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Dave_C
10-01-2011, 12:59 PM
Just spent a good 2.5 hours basking in the glow of my Glaswerks SOD II after a 65 hour week at work without touching my axe all week! Man, did it feel good to plug in and play! What a gorgeous sounding amp that just delivers the goods every time.

One of the unique features of Gary's masterpiece (not available on any other D-style that I'm aware of) that I've only really explored in depth lately is the Treble control on the RF-based non-HRM channel. I don't know anything about the underlying electronics, but this knob allows you to tune the high end of the non-HRM OD channel w/o affecting the clean channel Treble and without changing the circuit from non-HRM to HRM. It's all still pre-OD tonestack. This lets you get a perfect balance in highs between Clean and OD without using the Bright-On-Clean-Only if you don't want to while still retaining every nuance of the non-HRM mode. BRILLIANT!

These are totally outdated settings here, but that independent non-HRM OD section is in the upper middle row of the center section. Very cool and useful concept.

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peterdjp
10-01-2011, 02:22 PM
Treble controll sounds like a great feature for getting the balance of that smooth od / sparkling cleans.

Love Gary's stuff.
Rocket Brother
10-01-2011, 03:32 PM
Nice rig - sounds like a cool feature with the treble control on the non-HRM OD.
The GW SOD II is on my short need to try amp list.
Enjoy
RB
Dave_C
10-01-2011, 04:19 PM
Treble controll sounds like a great feature for getting the balance of that smooth od / sparkling cleans.

Love Gary's stuff.

Yeah, I never really explored it much till TODAY (believe it or not) and I'm kicking myself for not doing so earlier. It's actually one of the reasons I went for this amp, but always loved the straight stock Dumble setup so much, I didn't dig into this feature too much. But, man, I think I'm getting cleans I like even better than before by dialing up the Treble to where I like it w/o any bright cap and then dialing back the highs on the non-HRM OD channel for my bridge HB. Holy crap, it sounds awesome!!!
Dave_C
10-01-2011, 10:10 PM
Nice rig - sounds like a cool feature with the treble control on the non-HRM OD.
The GW SOD II is on my short need to try amp list.
Enjoy
RB

There's also a multi-position Bass control on the non-HRM OD as well. Some cool variations to be had on that knob too.