Electro-Harmonix Nano Battalion Bass Preamp and Overdrive Pedal

Description

Designed for electric bass players, the Electro-Harmonix Nano Battalion Bass Preamp and Overdrive Pedal is a bass preamp, overdrive, and AEQ pedal. It sports a MOSFET drive circuit that can give you a subtle growl or a heavily saturated overdrive. Set the drive knob however you like, and then mix it in with clean signal using the Blend knob. A Tone knob mitigates brightness in the distorted signal path.

The Nano Battalion's AEQ circuit can be switched into the signal path in three different places. You can affect only the drive circuit, the clean signal, or both together by means of the AEQ Position switch. The AEQ itself sports knobs for bass and treble and a switch for the midrange. Turn the effect on with the engage/bypass footswitch.

The Nano Battalion accepts 1/4" instrument inputs, and its 1/4" output can provide both unbalanced TS connections to amplifiers or balanced TRS connections to mixing consoles, DI Boxes, and house PA systems. A power supply is included.

Key Features:

Controls at a Glance

• Volume knob: sets master output level of the pedal.
• Blend knob: sets the ratio between clean signal and distorted signal. Turn BLEND up for more distorted signal.
• Drive knob: sets the intensity and saturation of the distortion.
• Tone knob: cuts high frequencies from the distortion as you turn the knob down.
• Treble knob: boosts or cuts high end. There’s no effect when the knob is at 50%. This knob boosts or cuts frequencies starting above 1 kHz. This maximum boost/cut is about ±12 dB around 5 kHz.
• Bass knob: control boosts or cuts low end. There’s no effect when the knob is at 50%. This knob boosts or cuts frequencies starting below 200 Hz. This maximum boost/cut is about ±12 dB 60Hz.
• Mid switch: has no effect when the switch is in the middle position. In the upwards position, there is a 9 dB boost around 500 Hz. In the downwards position, there is a 9 dB cut around 500 Hz.
• AEQ Position switch: determines where the AEQ controls (bass, middle, treble) falls in the Nano Battalion's signal path. In all cases, the Tone control comes immediately after the distorted signal, and the Volume control is last in the signal path. There are three AEQ POS modes.
• Bypass footswitch: press the footswitch to toggle between effect on and bypass.

AEQ Position Modes

• Distortion mode: the AEQ circuit comes after the distortion signal, having a strong effect on its sound. The clean signal is not affected by the AEQ at all.
• Input mode: the AEQ circuit comes first in the signal path, affecting both the clean signal and the signal fed into the distortion. Boosting frequencies in this mode can help drive the distortion signal to a more saturated tone.
• Dry mode: the AEQ affects the clean signal but doesn’t affect the distorted signal at all.