897]

My concern exactly and I still bought the e500 to get a head start on fine tuning my preferences which I hope will be able to mirror onto the next e900. What a dream it would be if we were invited to trade in our e5 for e9. Pipe dream.

[@Wido08GP]

Technologically it's great, but I'd probably still rather use the Microtubes amp.

[@rolandgustavsson6015]

Or a real Ampeg V4B from the old days!

[@Wido08GP]

@@rolandgustavsson6015 Sure, I love Ampeg amps.

[@buckemptier]

I bought the dark glass alpha omega amp. It had a defect where after 45 mins of playing the power cut in half, made it worthless. So I returned it for a micro tubes amp. This one had a defect where the thing wouldn't power on for an hour after turning it off, in addition to having the same defect as the last amp where the power cut in half after playing 45 minutes. I couldn't believe it. It's too bad, I really wanted the dark glass sound but this has forever tainted my perception of their product quality. Then I got a Mesa TT800 and an Orange terror guitar amp, and two orange cabinets. The neck pickup of my Ric goes to the Mesa and the bridge goes to the Orange terror. Put an fx loop on the 2nd Chanel of each of the two amps, and I the Main 5Chanel just use the orange overdrive and the Mesa low end. And it blows that dark glass junk out if the water. No offense I mean, it just really sounds a lot better

[@TristImpala]

Seems very cool! A Footswitch to change your presets during live performances would be much appreciated!

[@stefankirchengast6446]

I guess since there is a MIDI port, changing presets would work using a MIDI foot controller. nevertheless it might be overkill for lots of scenarios and I'd also appreciate if there was a simpler option available

[@eds6889]

Blue tooth pedal would be a perfect accessory.

[@adamdixon6326]

Bro I love your channel thanks for always putting out the best content in the bass community

[@martinheath5947]

As much as I'm impressed by new and permanently (until no longer supported) upscaleable technology, there's something about a classic out of the box design that just gets everything right, from the start.

[@francoishtzl157]

It will take lot of years until the amp cannot work anymore I think. Just look at first smartphone Like apple Iphone that still work these day even if they don't have the latest update. We will use the amp with the effect we can use in it I don't think it will stop in like 5years

[@boosted0079]

I really love this idea. I think it's a bit of a "rip off" idea from TC Electronics , but this was taken to a whole other level of awesome! I'm a huge fan of Darkglass, and I will be looking for this to hit the online stores. Zzounds? Get this on the catalogue lol

[@krmr]

Maybe a rip off from TC, but things really went downhill with TonePrints once Behringer acquired TC. Hopefully Darkglass has the longevity to continue supporting this platform.

[@boosted0079]

@@krmr lol I didnt want to use the term "rip off". It leaves a negative vibe. At the time I couldn't think of a better description. But I will say the tone print thing just wasn't as user friendly as I would have liked it too be. I have one of the combo amps with 2 10" speakers and it's ok. Just wish I could use both tone print channels at once. I do however run my Darkglass pedal through the amp. And then use a spectra comp channel with it. It's ok. I had no idea berhinger obtained that company. That would explain why there hasn't been anything new from TC in over 4 years

[@i_am_error_64]

I feel the same way. I was (kind of still am) a huge fan of TC amps (still gig with RH450 and some RS cabs) but I had to give up on toneprint pedals and the BG line of amps. App was way too janky. Now being a DG owner i have high hopes for this amp where I see it not only as expanding upon what TC started but maybe even giving a better option in the realm of Helix/Kemper/etc but just for streamlined and slimmed down for bassists.

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Thanks Gregor 🎸🎸🎵🎶👍🍺

[@MarkErikEE]

Really nice looking device. Can you do a comparison where you have Darkglass on one side with all digital effects and put a completely analog rig on the other?

[@buckemptier]

Haha you won't see that because the analog would make dark glass sound like the watered down digital effects novelty that it truly is 1s

[@jdmarino]

I wonder how many of those effects they can cram into the Element. We already have amp sims, impulse response, and a (much needed) noise suppressor.

[@jackyAmar13]

sounds great but I would put something under the amp to kill vibrations from cabinet....

[@slash196]

In theory this could be a guitar amp too. Very interesting concept

[@darkglasselectronics]

🤫

[@bashFish]

"tell me things" i buy one. for my book shelf. needed to be fixed for quite a while

[@AcousticSerenity]

Loveeeee darkglass

[@pilsnerbass6283]

For using the presents in a live performance, a footswitch would be necessary. Which one? And advice, please?

[@ikestoddard2458]

My mouth gapes in astonishment! I am replacing my bass amp, and that would be perfect! I will take it!

[@soundman1402]

Just ordered one. I like that it basically had a pedalboard built in! What makes me hesitate is that it's got computery bits in it, and after a few years, they'll likely stop updating it, or the computer will glitch out, or it will just be old tech and thus obsolete. And then what?

