Glockenklang and Vanderkley showoff thread

[Thedaivisch]

It's honestly enough lol.
I just got spoiled with big power amps over the years. I'm going to try it with my QSC to see if I can retain the tone while gaining more headroom with power hungry cabs.

I'm running the gain all the way down and using the drive section for a little natural compression+subtle grind. Killer sound.

Yeah the log pots on the Glocks can be a bit of a head**** and give the illusion of less power. I'm fairly certain the power amp clip light is very sensitive too and comes on earlier than most would - probably part of the Glockenklang uberclean tone philosophy

 

[Thedaivisch]

900 watts not enough for you ?? What kind of band are you in lol.

More cones might be the fix rather than watts...

Interesting to know the tone comparison with the HR2.

I read a comparison between the HR2 and the Blue Rock (almost identical Pre, but class D power amp) and there were differences purely from the power amp, also confirmed by Udo I believe at Glockenklang.

This. Re Class D Vs AB.

I forgot a couple of other amps I owned:

Hartke LH1000. AB. Big hefty tone with lots of slam. Very loud. Always musical, but relatively subtle passive tone stack preamp. A bit rough around the edges with quite a lot of noise/hiss in the signal chain.

Hartke TX600. Class D. Very similar preamp setup to above which was lovely sounding, and overall cleaner with far less unwanted noise but let down by utterly anaemic power section with no slam and very little volume.