Electro Harmonix Nano Battalion

General

If you're a bassist who longs to launch a tonal-surprise-attack on your audience or the rest of the band, then Electro Harmonix' Nano Battalion preamp and overdrive effects pedal is for you. This compact version will fit easily on any pedalboard, but don’t let its small size fool you. Thanks to its on-board controls, you can tweak sounds to perfection. In addition to volume, drive, tone and blend knobs, there are treble and bass knobs as well as a mid switch that lets you boost or cut the midrange. There's also an EQ position switch which you can read more about below.

Nano Battalion: 3 ways to form your bass sound

The EQ position switch lets you select where in the signal path it's applied. In dist position, it comes after the distorted signal and has a powerful effect on its sound, but it leaves the clean signal alone. In input position, it affects both the distorted signal as well as the clean signal. As you might guess, when it's set to dry, it affects the clean signal only. EHX have one final little surprise up their sleeves when it comes to the jack output. If you connect a TRS cable to it, it will send out a balanced signal that you can connect directly to a mixer or audio interface.