[@markanthony5897]

I agree. However owning it now I am glowing and have nothing but praise.

[@ZombiePenguinStudios]

always wondered how a super j sounded thanks!

[@danielwiklander8614]

The thumb on your t-shirt fist is missing a B. :)

[@basstheworldofficial]

I guess I'm missing a knuckle

[@eds6889]

Love it.

[@danielluna9213]

How does the quality of the effects compare to the actual DG pedals?

[@joachimennen1852]

Hey Gregor, super Konzept. Ich nutze zur Zeit einen Markbass EVO, da er zwei Preamps hat. Das würde ich mir hier auch wünschen um z.B. zwischen Kontrabass und E-Bass hin und her zu switchen. Der Nachteil beim EVO ist, er kann nur einen Effekt je Kanal. Da scheint mit diese Effektsektion wesentlich flexibler zu sein. Bin sehr gespannt was noch von Darkglass kommt...

[@soundknight]

Sounds great, I wonder if it will be more reliable than the tc electronic tone print stuff?

[@revival18]

Do a review with a Warwick, plz

[@hippoferd]

Very nice but at the end on the 3 year thomann waranty , no tech will be able to repair it so you throw 1000 Euros to the bin after that period if you need a service ...

[@mildmanneredjanitor0]

Well, kind of... The parts that are likely to fail are the fuses/switches or the power amp and they are no different from more conventional amps. And if the DSP circuit board fails then you can replace that as an entire component - although I realize that it might not be possible to obtain a replacement at a sensible cost. So I don't disagree with you but I think you're making the situation seem a bit worse than I see it.

[@hippoferd]

@@mildmanneredjanitor0 Everything is certainly mounted directly on the main board , I see it like cell phones, after 2 or 3 years you change the amp anyway for a more fancy class D amp , it's a business model ...

[@stevehillock3162]

Update to e500 v2 with stereo send return, stereo speakon outputs, stereo xlr DI, and take my money

[@zulu5157]

An amp for digital natives. Cool concept.

[@razzrectracks]

Good work!

[@bassimprovjams3772]

Damn I want a super J!!!! Love that EADG tee!!!! That would be a sik tat!!

[@palesama]

It would have been more awesome if they had included the ULTRAs pedals in the array of digital pedals. However, I think it is something they might never do as this might cause the Neural DSP to have some losses. Don´t you think?

[@kevmac1230]

I want an amp with a great preamp, dependable and ample power and little else.I will add whatever FX through the loop.I was a big fan of SWR back in the day.Their downfall started when they started adding onboard FX.

[@susanallan9395]

and you should be able to play backing tracks from your phone along with being able to control it as they did the zoom.

[@SamuelGoodwin]

Neat idea!

[@flipper2gv]

I'd love this to be in simple interface format. I know this amp works as an interface but I don't really need the 500 watts power amp section.

[@lill3lars]

Neural DSP is the answer. Sister company of Darkglass and probably involved in this project. they have the Quad Cortex monster digital unit too

[@optokapler]

Please show us the tuner, now I really want to see it in action!

[@haraldmeier-ble2206]

Hallo Gregor, ich hätte da mal eine Frage. Bei 3:08 im Video wird dieses Öctaver-Pedal im Pedalboard angezeigt. 'Woher ist das, bzw. wie kann ich das bekommen, da ich es auf meinem e500 nicht in der Auswahl habe. Ein Octaver ist genau das Pedal, das mir leider fehlt, ich aber dringend benötige. Wäre schön, wenn du mir da einen Tipp geben könntest. Danke

[@basstheworldofficial]

Der kommt sicherlich mit dem nächsten Update. Ich hatte zur Demo eine Entwicklersoftware mit neuen Features geladen

[@Mrflippyfloop]

Very nice.

[@l.e.bassdesign]

Woah! NIIIICCCCEEE!

[@456or7strings]

Which basses were used in the video? I was hoping they were listed in the video description.

[@456or7strings]

So, the Sandberg is Gregor’s “Sunset” custom.

[@basstheworldofficial]

and a Dingwall Super J

[@GuitarznGirlz]

Would be cool if there was a pedal that you could save your presets on.

[@chris_dings_bass5987]

Darkglass ist nicht so mein Ding aber viel wichtiger, ist der sub blaster gut angekommen? Hörst du nen unterschied zur vintage version?

