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Hartke VXL Bass Attack Pre-Amp/Direct Box

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Hartke VXL Bass Attack Pedal

Featuring a three band EQ for adjustments of Bass, Treble, and Bright controls. View larger

Hartke’s VXL Bass Attack Pedal is a tone-shaping pre-amp that doubles as a direct box, featuring the famous Hartke Shape Circuitry. The two-button style stomp box has a three band EQ for adjustments of Bass, Treble, and Bright controls, plus a Harmonic control that emulates the warmth and drive of a tube so well that you’ll never want to turn it off. The Hartke Bass Attack Pedal gives you the ability to finally get the sound you want, and everything in between.

Hartke VXL Bass Attack Pedal

The ability to finally get the sound you want, and everything in between. View larger

Mold Your Sound with VX Pre-Amp with Hartke Shape Circuitry

The VXL Bass Attack Pedal features a Hartke VX tone shaping pre-amp that doubles as a direct box, giving you more control and reliable results when plugging into a PA. Hartke Shape Circuitry and a 3-band bass, treble, and brightness control let you mold your own unique sound.

Pure Reliability

The most important thing about crafting your sound is making sure you can get the same results on stage, night after night. The VXL Bass Attack Pedal delivers with gold-plated XLR direct output with selectable pre/post, and parallel 1/4″ in/out for chaining, as well as a rugged extruded aluminum stomp-box style construction.

About Samson

Samson Technologies began in 1980 as a pioneer in wireless microphone technology. Today, Samson is an industry leader in professional audio solutions whose products are known for their fidelity and reliability. Samson products are preferred by recording artists, performers, educators and audio professionals throughout the world.

In the early ’90s, Samson began to expand the reach of their audio products through the development of power amplifiers, mixers, wired microphones and signal processors. In 2005, the first professional USB microphones to be used by musicians, broadcasters and podcast enthusiasts were introduced, making Samson USB microphones the new industry standard. Over three decades, Samson has grown from a small two-person operation to a worldwide enterprise, dedicated to innovating new products that will enhance the lives of music and broadcast professionals everywhere.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Attack in Black, February 21, 2010
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Bass effects are fun little diversions, until you find a good one. There are some that just can’t be substituted. A good example of that is the QTron. If you have one (and use it) it is essential to get THAT sound. Personally, I don’t use mine that often. Usually I play a down the middle mix of rock, blues, and soul … all the classic tones. My main rig is an Ampeg SVT-2PRO with their 4 x 10 cab. It is about as tube gritty as they come. However, there is a certain flexibility that is missing. I want to be able to switch between that warm Jamerson tube fuzz on the soul and blues songs, to something a little more punchy for funk. The Attack pedal is PERFECT for this. It lets me dial in just what I want, and use the footswitches to turn the sounds on and off. With the two switches you get four sounds. It isn’t going to give you wild distortion. It will, however, make it one click to go from a warm fat bluesy sound to a funky punch that are both worth the price of admission.

Enjoy !

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, November 17, 2011
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This review is from: Hartke VXL Bass Attack Pre-Amp/Direct Box (Electronics)
I’m using this as a DI box for recording. It does some compression, overdrive, EQ’ing, notch EQ’ing, and excite-ing all in one pedal. So compared to the original bass signal, you get this clear, deep, punchy sound that fits right into a mix.

The Bass Attack sounds a lot like a SansAmp Bass Driver but at 1/3 the price. One difference is that it has an additional “Shape” knob, which is a lot like the ISF knob on Blackstar products, and is a notch filter. The other difference is that the SansAmp uses tougher chassis and components, so would last longer for the gigging musician. But don’t take me wrong, the Bass Attack uses a solid metal chassis and doesn’t feel cheap at all.

The Harmonics knob adds some overdrive, and gets kind of farty when turned up 100% but sounds pretty good at 75-90%. It doesn’t do that high gain super gritty/fizzy distortion though, for that you could connect a distortion pedal to the parallel output, or duplicate the track in your DAW and add a distortion plugin.

This pedal is very versatile. I found that the Shape knob is indispensable; it takes the place of a mid control. For example, by notching (reducing) the boomy 60-130 Hz region and turning up the level, you get plenty more mids. The treble and bright control seem very similar to each other, one seems to amplify the 4k region, the other the 5k but that’s just an estimate. By keeping both of those around 10 o’clock and the Shape control beneath 115 Hz, I can get a solid, deep, yet mid-full sound for a metal mix. Thus anyone who thinks this pedal is all bass and treble and no mids, ought to try settings along those lines.

Another good feature is that this pedal can run on 48V phantom power. As in, no adapter or battery needed when recording direct or running to a mixer. In conclusion, for recording, you can duplicate the SansAmp sound that you hear on a lot of albums using the Bass Attack, and tweak it further via the Shape control. And yes, the various button pushes get you four different sounds total, but I prefer having both buttons on. Then in my DAW I only throw on an extra compressor and it sounds great. This pedal is a steal for no frills bass DI recording.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must have for working bassists, October 29, 2012
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I play bass in a lot of different environments, and I never know what to expect before I show up. If I am playing a venue where I can use my head and 4×12 combo I know I’ll have great tone. If I am going direct into the board I am at the mercy of the house equipment and engineer. This unit gives me ;the ability to still go direct, but allows me to tweak the signal for maximum warmth. I suppose you could look at this like an effects stomp box but it is really so much more. if you play at church and are tired of hearing the life sucked out of your bass you should give this a try. I love it.

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