DARKGLASS MICROTUBES - All About The Bass

[@DarekLachowski]

That opening jam! Nathan is on fire!! Whoa!

[@joshmayer5419]

What is the full name of the bassist?

[@yomommaiscalling]

Lee Voss!

[@yomommaiscalling]

And kudos to that poor little clip-on tuner hanging on for dear life!

[@johnwitt112]

Please do a crossover with the 'sound like' guys and do "sound like Lemmy without busting the bank"!!! Please!

[@visiblesailorsstorys8918]

+Garegh62 This is why you are still a virgin

[@TheBigMrJGC]

Jay Garrison That really would be boring as hell.

[@torjusgravirklykken555]

Maybe you guys can make a video showing us the gear you use?😁👍🏼

[@DeevoC]

Dark Glass stuff is amazing. I have a couple of their bass pedals, and they are by far the best pieces of equipment I've ever used. Once my Hartke head has served it's purpose, one of the Microtubes 900 will be my choice! Thanks guys!

[@harryws3542]

I have the 900 with the 4x10 and it totally blew me away - it also blew my bank account but yeah, it sounds fantastic. Best distortion on bass I’ve ever heard and it is actually impossible to dial in a bad tone on the amp!

[@bengoddard3328]

does it sound good at low volume? struggling to choose between 900 & 410 or 500 & 210 as will mainly use in house but want additional head room too.

[@harryws3542]

Ben Goddard Yeah it sounds great at any volume really - obviously it excels when it’s cranked a bit but it definitely still sounds good when it’s set to

[@insanerotta5332]

Nathan rocking those pants again. They match the Darkglass amps. I need to know where Nathan buys his pants! I too want wear matching pants!

[@TheMasamir]

I am not even a bass player and I am watching every video :)

[@Robstafarian]

Ditto!

[@HadesWTF]

Lee's intro riff when Nathan quit playing was sick.

[@mrmatthew2443]

Nice job guys Havnt seen any demo where they showed us the D.I. Out alone and then the mic’d tone Very good demo

[@pgpete]

i tried the 410 in my local guitar shop - its an awesome sound and probably worth the top $ it costs.

[@xavierg5523]

Should we be expecting a PRS Silver Sky vid coming soon? 👀

[@tylermartin9546]

This is my favorite review from andertons

[@griffinburns9834]

I went with the Aguilar Tonehammer 500 but they had these in the shop as well...did I do wrong going with the Tonehammer????

[@immanuelrohy]

I'm pretty sure Douglas Castro did say (somewhere) that the brand name "Darkglass" was named because of the similarity to his name.

[@immanuelrohy]

I'm sure Doug thought of that too!

[@Pantalooj]

Nathan is there any form of guitar that you can't play like the best of them? 🎸😁 Your guitar playing in the opening jam was spectacular! Lee, your bass playing was equally spectacular as usual ... and the entertainment value was excellent, again as usual. I play guitar but regularly watch the bass channel for the playing and banter ... thanks chaps 🤓

[@davidleamy7564]

Yeah!!!! Keep the low end coming!!!

[@ronnierobertson1005]

Little bit of wrong information. The microtubes 900 includes the intelligent footswitch, with switches between a clean tone and one of the different distortion engines, and can also mute the amp. But, you can purchase the SUPER intelligent footswitch which can go between the clean tone, vintage microtubes, and b3k circuits and mute the amp.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Cabs are made in the UK? Darkglass gets my vote. Proper jam at the beginning as well!!

[@patrickcarroll1754]

Great demo, guys. Nate, If you read this, what kind of pants are those?

[@morodochable]

Loved the outro jammage!

[@zeppelinboys]

Lightest vs Heaviest bass cab! Can't wait!

[@stanislavmigra]

Drakglass demo without Dave? Noooo ,,, :-D

[@stanislavmigra]

Garegh62 your missing many points here ... it was meant as a joke first and second, because Dave made so many Darkglass demos etc etc ...

