Electro-Harmonix Battalion Bass Preamp/DI

EHX comes thru again

My rational in getting the Battalion was 1) everyone, it seems, uses a SansAmp and it's getting to sound a little generic. 2) I tried an Ampeg pre/DI with "Scrambler" and never was really satisfied with the sound. I ran an Ampeg B-18X when I was young and have used SVTs over the years and the Ampeg …read more

EHX preamp ftw

Recently purchased the EHX Battalion pedal and I'm blown away. I already have a preamp for recording purposes but felt the distortion wasn't there, and my big muff was just overwhelming with my tone (bass guitar), so I picked up this pedal and can't complain. I've already used it on one demo track a…read more

This pedal takes care of a lot of the "always on" effects of cleaning up your sound without drastically effecting the quality of said sound. The built in drive is pretty easy to get a hang of, and sounds great.

Main Part of My Signature Sound

One of the best tips a musician can receive is to record themselves regularly, and look back in self-judgement to see growth. I'm sometimes amazed when I look back at my previous recordings in the tone quality when I used this pedal. From the day I got it, I felt like I had finally reached the sou…read more

Hear me out.

This pedal is cool. The MOSFET distortion is pretty versatile. Can go subtle overdrive to high gain overdrive and has ample tweakability. The compressor sounds abrupt, and the way it interacts with two of the distortion channel positions really sucks in my humble opinion. Maybe you like it. Also whe…read more