Source Audio AfterShock Bass Distortion

I purchased this pedal because of the product's universal acclaim, but I had some reservations because a lot of DSP distortions I've tried were lacklustre for bass, including even some Darkglass products. This said, I am blown away by the Aftershock, and I'm surprised that in the 9 years since its release, it's still the king.

It's built like a tank, the controls are fantastic, and as you can see on the product images, it comes with some cables and a power supply. There is so much more to this pedal than I thought. It's a doubler, a noise gate, and a few other things.

The fuzz is great, and the B3K-modeled distortion (stock 'Heavy') sounds a lot fuller and more aggressive than the actual B3K. As I have my Aftershock plugged into an Aguilar Tone Hammer preamp, I already have a dedicated (and excellent) tube amp DSP, and I've replaced the Tube present with Nate Navarro's Tim Commerford-inspired sound from the Neuro app.

Overall, if you were to conduct a blind test between the Aftershock, a ToneX, and some flavour-of-the-month VSTs, everyone will be able to pick the Aftershock out of the lineup: it's that good! My Darkglass is definitely going on Reverb now.

Source Audio AfterShock Bass Distortion: Great in every aspect. You can choose between 3 distortion settings: Tube, heavy and fuzz. Tube is great for that crunchy vintage tone and sound. Heavy does what it says :D distorts the signal for a heavy tone and sound witch is very nicely controllable with the knobs on the pedal. Fuzz is just really good fuzz.
I personally tend to use the heavy and tube settings the most, since i play metal. And the control you have with the Neuro app... Omg, endless possibilities! The amount of tone tweaking you can do with the app is just insane, and of course if you don't want to tweak the settings you can always use the provided presets or download user created ones in the Neuro app, either way, this pedal has some amazing capabilities with or without the app. Cons: the only con that i could find with this pedal personally is that it can't be powered with a 9V battery, you have to use a power supply witch is nicely provided with the pedal. Overall i am very pleased with the pedal and i am sure it will last me a while. <3

I was searching for something like this for a long time
since the music that my band plays requires to jump from one type of distortion to another quite often. An amazing thing
about this pedal in my opinion is it's ability to go from slightly vibrated sound to a complete nuclear blast. I would even suggest
being careful with the drive if you don't have a good bass amplifier, I nearly smoked an Ampeg combo by just fooling around with a few bass chords.

The Neuro App is just something else. The possibilities it reveals are an absolute overkill. And if you are thinking - yeah well, but this thing doesn't have a noise gate,
with changeable threshold, filters, treble & bass boosts, an equalizer etc., just connect this thing to the app. I still have so much to grasp and understand but it is already replacing several other pedals combined!

I'm just blown away by this amazing effect's possibilities. The double input and output, along with the software, offer countless options. It emulates perfectly well known and celebrated bass distortions and preamps (Darkglass B7K and VMT, BigMuff, and at least 20 others) with the faculty to edit and customize it with the brilliant and user friendly software that comes with it.
With its I/O routing options, you can bi-amp your signal, route it to 2 different divices, process 2 signals, the possibilities are just countless.
This pedal is a really awesome invention from a company, Source Audio, which has definitely gained my attention, and the price is really cheap too, compared to what the pedal can do and to its competitors'!

I always find that Bass distortion is a really tricky effect to pin down as it really comes down to your own personal opinion on what you like the sound of. However the AfterShock Bass Distortion from Source Audio is easily the best sounding Bass Distortion Pedal I have ever had the privilege of playing through! Now for me as I am in an Alternative Prog Rock band distortion and fuzz sounds are incredible important and prior to this pedal I had the MXR Bass Fuzz Deluxe which had a synth quality to which I am convince that it's not supposed to have! After discovering this pedal from Source Audio though I was enlightened, how can bass distortion sound so good, usually I hate bass distortion because they're so thin but the AfterShock is rounded and full. It is one hell of a beast and would easily beef up anyone's bass board. To top it all off it's such an affordable pedal, I always see people going mad for Darkglass but in my opinion it's the Source Audio AfterShock all the way! It has become my staple and most recognisable sound on my board!

this is a great distortion pedal. Not only can it emulate the well know dist/fuzz/ovd pedals you can think of but it goes further by allowing you to mix and eq them any way you like. With so many parameters at your disposal it is impossible that you are not able to find a sound that you like. You can recall up to 3 preset by turning the switch. I wish it had more ways of recalling presets (without hooking it up to a laptop/phone or the neuro hub). The metal construction its sturdy and you can tell it can endure anything. The company is well known for delivering good quality and with this one they certainly keep up with their fame. I do not regret every penny spent on it.