Trying to recreate the sound of an artist is never easy—especially when that sound was created using legendary gear, like a Dumble amplifier.
The Gladio journey begun with a deep dive into Robben Ford’s tone. Now we’re extending that research to another icon Dumble user.
Steve Ray Vaughan.
Let’s face it, how many times have tried to get his tone? Probably a lot. I know I did. Just like everyone who plays the blues.
But here’s something important I’ve learned while chasing that sound:
You can’t truly capture his drive tone unless you include the clean guitar sound in the mix
It may sound strange, but it’s true. If you blend in a portion of your guitar’s clean signal on top of the overdriven tone (without reducing the gain), you’ll unlock a wide range of textures that get you much closer to SRV’s tone. The sound becomes warmer, and you can clearly hear the uncompressed attack of the notes.
That’s exactly what the Gladio Single Channel (SC) was designed to offer.
The Clean knob, along with the Compression toggle switch, opens up a whole new level of drive experience—one that feels almost like you’re playing through two amps: one clean and one dirty.
Want to know more? Let’s Deep Dive!
Classic ROBBEN FORD sound is with High compression setting and clean at minimum.
Classic SRV sound is with low compression setting and clean halfway
Take control over the dynamic of your pedal!
Technical Details
- DIMENSIONS: 4.8 in x 2.6 in x 1.58 in (122mm x 67 mm x 39.5 mm)
- CURRENT CONSUPTION: 60mA
- INPUT IMPEDANCE: 1M
- OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 50k
Cody Mangum –
More versatile than advertised. Its an Americana MACHINE! Love it! Thank you!!