*** The New Glaswerks Thread ***

[Dave_C]

The old one max'ed out and the admins shut it down, so it's time to start a new one!

I've only managed to do one gig since landing my SOD2/GW112TH/EV rig and I only had a couple days to dial it in before doing that one. That was over 6 weeks ago and I've finally had some rehearsals lately to get it dialed for the band mix and, as of last night's rehearsal, feel that I've finally got it nailed! It's really blowin' me away. It ended up pretty differently dialed than what I had for the recent clips I've posted - less highs, less mids - rounder and softer. Playing at a casino this Sat and if they allow recording (they don't allow photography!) I'll definitely get some clips. If not, I just picked up a Zoom R16 (amazing little box!) and will be doing some home clips soon

Let's hear it for all things Glaswerks!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/maz_master/037.jpg

[traviswalk]

And also the mighty Super Overdrive!!

Thanks for starting this one again, hopefully we can keep it going.

[Dave_C]

And also the mighty Super Overdrive!!

Thanks for starting this one again, hopefully we can keep it going.

Hell yeah! On both counts! I can't tell you how nice it is to have all the knobs right where I can reach them on this thing. It really allowed me to fine tune it, realtime, while running through our setlist over the last couple nights. Every time I hit a new MIDI preset (via the Amp Gizmo), it was just sweet tone heaven.

[glaswerks]

I wish I had time to play my 2 SOD II's :). One is a Highway 101 tuning and the other is similar to one I built for Henry Kaiser with the additional Bluesman mode, the normal (Henry) clean section is fenderish but with more nutz.

[Billion81]

I just joined the club- Just took delivery of a Zingaro from TGP'r- Holy shit. What a friggin' lights out amp. Low gain killer.

Runnin' it through Traviswalk's old 16-65s. I was gonna send back to Gary for a once over and now I'm thinking twice about lettin' it outta the room.

Snakeskin to boot. Meow. ;)

[Dave_C]

I wish I had time to play my 2 SOD II's :). One is a Highway 101 tuning and the other is similar to one I built for Henry Kaiser with the additional Bluesman mode, the normal (Henry) clean section is fenderish but with more nutz.

Yeah, I'm getting killed at work today (still at work at 7:00!!!), which probably means little or no time on the Glaswerks tonight! :(

Interesting options you chose for yourself, Gary. What is the "Highway 101" tuning?

[glaswerks]

Highway 101, something that runs up the coast of California :).

[glaswerks]

I just joined the club- Just took delivery of a Zingaro from TGP'r- Holy shit. What a friggin' lights out amp. Low gain killer.

Runnin' it through Traviswalk's old 16-65s. I was gonna send back to Gary for a once over and now I'm thinking twice about lettin' it outta the room.

Snakeskin to boot. Meow. ;)


Whenever you want. Same deal applies. Play it for a while. I am out of town next week for a few days anyway. Going to see Jackson Browne in Vegas. Hee Haw.

[Dave_C]

Highway 101, something that runs up the coast of California :).

Hmmmm.....I'm normally fairly quick, but I'm still confused. I'm guessing something to do with Fullerton or Petaluma?

[Dave_C]

"I rarely play out any more. But when I do, I prefer

http://idology.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/most_interesting_man.jpg

ZINGARO."

http://www.tonegurus.com/hhzingaro.jpg

"Stay overdriven my friend."

That's pretty gay, but I love it!
:D
(Can we say that on here?)

[Dave_C]

Hey man, my mom has a tattoo that says, "Son".

Stay overdriven....

Mike

Ha, ha, ha....

[Pa'ani]

Thanks for resurrecting "The New Glaswerks Thread"...
I've had my original Glaswerks Super OverDrive 100 watt, that I scored from Nicky Moroch and was upgraded to a" Big Iron" tranny and tweaked and voiced by the man himself Gary Johnson, for about a year now.
I affectionately named it "Monty" due to it's really cool python/snake like tolex pattern in burgandy, with a matching GW112TH cab that was loaded with a Scholtz Sugarcone 8ohm speaker.
Recently loaded a EVM-12L speaker in my GW Thiele cab.