[@jamesevans7968]

The pickup configuration on that bass is dank

[@AverageRider1]

Great open jam guys!!!

[@bassmandudge]

Must be mind readers...i was going to ask Nathan to play some guitar..saw him rocking with level 42 on youtube the other day..talented git...;-)...great playing both...

[@sonus289]

love that spector!!!!

[@sjlacey65]

Great to hear you guys mixing in some guitar to help hear the bass gear in context.

[@ooinvsaoo]

my darkglass 900 came with a single footswitch. did they stop it? *edit* how do u2 go back and forth between bass and guitar? i try to play guitar and it sounds clank clank clank...

[@dimsoneill]

Dark glass head and mark bass cab,lightweight and punchy!

[@Pantalooj]

Posted before seeing the outro jam ... Lee, same goes ... "is there any form of guitar you can't nail?" 😲 Seriously good stuff!

[@billtaylor4897]

Great Jam ...

[@PhillyWatts]

Best bass amp ever! Have you guys ever done a video on the Mesa Subway D800+?

[@chandlerluce9392]

Nice intro! The guitar was a nice touch. Might have needed some more high mids though... lol! JK, you guys crushed it!

[@ethanlancaster76]

I think the 500 watt version is really more practical for the gigging bass player that is primarily using a single 4 ohm cab. Like most of us regular folk who don’t have a roadie or an artist endorsement lol. 👍✌️

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar6923]

make a vid about the new fender rumble studio 40 amp and its big brother, the rumble stage 800! excited since these are hella unique

[@KindredCliff]

Should have compared the 2x10 against the 4x10, my 2x10 Eden kills the 4x10 in tone and punch,I just use the bigger cab for moving air. Should play a standard bass to begin with that Spector will sound good through most anything. Sorry I should have started with the compliments, nice playing guys nice demo.

[@insanerotta5332]

To be fair, The Darkglass amp makes even my 100 € Cort P-bass copy sound great.

[@sethnicholls7861]

They sound tastefully compressed, I guess the amp is doing that?

[@bipolarunboxesstuff8745]

Please do a GK vs Fender video

[@m00plank90]

Love the channel, Love your playing, but why back the treble off on the bass? Surely a good place to start is 12 o'clock on everything? Killed the sound of that bass. You're not the only ones who do this, it's an epidemic. There's more to bass than a generic p bass or j Bass sound. Please don't think I'm trolling, I'm just at the end of my rope where there are some really impressive basses, Amps, and players (such as yourselves) all doing their best to make them sound precisely the same as a D. I.'d fender in 1977.

[@gentlewolf1279]

Watch the videos of Adam "Nolly" Getgood playing through this gear... super punchy and aggressive.

[@insanerotta5332]

There is no 12 o'clock on the Spector active preamp. It's boost ONLY. The sensible thing would've been to roll down to zero for no treble or bass boost. Spector basses seem louder because people are used to having things at 12 o'clock and at that point you're already boosting bass n treb for like +6 to 8 db...

[@Juxtaposed1Nmotion]

bass low

[@m00plank90]

Insane Rotta I think you Misunderstood, I have a spector, and it doesn't-nor does any spector I've heard-sound like a J Bass with old stings on. But it could be any bass in the world.... It gets the same treatment. The spirit of my post is that everyone seems to be trying to sound like Jaco. Although an incredible talent, Bass didn't freeze in 1987 when he died. Innovators have taken things further. Darkglass are a new brand trying to drag our arses into the 21st century. And what happens? A plethora of bassists go for the same sound...playing the same way, and bleating at anyone who tries to break the mould. Real instrumentalists are dying out. Because innovation is dead. Where are the Entwistles? The Sheehans? And not just to copy, to innovate, To take the bass further?

[@insanerotta5332]

Matt Chapman well i can agree on that. To be fair even though I play a simple p-bass quite often I also run it bi-amped through an octave up pedal into a Marshall stack...

[@LukeBass1000]

Ampeg pro 4 cab. No competition!

