The VonBonfire Deluxe

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Our man Tim has been waiting a long time for his own signature Pedal ....

Been working on this one for a long ass minute ..... I took the Cornerstone Gladio and Gladio SC and made my own version ....

the Gladio SC is the Blue Channel .... and I took the second channel of the original Gladio and made it the green channel .

moved all the internal trim pots to the top of the pedal ... designed the I/O board to accept a 9 volt battery ( a must for Blues players on the go )

each side has separate Ins and Outs ( like the T.O.K. ) so you can run each side separate or put something in between the two sides ....if the inner jacks aren't used the Blue channel automatically runs into the green ... no patch needed

used all Vishay Film and Electrolytic Caps ......

put it in a big ass unpainted / gloss clear coated 1590XX enclosure with all aluminum Davies knobs with matching color LED Footswitches

Hope the fugger works ............. won't know till I get home from the day gig .... but she lights up ... so I have faith
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Dope! I'm unfamiliar with either of those pedals lol. Assuming both drives of some sort.
Love the rock/jazz toggle.
 
JackBootedThug said:
I have no idea what those pedals are but if it’s something Tim likes I know it’s legit…. And does it have a purple dong on the back?
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phillybhatesme said:
Dope! I'm unfamiliar with either of those pedals lol. Assuming both drives of some sort.
Love the rock/jazz toggle.
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The Gladio and the Gladio SC are high end " Dumble -esque " pedals
 
griff10672 said:
The Gladio and the Gladio SC are high end " Dumble -esque " pedals
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For guys asking:

Wayne's version is superior to the original since it is the dual box with the "clean" knob that is only available from Cornerstone in the newer single channel version. The whole function of that clean knob is actually pretty interesting if you look into. To top it off your whole box is more easily tweaked and makes more sense layout wise than the original IMO since you put the trim knob features on the front where they belong in the first place.

Since I haved only changed OD pedals once every dozen years I listened to all the dumble style box demos I could find before even considering the jump to this. I've been using a Blue Note into a Twin and it is pretty sweet but this should gimme a little more controlled lead tone while being a little more flexible for gigs with the extra channel. Really looking forward to this Wayne!
 
VonBonfire said:
For guys asking:

Wayne's version is superior to the original since it is the dual box with the "clean" knob that is only available from Cornerstone in the newer single channel version. The whole function of that clean knob is actually pretty interesting if you look into. To top it off your whole box is more easily tweaked and makes more sense layout wise than the original IMO.

Since I haved only changed OD pedals once every dozen years I listened to all the dumble style box demos I could find before even considering the jump to this. I've been using a Blue Note into a Twin and it is pretty sweet but this should gimme a little more controlled lead tone while being a little more flexible for gigs with the extra channel. Really looking forward to this Wayne!
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which side for the los lonely boys tone and which side for the john mayer your body is a wonderland tone?
 
Nashville Riff Co said:
which side for the los lonely boys tone and which side for the john mayer your body is a wonderland tone?
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The Gladio SC side would be great for anything from los lonely boys (@japetus ), SRV, or John Mayer. It's supposed to be Robben Ford on the SC side and Sonny Landreth on the other side. Not really my bag guitar-wise but I let the audio do the talking. Just a nice sustaining "clean" and big lead sound. Most of the demos were strats so I hunted down some 'bucker demos before making a decision. I was going to buy one until Wayne offered to build a better mousetrap for me. Can't beat that offer so here we are.
 
VonBonfire said:
The Gladio SC side would be great for anything from los lonely boys (@japetus ), SRV, or John Mayer. It's supposed to be Robben Ford on the SC side and Sonny Landreth on the other side. Not really my bag guitar-wise but I let the audio do the talking. Just a nice sustaining "clean" and big lead sound. Most of the demos were strats so I hunted down some 'bucker demos before making a decision. I was going to buy one until Wayne offered to build a better mousetrap for me. Can't beat that offer so here we are.
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you better do a demo once you get it!
 
the clean knob is kind of unique to a pedal .... it doesn't do the typical " Klon " thing .... when you turn the gain up the clean signal goes lower and vice a versa ...
with the SC it runs the two separate signals in parallel ... I'm looking forward to plugging it into my Fillmore 50 tonight ... I've got a strat with some Duncan antiquities in it ...... hoping it sounds pure bliss ... that way I just keep the pedal and don't have to pack it up and ship it out ....
 
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