GLOW Pedals for Bass, Electric, and Acoustic Guitars!
The ULTIMATE in ANALOG tube amp simulating pedals!
"GLOW Pedals" use the all new proprietary...
"Solid-Tube-Technology™"(STT)
Developed by QES to take "tube tone" into the 21st century and beyond!
The FIRST pedals to ACCURATELY produce tube tone and dynamics in
an all ANALOG format giving maximum tube style compression and classic overdrive at any volume!
Indistinguishable from actual vacuum tube amps
The "GLOW Series™" pedals will never "clip" like a simple diode based
distortion or overdrive pedal! Instead, "GLOW Pedals" use an "engineered"
overload technique only found in QES "Solid-Tube-Technology™"(STT)
based products.
Go DIRECT into any PA, mixer, or even your stereo or computer speakers!
All Analog - Nothing Digital - No Latency
Exceptionally Low Noise - Perfect for single coil pickups
Ideal for Live or Studio use
No High Voltage - Standard "Off The Shelf" Power Supply
Designed, Engineered, and Manufactured in Port Townsend WA USA
James "Hutch" Hutchinson at the QES NAMM booth!
Special thanks to ShnobelTone for the great video!
"The best piece of equipment ever made! I guarantee it!" - Sir Charles Cleveland
"Strung out on it... Awesome. Exactly what I was looking for!"
"Started using this "Bass Glow" on the road with Bonnie Raitt last year on the James Taylor/Bonnie Raitt dates and lit up when I heard it. A game changer...
especially if one is using IEMs. Sounds great out of the amp as well. Check it out! Thanks to Roman of Shnobel Tone for the introduction and all at Quimper Electronic Systems"
"It's a winner!
The folks at QES have innovated a new series of products that
greatly improve guitar tone. By figuring out how to crystallize
the feel and sound of tubes into a transistor based product is a remarkable achievement.
I've used the "Warm Glow™" and AcoustaGlow™ direct to house PA's, Bose
systems, guitar amps, and as a DI in recording sessions. The tone in every application is warmer, and responds and feels like a tube amp.
You never want to turn it off because it makes your signal chain come alive.
I also use the "Warm Glow™" to warm up digital effects and amp sims such as the Line 6 Helix and the Kemper Profiling Amp. Another application is
as a crunch box in front of a clean tube amp.
The AcoustaGlow™ makes my nylon stringed Taylor come alive in
fingerpicked, strummed, or flamenco settings. There's more presence and body in overall tone.
The "GLOW Pedals" are now staples on my live and fly-rigs and I don't
see that changing for many years to come. Kudos to QES!"
"I get asked to do a fair share of straight into the board overdubbing,
and this "Warm Glow™" has made it so much easier and more toneful...
really can approximate my Princeton being in the loop. Glad I found this thing!"
"The Quimper "Warm Glow™" pedal is a dream pedal for me. It has served me well when I can't
bring an amp on tour do to flying. Backline amps are always a gamble and this little pedal
has saved the show numerous times.
Regardless of the sound system this pedal the gives warmth,
presence, and breakup (when needed) of a tube amp. I don't get it. It's like a magic pedal.
I have had this pedal plugged directed into every PA system imaginable, from an 80's peavey
house system to a Bose tower. It gives me the response and sound that allows for effortless playing.
Unlike plugging an electric into an average DI the "Warm Glow™" has some magic along with gain and
volume so I can set it to give back exactly what I am putting into it.
It allows my fingers and guitar to produce the sound they are meant to produce."
"I am amazed at the beautiful vintage sound produced by the "Warm Glow™" pedal
as a direct box to the PA. I also love it as a boost pedal with my
Retrofier Amp - it's replaced my "go-to" vintage amp that I swore by for over 35 years!"
Special thanks to ShnobelTone for the great video and demonstrating that going direct can be analog, powerful, simple and sweet!
A Quick look at the Controls and Connections of the "GLOW Series™" Pedals
POWER INPUT: Plug in the supplied 12 Volt power supply here.(these are "off the shelf" power supplies and cheap to replace!)
LINE/INSTRUMENT OUTPUT: Connect your balance or unbalanced line output cable from
here to a mixer, powered PA speaker input, DAW, OR connect an unbalanced
instrument cable to any guitar amplifier input or pedal.
INSTRUMENT INPUT: Plug in your Guitar(Warm Glow™), Bass(Bass Glow™),
Acoustic Guitar, Violin, Uke, etc.(AcoustaGlow™),
or just about any other instrument. Experiment!
