Cornerstone Music
Cornerstone Music Gladio Double Preamp V2.1 - Tone At Your Fingertips
Why a Cornerstone Music Gladio Double Preamp? What do we mean by "Tone At Your Fingertips"?
WHY A PREAMP:
Cornerstone had always been fascinated by the sound of great artists like Robben Ford or Eric Johnson (to name a few) and it’s always been a dream to recreate those sounds in a pedal. To do that, they realized the key was to offer something close to the amps these artists were using.
The design goal had a name: Dumble.
This is the reason why GLADIO is not just an overdrive; it’s a realistic tube-compression preamp able to take the sound into saturation while retaining a rich touch-sensitive response and realistic compression.
WHY A DOUBLE PREAMP?
It’s all about versatility. GLADIO has two independent channels with totally different voices, which combined together offer an even wider range of sounds.
WHAT ABOUT CHANNEL 1?
The 1st channel is able to deliver a smooth and creamy sounds (inspired by songs like Robben Ford’s Cannonball Shuffle). It’s really transparent and with a round touch-sensitive response that helps enhancing the playing. Controls (Gain, Tone and Volume) are self-explaining and there’s a toggle switch called COMP to choose between two different compression levels.
WHAT ABOUT CHANNEL 2?
The 2nd channel is designed to offer a special hard clipping sound pretty much inspired by Sonny Landreth’s tone. Controls are all self-explaining and there’s a toggle switch called JAZZ/ROCK, which should not need presentations.
WANT MORE VERSATILITY?
The Gladio is equipped with a special toggle switch to choose between two different switching modes. "S" which stands for "SINGLE" and "D" which stands for "DOUBLE".
In Single mode you can use only one channel at a time, which means that pressing the footswitch of one of the two channels makes the other turn off (avoiding tip tap dancing).
In Double mode you can stack the two channels to reach a huge fat Dumbl-esque sound.
NOTE: Due to the value of this item we may require that an adult be present to accept delivery.
WHY A PREAMP:
Cornerstone had always been fascinated by the sound of great artists like Robben Ford or Eric Johnson (to name a few) and it’s always been a dream to recreate those sounds in a pedal. To do that, they realized the key was to offer something close to the amps these artists were using.
The design goal had a name: Dumble.
This is the reason why GLADIO is not just an overdrive; it’s a realistic tube-compression preamp able to take the sound into saturation while retaining a rich touch-sensitive response and realistic compression.
WHY A DOUBLE PREAMP?
It’s all about versatility. GLADIO has two independent channels with totally different voices, which combined together offer an even wider range of sounds.
WHAT ABOUT CHANNEL 1?
The 1st channel is able to deliver a smooth and creamy sounds (inspired by songs like Robben Ford’s Cannonball Shuffle). It’s really transparent and with a round touch-sensitive response that helps enhancing the playing. Controls (Gain, Tone and Volume) are self-explaining and there’s a toggle switch called COMP to choose between two different compression levels.
WHAT ABOUT CHANNEL 2?
The 2nd channel is designed to offer a special hard clipping sound pretty much inspired by Sonny Landreth’s tone. Controls are all self-explaining and there’s a toggle switch called JAZZ/ROCK, which should not need presentations.
WANT MORE VERSATILITY?
The Gladio is equipped with a special toggle switch to choose between two different switching modes. "S" which stands for "SINGLE" and "D" which stands for "DOUBLE".
In Single mode you can use only one channel at a time, which means that pressing the footswitch of one of the two channels makes the other turn off (avoiding tip tap dancing).
In Double mode you can stack the two channels to reach a huge fat Dumbl-esque sound.
NOTE: Due to the value of this item we may require that an adult be present to accept delivery.
