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KHDK Dark Blood Distortion

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Effect pedal for electric guitar

  • Distortion
  • Kirk Hammett Signature Series
  • MOS-FET technology
  • On / Off switch
  • Input and output: 6.3 mm jack
  • Power supply via 9 V battery or 9 V power supply (not included, matching power supply available under Art. 409939)
  • Made in USA
Available since December 2016
Item number 402781
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Overdrive No
Distortion Yes
Fuzz No
Metal Yes
733 AED 192,44 €
Plus 266 AED shipping
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Kirk Hammett signature distortion

The Dark Blood distortion is the most aggressive-sounding drive pedal that KHDK Electronics - the company founded by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and sound designer David Karon in 2012 - has released to date. This high-gain specialist comes in a stylish red-and-black housing, and its circuitry combines the best of MOSFET and solid-state technology to produce a sound that reproduces that of an overdriven tube amplifier with astonishing accuracy. Another practical feature is the onboard noise gate, which is very easy to use and eliminates almost all unwanted noise, and the pedal also has a HI/LO switch to allow the player to adjust the sound to suit their own taste. And it goes without saying that the Dark Blood, like all of the brand's other pedals, is hand-built in Paducah, USA.

Doom instead of bass

The Dark Blood's potentiometers are topped with chicken-head control knobs so that the settings can easily be seen against the pedal's dark paintwork. In addition to the obligatory gain and volume knobs, the KHDK Dark Blood also features a treble control that covers a wide frequency range. The heart of the pedal, however, is the "Doom" control, which adjusts the bass frequency response with extreme precision to provide a tight bottom end for precise riffing, rich and sustaining sounds for solos or Stoner Rock, and everything in between. Together with the wealth of sonic options provided by the HI/LO switch, guitar players have everything from a mild crunch through to crushing distortion at their fingertips.

A powerful pedal that's not just for Hammett fans

The KHDK Dark Blood is an obvious addition to the pedalboard of any player looking to capture the sound of Kirk Hammett and Metallica. However, the pedal's choice of two sound modes, effective EQ controls, and immense gain reserves make it a veritable Swiss army knife for all types of Hard Rock and Metal music. In addition to the full-on gain sounds typically heard in these genres, however, players can also look forward to excellent dynamics and a similarly organic playing feel to that of a real tube amplifier. The whole thing is topped of by the adjustable noise gate, which is highy sensitive and effectively eliminates unwanted noise in both modes, even with the gain knob cranked all the way up.

About KHDK

The US company KHDK Electronics was founded in 2012 by Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and sound designer David Karon. The company is based in Paducah/Kentucky and produces effect pedals for guitar and bass. In order to achieve a high standard of quality, these are exclusively handcrafted on an analogue basis by a small team. The range of products is confined to boost, overdrive, and distortion pedals which cover an enormously wide sonic range that goes from warm clean boost through to infernal distortion and are not only intended for metal musicians. Besides Kirk Hammett, who actually uses his own pedals, KHDK Electronics pedals can also be found in the arsenal of other big names in the Metal genre, including Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and Gary Holt of Slayer.

The ultimate high-gain machine

Whether you are using the KHDK Dark Blood distortion pedal to push your amp's overdrive channel further into saturation or running it into the clean channel, you can be sure that this pedal with its striking blood-red and black design will deliver an impressive range of drive sounds, all with its characteristic, lively dynamics and a very high level of signal quality. In the studio, the onboard noise gate will ensure that any unwanted noise or hum is quickly eliminated, and the selectable HI and LO modes provide an ideal basis for shaping the pedal's sound to suit your equipment and personal taste.

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Heavy!
lffonseca 05.04.2017
Nice versatile tone, but above all you can get all types of heavy rich distortion/overdrive tones with this pedal. Great if you like metal. Good construction.
Points to improve: it's really noisy. Even though I use a T-Rex power brick which has helped in getting rid of all the buzzing with other pedals, with this one, the only way to minimize the unwanted noise is to use a battery.
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Fantastic tone
Stefos 07.11.2021
The KH Dark Blood pedal is an amazing distortion pedal that delivers an amazing tone if you want to get really close to the sound of Metallica. But, it doesn’t stop there. The «doom» switch let’s you play with the tone and makes for some really interesting and organic-sounding distortion. I highly recommend this to any player of metal!
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dicker als Blut
atg_! 02.02.2017
Bei meiner ersten Bewertung habe ich die starken Nebengeräusche / starkes Rauschen nach Betätigung des Fußschalters angeführt. Dieser lästige Effekt konnte jedoch mit dem Wechsel auf eine hochwertigere Powerbank stark reduziert werden.
Sicherlich gibt es Pedale, die umfangreichere Variationsmöglichkeiten mit sich bringen, der Sound den man sich von diesem Treter verspricht ist dafür umso kraftvoller.
Nach nun längerem Einsatz und häufigen Transport auf dem Pedalboards ist der Zustand immer noch top. Das spricht sicherlich für die gute Qualität der KHDK Produkte.
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No es lo que esperaba
DrBochorno 08.07.2019
Realice el pedido de este pedal siendo un fan de metallica desde hace unos cuantos años, quería actualizar mi pedal de distorsión y esta me pareció una buena idea, pero realmente no lo fue.

El pedal al recibirlo viene en una caja de cartón que solo tiene una etiqueta de la compañía, sin ningún acabado importante...
Al abrirla encuentras el pedal, un mini travel bag de mediana calidad y unas instrucciones de una hoja que mas bien son un agradecimiento por la compra...

El pedal trae 4 perillas con las que controlas ganancia, bajo (doom), treble y volumen....Un selector de LOW y HIGH que controla el tipo de distorsión... Ademas de eso un noise gate que vas a necesitar...

Tengo cables de alta gama en mi estudio, al conectar el pedal y encenderlo realizaba un ruido parecido a la turbina de un avión, a lo que pensé... "Para esto es la puerta de ruido" ni con eso pude solucionar un poco el ruido.....

Ok, segunda prueba todo colocado a las 12 el pedal realmente tenia un sonido a una distorsion que asemeja mas un FUZZ que una distorsion....

De aquí en adelante todas las pruebas sonaron igual, los controles realmente no responden, la ganancia no se corresponde con el volumen así que no tienes ese juego de ganancia / volumen que necesitas en cualquier pedal, bien sea para utilizarlo solo o para sumarlo a otros pedales.

Por los videos que vi... pensé este pedal es el que necesito pero depende mucho del amplificador y todas las variables que como músico debes conocer.
En conclusión me parece que no es un pedal para encontrar una distorsión, es lo que viene y ya....Si el rango de frecuencias no es adaptable a tus necesidades (como me pasó a mi) entonces estas fregado.
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