Recorded Live - Mixed and Produced by Lior Goldenberg

Bass: Spector Rex w/ EMG 40PJ pickups & EMG BQC preamp
Gear: Tech 21 NYC Bass Driver, Darkglass Electronics B7K, Aguilar AGRO/Tone Hammer

'Big Kid' -  Melange

'Dance In Ashes' - Melange

Recorded Live in Studio - Mixed and Produced by Lior Goldenberg

Bass: Spector Rex w/ EMG 40PJ pickups & EMG BQC preamp
Gear: Tech 21 NYC Bass Driver, Darkglass Electronics B7K, Aguilar AGRO/Tone Hammer

'Exit Strategy' - Melange

Spector Forte SS > Darkglass B3K > Cubase

No additional EQ or compression.

Spector Forte SS/Darkglass B3K Mix Test

Dingwall SJ 3x > Cali76 > Darkglass B3K > Aguilar Tone Hammer > REDDI > Cubase

No Additional EQ, Compression or Plug-Ins

Spitting Bullets - Instrumental Demo

Created this quick AB comparison clip to showcase the new Darkglass Tone Capsule...it's like having a studio grade tube preamp inside your bass!

Recorded with my Spector Forte SS straight through a REDDI into Cubase.

Razzmattazz - Tone Capsule Comparison

Dingwall NG-2 > Cali76-TX > Darkglass B7K > REDDI > Cubase

Dingwall NG-2, Darkglass B7K & "Made of Metal" SDX

Dingwall AB1 (Wenge/Ash) > A Designs REDDI > Golden Age Pre-73
MkIII > Universal Audio Apollo Quad > Cubase

Minimal EQ and Compression via UAD Plugins

Gain matched for tone comparison purposes, the series setting has ~3dB higher output.

FDV Neck Fingers Sample

Dingwall AB1 (Wenge/Ash) > A Designs REDDI > Golden Age Pre-73
MkIII > Universal Audio Apollo Quad > Cubase

Minimal EQ and Compression via UAD Plugins

FDV Neck Pick Sample

Comparison Clips with various high end DI's from Jule Amplification, A Designs Audio & Aguilar.

Identical pedalboard settings for each style with flat EQ on the DI's, no post processing aside from HPF at 50Hz and LPF at 5kHz (LPF at 8kHz on the Funk Rock clips only) via SSL E Channel Strip.

Bass > Pedalboard > DI > Neve 1073 > UA Apollo

Jule Finger Funk

REDDI Finger Funk

Jule MM PickStyle

REDDI MM Pickstyle

Jule Funk Rock

REDDI Funk Rock

DB750 Motown

Jule Motown

REDDI Motown

DB750 Grunge

Jule Grunge

REDDI Grunge

Nordstrand Warm J Blades (Neck Pickup)

Broughton P-15

Tech 21 Q/Strip

P - 15 OD Tone Sample

Glassjaw Bass HX Sample

Comparison demo of the YYZ on and bypassed, both with and without drums: the rest of signal chain for both tones is simply an OmniCabSim Mini and some light optical compression, with my standard ITB "Master" chain on the main bus.

YYZ AB BnD

YYZ AB

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Professional Musician & Endorsed Artist with Spector & Dingwall Basses, Aguilar Amplification, DR Strings, Tech 21 NYC, Darkglass Electronics & Spectraflex Cables

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