Battalion
Flexible bass preamp and DI delivers powerful tone shaping capabilities in a rugged pedalboard-friendly package!
The EHX Battalion Bass Preamp and DI is packed with a four-band equalizer, fully-featured MOSFET distortion section with three signal path options, a compressor, a noise gate and a comprehensive I/O. An all-in-one tone tank for your bass guitar.
Controls:
- VOL Knob – Sets master output level of the pedal.
- GATE Knob – Sets the threshold for the noise gate. Turn this up to cut signal when no/little bass signal is coming through.
- -10dB Pad Button – Press to cut the input signal by 10dB, good for active basses or other basses with very strong output signals.
EQ CONTROLS:
- BASS Knob – Boost or cut low end. No effect when the knob is at 50%. Boosts/cuts frequencies below 200Hz.
- LO MID Knob – Boost or cut low midrange frequencies. No effect when the knob is at 50%. Boost/cut at 280Hz.
- HI MID Knob – Boost or cut high midrange frequencies. No effect when the knob is at 50%. Boost/cut at 750Hz.
- TREBLE Knob – Boost or cut high end. No effect when the knob is at 50%. Boosts/cuts frequencies above 2kHz.
COMPRESSOR CONTROLS:
- COMPRESSOR Button & Blue LED – Use this switch to engage or bypass the compressor circuit. The blue LED will illuminate when the compressor is active. If active, the blue LED will stay lit even when the entire pedal is bypassed, indicating compression will be active upon activating the pedal.
- COMPRESSOR Knob – Determines the intensity of the compression. Turn up to increase the compression ratio.
DISTORTION CONTROLS:
- DRIVE (distortion) Footswitch & Red LED – Use this footswitch to engage or bypass the distortion circuit. The Left LED will illuminate when the distortion is active. If active, the LED will stay lit even when the entire pedal is bypassed, indicating distortion will be active upon activating the pedal.
- LEVEL Knob – Sets the output level of the distortion section.
- BLEND Knob – Controls mix between dry and distorted signal. Add more distortion by turning the knob up.
- DRIVE Knob – Affects the intensity of the distortion
- TONE Knob – Cuts the high end from the distortion signal as you turn the knob down.
DISTORTION PRE/POST/DRY EQ Switch – Determines where the distortion circuit falls in the pedal’s signal path. The Battalion has three signal flow options when distortion is active:
- PRE EQ – In this mode the distortion section comes right after the compressor (if active) and before the EQ. The dry signal blended in with the BLEND knob is the same signal that is fed into the beginning of the distortion section. In this mode the EQ can heavily affect the tonal character of the distorted signal.
- POST EQ – In this mode the EQ comes right after compressor (if active) and before the distortion. The dry signal blended in with the BLEND knob is the same signal fed into the beginning of the distortion section, which is the output of the EQ section. The EQ’s effect on the distorted signal’s tonal character is less noticeable in this mode, but boosting certain frequency areas can drive the distortion section, affecting the amount of distortion.
- DRY EQ – In this mode, the distortion section comes right after the compressor (if active), but only the dry signal that is blended in with the BLEND knob is affected by the EQ. The distorted part of the signal is not affected by the EQ at all. In this mode you can heavily EQ the dry signal while leaving the distorted signal untouched, giving the option to simulate dual-amp or dual-channel bass setups. Either use the BLEND knob to mix between two distinct bass tones, or leave BLEND at max and use the DISTORTION footswitch as a pseudo channel switcher.
Specifications:
- Circuit : Analog
- Bypass : Buffered Bypass
- Audio : Mono
- Power Supply : 9.6VDC-200mA power adapter included
- Dimensions (in) : 5.75 x 4.75 x 2.5
- Current Draw : 100mA
