Description
The Cornerstone Gladio MK3 Overdrive Pedal - Silver Brushed is the third-generation version of Cornerstone's dual overdrive and preamp-style platform, built around two independent D-style voices and expanded control over how they respond to your rig. Channel 1 focuses on transparent, touch-sensitive clean-to-crunch sounds, while Channel 2 brings more midrange, saturation, and a harder-clipping character for driven rhythm and lead tones. The MK3 adds a Ratio clean blend on Channel 2, moves the global Bass control to the front panel, and gives each channel its own compression toggle. If you're looking for one drive section that can handle an always-on foundation and a more saturated lead voice without making both channels feel like variations of the same circuit, that's where the Gladio MK3 makes sense.
Each channel has independent Gain, Volume, and Tone controls, and the Comp toggles let you choose between a tighter response or a more open, dynamic feel. Channel 2's Ratio control blends your clean input in parallel with the overdrive, which is especially useful when you want more gain without losing the initial pick attack and definition of the guitar. A global Bass control makes it easier to match the pedal to different amps and guitars. Internally, the analog circuit operates at 30V from a standard 9V supply, providing additional headroom and dynamic range for a more preamp-like response.
Four-jack routing lets you use the Gladio MK3 as a conventional dual overdrive or separate the channels and place them at different points in your signal chain. There's also an order switch and a remote mini-jack for compatible latching stereo footswitch control, making it easy to work into more involved switching systems. Handmade in Italy and housed in a polished chrome enclosure with a brushed metal plate, this is the kind of dual drive we'd look at when two genuinely different gain stages, flexible routing, and plenty of headroom matter more than simply fitting two overdrives into one box.
Specifications:
- Channels: 2 Fully Independent Channels
- Channel 1 Voicing: Transparent, Dynamic D-Style Overdrive
- Channel 2 Voicing: Midrange-Forward D-Style Overdrive
- Channel Controls: Gain, Volume, Tone
- Ratio Control: Parallel Clean Blend on Channel 2
- Bass Control: Global
- Compression: Independent Comp Toggle for Each Channel
- Order Switch: Yes
- Routing: 4 Jacks for Combined or Independent Channel Operation
- Operation: Mono
- Remote Switching: Mini-Jack for Latching Stereo Footswitch
- Output Impedance: 100 Ohms
- Switching: Footswitch
- Power: 9V DC, Center Negative
- Internal Operating Voltage: 30V
- Current Draw: 120mA
- Enclosure: Polished Chrome with Brushed Metal Plate
- Knob Color: Black
- Weight: 500g
- Country of Manufacture: Italy
- Included Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity and Leather Packaging
- Warranty: Lifetime
Sku: CS-GLMK3-SIL