I have been enjoying this beauty and play it almost everyday, it's simply a great amp with so much versatility, musicality and amazing clean and lead tones.
Thanks a million Gary!

Dean

[glaswerks]

"My Zingaro was the life of the party it didn't even attend"

Gawd I love those Dos Equis commercials.

Dean thanks much for the kind comments. BTW I REALLY enjoyed the coffee!!.

[Dave_C]

Thanks for resurrecting "The New Glaswerks Thread"...
I've had my original Glaswerks Super OverDrive 100 watt, that I scored from Nicky Moroch and was upgraded to a" Big Iron" tranny and tweaked and voiced by the man himself Gary Johnson, for about a year now.
I affectionately named it "Monty" due to it's really cool python/snake like tolex pattern in burgandy, with a matching GW112TH cab that was loaded with a Scholtz Sugarcone 8ohm speaker.
Recently loaded a EVM-12L speaker in my GW Thiele cab.

I have been enjoying this beauty and play it almost everyday, it's simply a great amp with so much versatility, musicality and amazing clean and lead tones.
Thanks a million Gary!

Dean

The Sugarcone vs. EVM-12L comparison in the GW112TH cab is an interesting exercise I have wondered about. I currently have a Jenkins Highway 61 2x12 with Sugarcones and the GW112TH/EV and prefer the latter, but I've always wondered what the Sugarcone would sound like in the GW112TH. Can you offer any adjectives...or maybe even clips?

Thanks,
Dave

[Dave_C]

Another thing I love about my Glaswerks is the external bias points! It baffles me to no end that not every amp has these. I just got done practicing for a couple hours for the gig tonight and thought I'd double-check the bias, since I haven't looked at it in a couple months. Sure enough, it has drifted a little. Took me less than 5 minutes to tweak it back in. Seems like a trivial thing, but that feature just saved me a good 30 minutes or more of my life!

[Dave_C]

Going through the recording on the new Zoom R16 from the gig Sat and ran across this little series of runs that I don't think I've ever played before, but kinda' dig and wanted to share...of course, on the SOD II! This was the HRM channel with the neck/middle FL SC PUPs, but I had dialed down the highs for the previous song and forgot to dial them back up for this one, so it's too dark on top, IMO, and you don't hear the snap and pop I wanted for this. I like the part from about 0:06-0:17. Clam towards the end though :(

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9420496

[Dave_C]

Bump for GW love!

[glaswerks]

That was some nice chick'n pick'n

[Dave_C]

That was some nice chick'n pick'n

Thanks, Gary! Wish I didn't have to depend so much on luck and mood to pull off a few nuggets. The rest of the solo was pretty mediocre, IMO. Lo, the curse of the weekend warrior hobbyist! Ha, ha. Practice, practice, practice, right? ;)

Hey, we had a fair number of musicians show up for this casino gig and two guitar players whom I only know distantly through the grapevine came up out of the blue and wanted to know "what the hell" I was playing through because it sounded so good. Yeah, baby!

Anyways....got a few more nice clips from this gig showing some different tones from the amp, including cleans. Just gotta' find time to edit/mix them!

[glaswerks]

Very cool, we got back yesterday from the Jackson Browne show in Vegas. It was great. Had a chance to spend a couple hours Monday night chatting with David Lindley. He is quite the character with lots of stories. After the show the boys (my two sons) and I got to meet up with Mark Goldenberg, Mr Dave and Jackson. Very nice comments from all (even from the road crew) on Davids Zingaro.

Get them clips mixed!!

[Dave_C]

Very cool, we got back yesterday from the Jackson Browne show in Vegas. It was great. Had a chance to spend a couple hours Monday night chatting with David Lindley. He is quite the character with lots of stories. After the show the boys (my two sons) and I got to meet up with Mark Goldenberg, Mr Dave and Jackson. Very nice comments from all (even from the road crew) on Davids Zingaro.

