Darkglass Microtubes B7K Bass Preamp/DI Pedal

The Black Beast

The Microtubes B7K takes the powerful dynamic saturation circuit of the B3K and adds a four-band equalizer and a balanced line driver for even greater versatility. Designed for both studio and live use, it will take your direct sound to a whole new level.

Features

Level
Sets the volume of the overdriven signal.

Drive
Sets the amount of saturation in the overdriven signal.

Blend
Mixes the clean input signal with the overdriven signal. The clean signal remains at unity gain while the volume of the overdriven signal is set by the Level knob, allowing for fine control of the blend ratio.

Grunt Switch
Sets the amount of low frequency content to saturate by selecting between three different bass boost levels before the clipping stage.

Attack Switch
Sets the amount of treble content to saturate: The "Boost" setting emphasizes the treble content extra clarity and presence. The "Flat" position leaves this register untouched while the "Cut" position will reduce the amount of high frequencies being saturated.This new addition helps to keep the treble portion of the signal under control, specially useful when playing with new strings and/or cabinets with tweeters!

Low
+-12dB @ 100Hz

Low Mids
+-12dB @ 1kHz

Hi Mids
+-12dB @ 2.8kHz

Treble
+-12dB @ 5kHz

Parallel Output
A passthrough for your input signal, useful for parallel processing.

Direct Output
A balanced version of the ¼” output, useful for running into PA’s or studio mixing consoles.

Dimensions
12×10.7 cm (4.72×4.21 in)

Warning
The Microtubes B7K has a current draw of 30mA. Only use a regulated 9V DC adapter with a center-negative plug. Due to ecological reasons it does not accept batteries. Unregulated power supplies and/or higher voltages may result in suboptimal noise performance and even damage your unit, voiding the warranty.

Microtubes B7K Artists

""Darkglass has refined the art of integrating tone INTO your sound as opposed to a synthetic feeling layer on top. Their products represent a new level.""
Devin Townsend (Devin Townsend)

""The people at Darkglass Electronics must be bass players, because it’s the first time I’ve used a drive pedal that not only sounds right, it FEELS right.""
Billy Gould (Faith No More)