Trondheim Audio Devices SkarBassOne Analog Bass Compressor EQ Overdrive

Although we don’t review bass pedals around here a lot, I always love when they come through, as it forces me to step out of my usual zone and work on something I should be putting more effort into on a regular basis. Today’s pedal, the Trondheim Audio Devices SkarBassOne Analog Bass Compressor EQ Overdrive, wraps three pedals into one, giving you a perfect tone shaper with a little bit of bite if you need it. You can tell it’s a high-quality build upon first glance, and that is confirmed in spades once you plug it into your rig…

Chaining up an EQ, a Compressor and an Overdrive pedal will never give you the same result as SkarBassOne achieves, not by a long shot! The precise filters in SkarBassOne is what gives you the extremely surgical tone and the wide range of possibilities without breaking a sweat! No matter the settings you will always keep the clean powerful low end with this multiband overdrive and that is a must for bass. Controlling the mids of a bass sound has never been easier! You will get out of the way from other instruments masking frequencies and take up all the space that is ment for you and ONLY you!

The pedal is straight forward on the outside (inside is complex). It’s very important to understand that Mix is NOT dry/wet blend, but the tonal balance between low-end and hi-end. The Mid control is flat when it’s fully clockwise. Comp, Mid and Mix are always active, with Drive and Tone only active in Red (light) mode. Tone is a high cut filter, so remember to also use that in it’s fully clockwise state. If you have it a bit closed, you will muffle the tone a lot. The flexible multiband drive is smooth all the way thru its range, and it will never ever mess with your low end.

Deceivingly simple-looking on the outside, the inside of the SkarBass One Analog Bass Compressor EQ Overdrive is a wild matrix created and perfected over years of development. There’s a ton of in-depth info over on the Trondheim Audio Devices website, so be sure to head over there to get the deets and order one for yourself. I did a little demo below, too, running through a bunch of different settings, switching the channels and seeing all that this one can do – be sure to check it out on our YT channel, cheers!!

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