Get them clips mixed!!

Holy smokes, what a fantastic experience to have with your kids! Father/son bonding at it's best! I'm sure you'll be blessed with some fond memories from that one. Any pics? This is the thread to post 'em. ;)

Did David just get one Zingaro or is he packin' any other GW gear? These guys never just get one of anything, do they? LOL. Congrats on the compliments from him and his crew.

As for the clips, there will be more, sure!

[les]

Hee Haw!

Loved it Dave!

[Dave_C]

Hee Haw!

Loved it Dave!

Thanks, Les! You'll never guess what tune that was. "Stuck In The Middle With You"! LOL. I'll post my other guitar player's solo. It was pretty friggin' amazing. He uses an Allen Accomplice with a sh-tload of pedals. The rootsy, country-inflected stuff is one of his fortes!

[glaswerks]

Holy smokes, what a fantastic experience to have with your kids! Father/son bonding at it's best! I'm sure you'll be blessed with some fond memories from that one. Any pics? This is the thread to post 'em. ;)

Did David just get one Zingaro or is he packin' any other GW gear? These guys never just get one of anything, do they? LOL. Congrats on the compliments from him and his crew.

As for the clips, there will be more, sure!

No pictures, left the camera in the room. Figures huh.......... I feel like I am imposing when I ask to get pictures.

David has two Zingaros.

[Dave_C]

No pictures, left the camera in the room. Figures huh.......... I feel like I am imposing when I ask to get pictures.


Might be true for me, but you're his ear candy supplier, so I'm sure he wouldn't have minded. Ha, ha, ha. ;)

David has two Zingaros.

Cool, I figured he'd go for a couple to have one for backup. Blow a tube and who can stop a Jackson Browne show to debug and fix it???

[Dave_C]

Very cool, we got back yesterday from the Jackson Browne show in Vegas. It was great. Had a chance to spend a couple hours Monday night chatting with David Lindley. He is quite the character with lots of stories. After the show the boys (my two sons) and I got to meet up with Mark Goldenberg, Mr Dave and Jackson. Very nice comments from all (even from the road crew) on Davids Zingaro.

Get them clips mixed!!

Here ya go, Gary! It's two room mics and a direct vocal feed, so there were limitations. (My solo is the second one.)

(Oh, I should also mention, our singer had bronchitis and the tail end of strep here and was coughing off-mic in between phrases. Still sounds great, IMO!)

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9443392

[Dave_C]

Bump for some GW love. :) New clippage.

[glaswerks]

Thanks. Clippage is good.

Now if we can get Scott to post some clips of the new Overdrive Deluxe I sent him a few weeks ago to play with. It has a new tuning.... "The Phat Momma"...

[glaswerks]

A little diddy from Nicky Moroch and the Zingaro prototype.

http://www.glaswerks.com/media/Zingaro%20Clips/GWZingaroGTRMix.mp3

[TNJ]

Still digging my SODII/Mesa 112 rig.

I'll be gigging it this weekend.

Results to follow.

S.
j

[scottl]

Phat Momma -

http://www.glaswerks.com/media/overdrivedeluxe/LastCSAgw.mp3

Thanks. Clippage is good.

Now if we can get Scott to post some clips of the new Overdrive Deluxe I sent him a few weeks ago to play with. It has a new tuning.... "The Phat Momma"...

[glaswerks]

Phat Momma -

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/dumble/Dumble183AtLastCSAgw.mp3


Thanks Scott, that one is also on the website now.

Gary

[traviswalk]

Wow, that sounds great!! Love the Phat Momma! Is that EL34 based?

[glaswerks]

Wow, that sounds great!! Love the Phat Momma! Is that EL34 based?

Yes.....

[traviswalk]

Yes.....


I see says the blind man...

It really does sound great.