[@TheMetalhead213]

Darkglass sounds killer with ampeg pro 4

[@brGbruno]

Please, overdrive shootout!

[@iantruax17]

Yoooooooo 11:06 those ghost notes. Goddam.

[@ericblasse6335]

Why don’t you guys stock hartke, half the cost and amazing heads and cabs

[@ericblasse6335]

Not a hartke pr just a fan

[@woofystevenson2943]

Garegh62 David ellefson from megadeth billy Sheehan rex brown from pantera frank bello all use hartke even geezer butler the legend himself used hartke for a while. I don't even like hartke amps because they are too scooped but alot of people use them

[@Progbassist]

Woofy Stevenson You cant really say an amp is too scooped...there is always the mid control.

[@woofystevenson2943]

The mid control doesn't go high enough,

[@woofystevenson2943]

Progbassist the tonal characteristics of a hartke if you measure it the naturally don't have a big amount of midrange and the mids are set at around 750, I use ampeg and like between 250-500 for mids , they slice right through the kick drum

[@gazzy_burns]

Great to see bass videos, but £925 for a heavy 2x10?!

[@GIGeorge23]

Barefaced seems like the better option

[@maxthub]

Oooooooo, Baltic Birch . That’s a fine wood.

[@SomeGuy-rg3re]

Nathan bringing back white jeans?

[@chromaticdeath]

What mics are you using?

[@MadMatty01]

chromatic.death Those should be Shure Beta 52's on the bass cab.

[@bassman3235]

Do a video on the Warwick Pro series!!

[@sanvirmaharaj637]

I have an Orange OBC115 cab. Almost died carrying it from my car up to my flat.

[@Lollerkid]

You should invite the master of this amp to demonstrate it properly: DAVE!

[@NRG2]

What about Aguilar amp with dark glass preamp when you'd like to get heavy? Any criticism of that approach?

[@NRG2]

Or dark glass pedals into an Aguilar

[@markbass354]

I like that bass wish I could afford it

[@WTWASTHAT]

Man without putting a mic on the tweeter, you're really not getting the sweet high end of those Darkglass cabs.

[@HadesWTF]

Also, for the love of god andertons. Please do a video on the green guitar that Nathan plays.

[@Blech319]

HadesWTF I'd say they have: Charvel San Dimas Pro Mod in Specific Green.

[@HadesWTF]

It is a Charvel. Wasn't familiar with the headstock. Beautiful guitar.

[@EerieBetrayal]

sounds phat

[@chosenwarfare3811]

The andertons never show wireless guitar systems wonder why

[@plumbunrecords518]

750 heeeeertz!!

[@jfs6470]

Hey! Can you guys do a demo of that Davie504 bass?

[@stefanpalicki3538]

honestly lol'd when i saw that the cabs are more than the amps

[@Kianquenseda]

More bass

[@Sandstroem82]

Wait, who has a washing machine in the kitchen? Did he mean a dishwasher?

[@ethanlancaster76]

I love how Lee pronounces “Aguilar” 👍😂

[@roflol65]

my wife left me

[@PocketCloyster]

You doing okay, bud?

[@chrismartinez1370]

Buddy I hope you feel better soon

[@post-ironicusername]

she took the kids

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar6923]

we still love you

[@batts1532]

Should have used your headphones!

[@1okanaganguy]

would it be too much for you blokes to at least SCAN the manual it comes with before the show? Thank you!

[@Markle2k]

Is this the "we're not frustrated guitarists" episode?

[@BloodpactORG]

Might be a marmite thing but damn does that bass ever sound rubbish. They should get into making furniture instead because the market for basses sounding like a sponge plucked with a dead fish can't be all that big.

[@peterbeasley961]

You gotta be kidding right, a Spector in the right hands will blow most any other Bass away.

[@TheSoundHog]

This would be so much better if there weren't so much unneeded talking. Just shut up, play, and then explain what the amp does. That's all we want.

[@francescogarofano4896]

Terrible review.