Capturing a Legend's Sound - Cloning the Cornerstone Gladio SC

Stevie Ray Vaughan was one of the greatest rock / blues guitarists of all time. Many people have attempted to capture his distinctive tone, and many pedals have tried to capture that tone as well. The Cornerstone Gladio SC standalone preamp takes a somewhat unique approach by allowing a blend of the clean and driven signals - along with volume and tone control. There is even a toggle that allows for compression to be added to a signal. The end effect is you can essentially get a tone which sounds like it is running through a dual amplifier set up with one clean amp and one overdriven amp. I had a request to build one, so I went in search of a PCB and got to it!

Steggo's Dimetrodon Distortion an Honorable Mention on Chappers' Top 10 Distortion Pedals List!

Steggo's first original pedal, the Dimetrodon Distortion recently got an amazing shout out from Rob Chapman on his YouTube channel! He was doing his round up of the Top 10 Distortion Pedals of all time. Many of which I know, agree with, and have built in the past. However, there were a few that I haven't had a chance to play with, so I have some more research to do. While the Dimetrodon didn't quite make the Top 10, it did get an "Honorable Mention."