[les]

A little diddy from Nicky Moroch and the Zingaro prototype.

http://www.glaswerks.com/media/Zingaro%20Clips/GWZingaroGTRMix.mp3


Very nice!

[Pa'ani]

Gary thanks for posting that "little diddy from Nicky Moroch". Wow! that Zingaro prototype sounds incredible and Nicky is just tearing it up...

[Dave_C]

A little diddy from Nicky Moroch and the Zingaro prototype.

http://www.glaswerks.com/media/Zingaro%20Clips/GWZingaroGTRMix.mp3

AWESOME!!!

[Dave_C]

Phat Momma -

http://www.glaswerks.com/media/overdrivedeluxe/LastCSAgw.mp3

Wow, that is SUPER smooth(!), just like a baby's.........

[scottl]

More Phat Momma. Made a couple tweaks....

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/dumble/Aussen6GWPhatMommaEL34.mp3

[pinner]

More Phat Momma. Made a couple tweaks....

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/dumble/Aussen6GWPhatMommaEL34.mp3

Wow!!!!!!:bow

[Dave_C]

Just thought I'd post while winding down after the first gig with the SOD II in a local club whose owner is a fabulous player and who is really into gear, but hasn't quite heard of most of the stuff we know here as quite recognizable. This guy and another great player in attendance absolutely loved the GW tones I was cranking tonight. Just raved about it. Interesting that both guys have not liked my previous D-styles all that much, but raved about the SOD II as being "really special". The bar owner said, "Damn, it sounds like Robben Ford in a box, but the cleans are even better". Too tired to unload the car and get my H2 (which is all I had time to set up tonight - no R16), but I have some audio from the gig and will post tomorrow if it came out OK.

[brads]

More Phat Momma. Made a couple tweaks....

http://www.scottlernermusic.com/dumble/Aussen6GWPhatMommaEL34.mp3

Is the controlled feedback you exhibit here (and on the Ojai clips) more a product of the preamp values in this GW version, or your settings on the OD channel, or where you sit in relation to the speaker?

[TNJ]

Well,
I gigged with my SODII/Mesa 112 (EVM12L) rig last nite for the first time.
Outdoor gig with covered stage.
It's been in the studio and rehearsals 'til now.
PRS Custom 22 (Dragon II pups), TC Electronic NOVA System into the front, TC Electronic ND-1 delay into the loop. That's it.
I dig the sound of the ND-1 into the loop of the Glaswerks better than the NOVA, and had one anyways...it works perfectly.
We do alot of big band stuff, and then do everything from ZZ Top to SRV to Steely Dan.
There were a few musicians out in the audience, and they all told me that this was some of the best guitar tones they've heard out of this band.
Especially the cleans. Nice, defined, airy with a bit of punch. Headroom for days. I already knew all this. :D
It felt and sounded really good to me onstage. I was a bit soft through the first set, as I was feeling my way with db's and didnt want to step all over everyone in the process. I was also mic'd through the PA.
I finally ended up with both masters (I used Clean and OD2 all night) around 5-6, and the loop levels around 9:00. That may have to be refigured at the next gig (this thursday). The other thing about this rig, is the overdrive channel has PLENTY o' BASS. I had to crank it down a couple of notches when doing lower power chords on the Marcus Miller version of 'Frankenstein'. Once I did that, everything was pretty much dialled in. I really dig this amp, and will use it on the next gig (another outdoor festival type event).

:cool:

S.
j

[Dave_C]

Clips from last night's gig. (Just an H2 about 15 feet in front of band, dead center.)

Here's the bar owner sittin' in on my rig. I love this guy's playin'! His playing is a perfect match for the non-HRM channel!
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9473923

Here's me into the HRM channel with neck/middle SCs and then to the non-HRM channel with bridge HB at the end.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9473922

The feedback from the bar owner and my former guitarist in this band is that the GW is kciking out the best tones they've ever heard out of me, although the bar owner is reserving the right to hear my Maz 18 again in a side-by-side, as that was his former fave. ;) I told him I've already done that experiment and know what he'd pick!

