This listing is for the latest edition of the Gladio Double Preamp, the Gladio V2.1.
From Cornerstone Music Gear:
"We’ve always been fascinated by thesound of great artists like Robben Ford or Eric Johnson (to name a few) andit’s always been our dream to recreate those sounds in a pedal. To do that, wesoon realized that the key was to be able to offer something close to the ampsthey were using.
The design goal had a name: Dumble.
This is the reason why GLADIO is an Overdrive with arealistic tube-compression behavior to mimiq the Dumble famous preampssaturation, still always retaining a rich touch-sensitive response.
Why two channels?
It’s all about versatility. GLADIO has two independentchannels with totally different voices, which combined together offer an evenwider 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 reallytransparent and with a round touch-sensitive response that helps enhancing theplaying. Controls (Gain, Tone and Volume) are self-explaining and there’s atoggle switch called COMP to choose between two different compression levels.
WHAT ABOUT CHANNEL 2?
The 2nd channel is designed to offer a special hard clippingsound pretty much inspired by Sonny Landreth’s tone. Controls are allself-explaining and there’s a toggle switch called JAZZ/ROCK, which should notneed presentations.
WANT MORE VERSATILITY?
The Gladio is eequipped with a special toggle switch tochoose 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, whichmeans that pressing the footswitch of one of the two channels makes the otherturn off (avoiding tip tap dancing).
In Double mode you can stack the two channels to reach a hugefat Dumbl-esque sound."