DRIVE CONTROL: (high gain mode): This control's range takes you from
clean tube amp tone all the way up to rich and dynamic tube amp crunch
(think Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, AC/DC, etc.).
OUTPUT CONTROL: (high gain mode): The range of this control sets the
output level of the overdrive mode to balance with the clean mode for
perfect rhythm/lead balance.
FOOT SWITCH: Step on this button to go between wonderfully clean tube
amp tone (blue indicator), and the equally amazing tube amp overdrive tone
(modulated amber indicator). Think clean tube amp AND high gain tube amp in one pedal!
The setup on this one uses an electric guitar(Tele) plugged directly into the "Warm Glow™",
then with a balanced TRS cable plugged into a USB interface. From here it goes into a computer running
a Digital Audio Workstation program(DAW). The session has a drum track, two takes of the
guitar into a "Warm Glow™" and one take of an electric bass fed into the "Bass Glow™". The only effect
added by the DAW is reverb and there is no post production compression for the mix. In fact,
there wasn't any mixing involved. The "Warm Glow™" has such wonderful natural tube style compression
even when clean, that mixing is very soft and effortless.
There are several ways to use "GLOW Series™" pedals and they ALL sound incredible!
Use them to get direct tube amp tone into a PA
As tube amp conversion pedals for solid state amps or even acoustic amps
Puff up tube amps with even more tube tone, compression, and overdrive
Run them directly into digital workstations to get proper amp tone and process from there
Use them to convert an amplified PA speaker into a guitar amp
Get real amp tone from your stereo!
Make any computer speakers sound like a tube amp!
"GLOW Series™" Ordering!
Retro style Combo Guitar Amp with Tremolo and Spring Reverb!
The Roadtripper MCM™.
The first truly "tube simulating" ANALOG solid state amp!
Yes there are so many amps and pedals out there making all sorts of claims, but we can guarantee you that this one is one of a kind.
The Roadtripper MCM™ must be heard to be believed.
The sound is as retro as the look and has many tube lovers and "tone freaks" scratching their heads :)
The MCM™'s circuits rival the quality of high end mixing consoles and include proprietary QES techniques that produce tube characteristics
that can even outperform tubes!
The 3 band constant-Q EQ is precise and covers a wide range of tone, the tremolo has a very wide range oscillator and
100% modulation giving some dramatic effects from volume swells to sci fi. The spring reverb is driven
by a QES tube simulation and recovered with exceptionally low noise producing a range from sweet background fill to dripping surf.
The clip below demonstrates the Roadtripper MCM™'s incredible sound quality as heard from it's own balanced line output.
What you hear in this clip is the amp directly fed into a digital audio recorder while under test in the QES lab.
The tone controls, tremolo, and spring reverb are all being used. The feel of compression
is actually the tube effect of our very unique preamp circuits. Post production compression was not used.
Watch "Sundae and Mr Goessl" on KNKX Radio featuring our all new Roadtripper MCM™ guitar amplifier with tremolo as well as our
Roadtripper Black Tie Acoustic with vocal!
"Makes My Heart Sway"
"Strat Tone" Retrofier™ style
Tom Harter, a finalist in the Guitar Center "King of the Blues" competition in Appleton WI, test drives a Roadtripper MCM™ during Jason Goessl and Kate Voss's fall tour 2016.
Tom's guitar is going directly into the amp using it's beautiful spring reverb and tremolo. No pedals to be found. The Roadtripper MCM™ can't help sounding incredibly huge despite the casual cell phone recording.
Roadtripper MCM™ Features
Available in a wide variety of colors
Super low noise
All analog - No digital circuits - Zero latency
Industry changing analog Solid-Tube-Technology™ circuit developed by QES gives it classic tube style tone and dynamics
Very high quality tremolo circuit with wide range rate and depth
Built-in metal speaker stand adaptor
8" Jensen speaker
Wide band spring reverb
Professional quality 3 band constant-Q tone control(EQ)
18 watt (tube equivalent power) QES "Solid-Tube-Technology™" power amplifier
VERY lightweight and portable - approximately 15 Pounds/6.8 kg
Small and light enough to travel as a carry-on airline bag
Can be powered anywhere in the world using simple adaptors or by changing the line cord
Tone characteristics and input level configurable by custom order
No dangerous voltages as found in tube amps
Maintenance free
Lifetime warranty
Designed, engineered, and hand assembled in the USA