[TNJ]

Nice Dave!
Both you and your Bar Owner friend can do the deed!

Nice tones in both clips.

S>
j

[glaswerks]

Clips from last night's gig. (Just an H2 about 15 feet in front of band, dead center.)

Here's the bar owner sittin' in on my rig. I love this guy's playin'! His playing is a perfect match for the non-HRM channel!
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9473923

Here's me into the HRM channel with neck/middle SCs and then to the non-HRM channel with bridge HB at the end.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9473922

The feedback from the bar owner and my former guitarist in this band is that the GW is kciking out the best tones they've ever heard out of me, although the bar owner is reserving the right to hear my Maz 18 again in a side-by-side, as that was his former fave. ;) I told him I've already done that experiment and know what he'd pick!


That second clip is what the II is all about !! Flip on the fly....

[Lamont]

Diggin the Zingaro,, Every day i try a differant guitar w/ differant pickups, today was telecaster . again , easy to dial in lead and clean tones . Day 4 was another good day!!http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/xx19/sls1952/Zingaro012.jpg?t=1280719435

[Dave_C]

That second clip is what the II is all about !! Flip on the fly....

Yeah, man, from neck/middle SC clean to neck/middle SC HRM to bridge HB non-HRM...on the fly....Gary's SOD II does it all! I should mention that for me to hit the PUP change and footswitch channels and make it, on a whim, from 5th fret 5th string to 15th fret 2nd string (to shamelessly quote Mr. JB) without totally clamming out is a friggin' MIRACLE...for me! :) Ha, ha, ha.....I wish some miracles hung around for a few other tunes....like the intro to "I Know A Little" - which I totally FLUBBED! :( Sorry, Gary, no clips of that one. ;)

[Dave_C]

Nice Dave!
Both you and your Bar Owner friend can do the deed!

Nice tones in both clips.

S>
j

Thanks, TNJ! I am really enjoying this amp!!!

[shortyz]

How are the MV's on these amps?

[57special]

MV's are outstanding.

[Dave_C]

I think you gotta' be a little careful when throwing around the term "master volume" with these amps. There are several different ways to control overall output level and some of them are much better at achieving the desired/intended results than others.

The most important thing to keep in mind is that when engaging the OD channel bright caps (in order to get "the tone"), you really need to keep the OD channel masters up around 12:00, engage the built-in tube FX loop and then control overall level with the send/return knobs. Otherwise, you'll get too much high end. That's the way this circuit was designed to be used. That's part of the "magic".

You could also disengage the built-in loop and use an external tube FX loop with long cables to simulate the extra capacitance which is conveniently already emulated inside the amp and then use the external loop's send/return knobs as master volumes.

Personally, I wanted to take advantage of the magic/convenience designed into the internal loop and also have an easy way to control global output level (w/o reaching behind the amp), so I asked Gary to make me a little MV box (with a 1M audio taper pot) that I could plug into the insert loop and place on the amp near the front panel so I could keep the amp loop engaged with the send/return levels fixed at 12:00 and the OD channel masters fixed at 12:00 and then easily be able to reach over, mid-tune if necessary, to tweak global output level. Works great!

Point is though, there's a pretty specific way to control global output levels if you want to get the best results.

[Gary Brennan]

Personally, I wanted to take advantage of the magic/convenience designed into the internal loop and also have an easy way to control global output level (w/o reaching behind the amp), so I asked Gary to make me a little MV box (with a 1M audio taper pot) that I could plug into the insert loop and place on the amp near the front panel so I could keep the amp loop engaged with the send/return levels fixed at 12:00 and the OD channel masters fixed at 12:00 and then easily be able to reach over, mid-tune if necessary, to tweak global output level. Works great!.


