SO MUCH POWER IN SUCH SMALL AMPS! - Darkglass M200 & AO200 Amps [Demo]

[@jacomans9078]

I like that you were honest about the cons even though you are an endorser, great and informative review!

[@LiquidSword52]

That Harley Benton at 4:00 is sick!

[@iamgribs]

The fender jazz with quarter pounders sounded just great. Caught my attention immediately

[@benjaminbertrand4117]

The DI out on this needs to be post EQ/Distortion

[@ileutur6863]

If the reliability is anything like their big brothers, hard pass in these. I say this as a complete Darkglass fanboy, but I've been seeing way too many broken heads over in the facebook group

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

Specially when it's 200 watt at 3 ohms like that doesn't make sense at all means at 8 ohms your not even seeing 100 watts which is what my bam 200 from tc electronics gives me into the bc208 (2x8)

[@bobbyzig3879]

@@Jihadbearzwithgunz plus the BAM can be had for like $100

[@ethixhiggins5059]

The darkglass products are not reliable?

[@purplerain151]

@@ethixhiggins5059I run the mid size omega pedal. Had it for years and no issues. Can’t say about the heads but plan to get a head in the future

[@briangrover873]

awesome shirt!

[@wharrgarblstudios]

That opening track was a banger!!!

[@TenFalconsMusic]

They sound absolutely incredible. P.S. That Warwick Corvette on the wall gives me creepy "ding-a-ling" vibes.

[@stevenerwin6202]

I love this guy's bass lines there all tough!

[@Crookedile]

Nice Gizzard shirt, Lucas Harwood has a Microtubes 900 in his studio rig

[@alexskibicki2262]

Cool video, Patrick. 😎🤘🏻🎸 those amps do sound nice. The distortion channel sounds killer with the stingray bass. And I do agree on listening to new bands. I’ve been checking out new wave of traditional heavy metal bands and they sound incredible.

[@lee_burial7187]

Love ur vids man 🤙

[@markgreen950]

I saw King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard a few years ago at a festival, great band.

[@madhatter19xx13]

Ohhhhh man that peavey bass 😮. I had to do a show with one because my bass didn't make it and the guy who let me borrow it said it was nicknamed backbreaker and dear God you better believe I was hitting the rock stance with my foot on the monitor so that I could rest that bass on my knee a little 😂.

[@jesseparrish9198]

Nice shirt Patrick 👍

[@jesseparrish9198]

Did you ever check out Evergrey?

[@NMbass906]

But what do they cost?

[@IscariottActual]

Everything

[@fistinair1979]

I'm going to bet something like $499 US.

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

500 bucks.. Pass for me considering for half that you can find a tc electronics bam 200 or the tc th250 and they both give half power at 8 ohms while the darkglass heads run minimum 3 ohms which means you'll get less then 100 watts if you use it for a 8 ohm cab and less then 200 watts at 4 ohms

[@BobEllis79]

​​@@Jihadbearzwithgunzthis is incorrect, it's a full 200w at 4ohms (not 3ohms) and 100w at 8ohms, not sure where you got your info

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

@BobEllis79 go look at darkglass then my guy the manual says nominal impedance is 3 ohms .

[@araalkbasschronicles2762]

gizzard tee !!!!

[@Jackal_Blitz]

Ekshtremely Shtraightfoward. Got it.

[@jreid641]

Will they do anything besides distortion?

[@chrisAclaes]

Is 200W enough? When with a drummer, I prefer a bit more headroom. And some of the missing features, especially the dry DI out and minimal EQ settings, are rather disappointing, I’m a bit confused by this product, but great demo and review as always!

[@fistinair1979]

Depends on the drummer and the cab you are using probably. I'd want at least a 4ohm 4x10 with a hard hitting drummer.

[@ebensf]

I was wondering the same thing

[@ThrashingBasskill]

Doesn´t it say 25 watts at the back..?

[@ethixhiggins5059]

I hooked up to my marshall dbs 2x15 cab and while I'm sure the speakers wanted more power , this little darkglass powered and made it thump without issue and would've blown the speaker without any problems as well. Definetly a powerful little amp. It did get warm after a couple hours of playing but I'd expect that with a small amp like this with what I was doing ; but it wasn't excessive. Quite normal to what you'd feel even with a big solid state.

[@bobbyzig3879]

Neat but definitely looks like an item for the DK collectors out there. Their DIs alone are incredibly powerful and already super portable.

