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Bass amplifier
During development of the VANDAL bass amp, it was our main goal to create
a recipe consisting of the best amp designs in a single amp featuring an
all-tube design that would be simple and easy to use.
The core features of the VANDAL bass amp are:
Multi-stage tube preamp (with extra distortion stage)
Contour control for extra-fat bass and glittering highs
Controllable optical-electrical compressor
4-band sound control
Class A/B tube end stage
Gain control
The input level of the first amplification stage is set in the bass amp
via the gain controller. Low to medium values leave the signal
relatively neutral, and high values softly increase saturation.
Contour
The contour circuit is a filter stage that works similarly to the
"Loudness" function. This control lets you give the bass sound an
underlying character without additional EQ measures.
Turned all the way left, no effect will be present. However, the more the control
is turned to the right, the more the mids will be thinned out and lows and highs
raised. It's sort of like an "instant slap".