So Dave, might not an appropriate volume pedal do this just as well?

gb

[Dave_C]

So Dave, might not an appropriate volume pedal do this just as well?

gb

Absolutely, if you have the coordination to set the level accurately enough with your foot and not accidentally whack it...out of whack! ;) I tried a couple different volume pedals and they just didn't work for me. It was too hard to find the right level and then keep it there without me or somebody else accidentally changing it. It was also too hard to adjust it up/down slightly and accurately if the needs changed during the night. With Gary's audio taper 15% (i.e. gradual slope) pot and 1-12 numbered dial, it's a piece of cake. I do know guys who use volume pedals in their loops and do an *amazing* job of riding them all night for really nice effects and dynamics, but that's a real technique thing that I just didn't feel like messing with. Totally personal preference though. Technically, volume pedals work just fine. I did find that the insert loop sounded more transparent than the FX loop and Gary said it was because the insert loop return is higher impedance than the FX loop return, so with a passive control like a pot, you get a lower effective source impedance. With active devices, like the Hilton volume pedal I tried, both loops sounded pretty much the same.

[Gary Brennan]

Dave (or Gary J),

I have an SOD 50, as far as you know is the loop the same as in the SOD II?

gb

[glaswerks]

The loops are the same design.

[Dave_C]

Experimenting with picks at last gig.

Here's a 1.5mm Pro Plec.
Suhr Custom Classic bridge DSH+ HB into OD1 (non-HRM).
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9582903 (http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9582903)

Here's .96mm D'Andrea Classic...and a little Steely Dan!
Suhr Custom Classic bridge DSH+ HB into OD1 (non-HRM).
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9599917

Going for a glassy SRV style tone here. Can't remember which pick I had.
Suhr Custom Classic neck FL SC into OD2 (HRM) with RCA 5751 in V3 (the OD stages).
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9605306
http://img.thegearpage.net/board/images/misc/progress.gif

[Dave_C]

Three clips added directly above.

[Dave_C]

From a block party last night. Played in a garage and recorded this with an H2 out in the driveway, just in front of the mains (which only had vocals). Kinda' raw, given the setting, but still with very little room sound.

Opening licks were SC neck Suhr FL into Glaswerks SOD II HRM channel. Rhythm vamp is an OCD into SOD II clean channel. Lead break after Bob's TASTY slide solo (Allen Accomplice) is a Suhr bridge HB into the SOD II HRM channel.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9690425

[glaswerks]

Sounds really nice. I like the little H2, they do a nice job for recording.

[Dave_C]

Sounds really nice. I like the little H2, they do a nice job for recording.

Thanks, Gary. The SOD II continues to garner compliments (and questions about the brand name ;)) everywhere we play! The H2 is indeed a very "handy" little recorder. It has really helped me work on my weaknesses as a player too. I wished I had started recording rehearsals/gigs earlier, just to get the brutally honest feedback! LOL.

[traviswalk]

From a block party last night. Played in a garage and recorded this with an H2 out in the driveway, just in front of the mains (which only had vocals). Kinda' raw, given the setting, but still with very little room sound.

Opening licks were SC neck Suhr FL into Glaswerks SOD II HRM channel. Rhythm vamp is an OCD into SOD II clean channel. Lead break after Bob's TASTY slide solo (Allen Accomplice) is a Suhr bridge HB into the SOD II HRM channel.

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=9690425

That sounds great, awesome playing as well! One of our 'sister' bands that we do shows with sometimes do this song and both your playing and tone FAR eclipse that guy's big a$$ Mesa rig! Nice work and that solo killed.

[Dave_C]

That sounds great, awesome playing as well! One of our 'sister' bands that we do shows with sometimes do this song and both your playing and tone FAR eclipse that guy's big a$$ Mesa rig! Nice work and that solo killed.

Gee, thanks for the kind words, T-walk! Very encouraging. Honestly, I don't often pull this one off without a clam or two, so I was pretty happy to have the H2 running this time! LOL. As for the tone, yes sir, I'm really enjoying the SOD II. I'm progressively more and more impressed with how it holds together in challenging venues...like this garage facing out into an open air driveway!