[@ianstrickland5280]

3:50 quite unusual 3 ohm output

[@francoishtzl157]

You can do nothing with 3 Ohms, with 2.67 yes, with 4 yes. Fuk marketing

[@ianstrickland5280]

@@francoishtzl157 exactly, makes no sense why they would make it like that

[@francoishtzl157]

@@ianstrickland5280 make money ? Like the CEO say "one more day one more dollars" where before it was more to really make good gear and make people happy. Also, no me because I keep only the AO pedal, but a lot of people wait for the midi footswitch for the E500 amp (I have got it a week, pure joke, 500W that push nothing and first amp I heard that has lag and bug) and they say that they will add 10 more effects or 12 this years and they add 2 or 3. They also said before that for the compressor hyper luminal they will add new model of compressor in it, nothing. I have just the AO pedal and element for cabsim because they sound great but it bug sometimes so it work when he want. Super cool

[@TheSiggy1990]

I'd be curious to hear how a bass VI sounds through these? 😳

[@ethixhiggins5059]

I'll let you know

[@hunterjacob5606]

@@ethixhiggins5059any chance you found out?

[@GhordoCT]

Someone get this cat a thesaurus! Bells and Whistles (noun) : added features, trappings, extras, dressing…

[@philipmatsick9274]

I have the B3K pedal running into fender rumble combo with the extension cab. Does anyone think it’d be worth getting the 200w amp or is that redundant?

[@Lowendgenerator]

200 class D watts is going to be useless for all but the most efficient 4 ohm cabs.

[@Jihadbearzwithgunz]

Even then still won't be the full 200 watts it's rated at 3 ohms minimum have no clue why they did that as you can't run 3 8 ohm cabs as that's 2.67 ohms and could damage the head and same story for one 4 ohm cab and a 8 ohm cab.

[@rancosteel]

What king of chip set is used?

[@CEKISBACKmetalTV]

I think the best use is the silent practice at home, however it's not the innovative product I expect from Darkglass.

[@AlexRVX8]

Imo a real miss on this amp is the lack of interface capabilities, it would be really convenient to have a small form factor amp that you can plug into your computer

[@lucasdeane2077]

Can you review the dean zelinsky mule bass? I'm curious about the "z-neck"

[@oliverjohn2633]

Want a small head thats actually good get a markbass or an aguilar. Xo

[@oliverjohn2633]

I love darkglass pedals amps are eh

[@1thess523]

I noticed you kept mentioning bells and whistles but you didn't mention prices

[@zulu5157]

How is the amp cooled? Is there a fan making noises?

[@phillipwallwork6812]

Who doesn’t want all the bells and whistles??

[@chriscuthbertson]

Just buy the Darkglass pedal and a TC BAM

[@abbot2]

Do these have fans or are they fanless?

[@danademski3353]

Seems to me that they just keep re-releasing the same products with different packaging.

[@Enkeli344]

Do I understand correctly? Is this an amplifier with a distortion? So I don't have to buy a separate pedal?

[@jasonchristian8362]

yes

[@nuketownbass8153]

If everything is stripped back, the price should be also…

[@nohalo7]

Did I hear Mike Tyson's Punch-Out at the very beginning?!

[@pieroquiroga4546]

Dont need it but want buy it, so pretty dat micro tubis ❤

[@dominikkavur5373]

IMHO, this is a hype cash-grab. 1. You can't control the distortion with footswitch, so on a gig/rehersal if you have a distorted part of the song, quickly mess with the knobs or just.. buy a darkglass pedal (cash-grab) 2. Min 3ohm is bullsh*, which actually begs the question, is it only 200W at 3 ohm, so is it like.. only 170W at 4ohm, which is the way everybody is gonna use it 3. No USB, so can't use it as a recording interface, you can only use it with DI which is not ideal 4. No compressor, no b3k/vmt, so you only get one drive circuit and nothing additional 5. Their other amps are breaking quite often so.. if these are made with the same quality standards, it's a hard pass (a friend's Microtubes 500 fried itself in a day because the fan doesn't work when used as a recording station with no cab polugged in) 6. Honestly.. just a get you favourite DG drive pedal and buy a nice reliable amp Still a great video Patrick!

[@pCeLobster]

The branding of these is just off somehow. They look like prototypes.

[@ThrashingBasskill]

Why does it say "25 Watts" on the back... like seriously, is this the "200 Watts peak" BS...?

[@JVMC_ZR1]

The Alpha Omega 900 also says 270w on the back. Strange?

[@Alexdaroz]

Dry DI??!! I'll pass.. 🤢

[@AnteraxxX]

Would like to see the X-Ultra Pedal in an Amp instead of the 23012 Version of the B3K