[@markanthony5897]

I bought my e500 thanks this video. Questions about midi. May I use any midi foot switcher or will Darkglass release a midi pedal? Thank you for all your useful content, inspiration and community. Stay Free, Mark Add On: One concern. As a consumer of music gear my decisions are made from inspiration and followed up with research. My research will aim at insuring that I am aware of variations. In this case there are none that have these features. I suspect there will be a higher power made available and to therein I find the rub. Given the choice, when products have options I will choose the one with the most most. Most features, power, function and quality. And if there are improvements I wish consumers will be invited to trade in for an upgrade. If there comes a 900 or higher watt version eg. e900 or e1000, and I cannot trade in... well, I will be disappointed. Because I did what I always do. I followed up my inspiration with research and this was the most most e500. So I bought it. I hope I am making sense. All my best

[@basstheworldofficial]

I don’t think there will be a bigger version coming out. The new (self designed) power amps are so efficient, the newer 500W amps are actually louder than the older 900W models. I don’t think Darkglass is gonna make a midi footswitch, otherwise they would have released it at the same time.

[@buckemptier]

I bought the dark glass alpha omega amp. It had a defect where after 45 mins of playing the power cut in half, made it worthless. So I returned it for a micro tubes amp. This one had a defect where the thing wouldn't power on for an hour after turning it off, in addition to having the same defect as the last amp where the power cut in half after playing 45 minutes. I couldn't believe it. It's too bad, I really wanted the dark glass sound but this has forever tainted my perception of their product quality. Then I got a Mesa TT800 and an Orange terror guitar amp, and two orange cabinets. The neck pickup of my Ric goes to the Mesa and the bridge goes to the Orange terror. Put an fx loop on the 2nd Chanel of each of the two amps, and I the Mai Chanel just use the orange overdrive and the Mesa low end. And it blows that dark glass junk out if the water. No offense I mean, it just really sounds a lot better

[@francoishtzl157]

In video I see "only" 18 and not 22 effects :/ And the thing about 500 or 900W, because the guitar shop tell me 900W at the same volume as 500W has more headroom but now we can just go into FOH so ?

[@owe-mandjo9971]

It looks great and sounds great but I think they should have put all this analogue / digital tech in a multi effects board rather than an amp.

[@santiagojab]

los efectos suenan por la salida Speaker Output?

[@grohu]

when Buzz guitars review?

[@mowhoudin]

Is it possible to use It in 2 ohms? For example two 4 ohm cabs

[@basstheworldofficial]

No, it’s a 4 Ohm amp

[@Barry101er]

Just like TC Electronics Tone print, more or less?

[@vinvenal4243]

Eep! That's the noise I make when I'm really excited about something, but I can't afford it. Lol.

[@stelios82k]

Markbass bass multiamp did most of the things this head does a decade ago. Markbass product development is nowhere near darkglass' dedication to their products. I hope e500 will continue to grow!

[@webb264]

Can you use the amp in just DI mode, no cab? I play at church and everything goes straight to FOH, no cabs.

[@basstheworldofficial]

Yes

[@VincentDuxD]

Nope, don’t see it as a viable option, the more analog it is the more longevity it has, at least for diy ppl without a chip builder.

[@albundy2239]

Cool but I prefer my AO 500 😉

[@mildmanneredjanitor0]

Part of the test team.... Did you know that "clean head" is "Glatzkopf"? :)

[@susanallan9395]

the phone should be positioned like they used to position the zoom.

[@Adv.1]

Hi, gibt es euren Kanal auch in Deutsch?

[@basstheworldofficial]

Leider Nein, aber deutsche Untertitel

[@markbass354]

HEY

[@eierdiebs6388]

Klingt geil, aber wahrscheinlich außerhalb meiner Preisspanne

[@pktang3086]

Time to pile up money !

[@jonatasnascimento723]

Que top

[@rugrat1965]

Sounds fantastic, but it will be obsolete and upgraded in six months.

[@sqlb3rn]

redundant... 500 watts is not loud enough and how many ways can you repackage Neural DSP plugins. Could be cool for someone else though.

[@andreikraemer6910]

nice concept but the sound is so far from analog valve amps, more like an all in one toy for nobs.

[@metalandstuffz6129]

See if I would spend 1000 credits on this, I would rather spend it on a more multifunctional digital amp like headrush, kemper or their own quad cortex. Also controlling your amp with you wobbly phone is not quite fun.

[@tome4961]

900W in 1U rack casing please

[@mikoaja.2413]

TBH I'm not too fond of the sounds it produced in this demo

[@Hi-xs7wm]

Those effects and bluetooth...etc... are misleading and unnecessary making the amp expensive

[@abouc]

No thanks. I can see this being completely obsolete in 5-10 years when it's no longer compatible with the phones being made.

[@valendis]

A pedal version would have been better imho, most of us already have an amp, I'm not a fan of darkglass stuff anyway, I had an Omicron, I always prefered my cheap bass Big Muff over it. Edit: I feel like darkglass stuff is great for recording, not so much for live applications.

[@bassman12]

well, that is not what i need ;)

[@PARAMONARIOS]

Kinda disappointing review video. I expected to hear more info and the demo of default presets