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Section14Preamps
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©Copyright2000-2002BarryS.Pearceetal.  71
andReverbtolivenitupaswellasapplyingEQ.
Examining the EQ shows us that they have
droppedtheLowEQ4dB,Pushedup500Hzand
aroundby2dBand4kHzhasbeencutbe2dB.I
suspectthemaintinnysoundisfromthecuttothe
Low EQ combined with preamp colouring of
B=20, M=50, T=80 which certainly is biased
towardsamoretreblysound.Itissupposedtobe
thisway!
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57-3POWERTWIN
GoodexampleofpushingtheCleanTWINtoofar.
If you do this is what it will sound like. It is
actuallyprettydamncrunchy.Certainlygivenover
toafuzzvein.
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63-1COOLCLEAN
AnotherCleanTWINpatchwithmuchmorebody
than Clean JC-120. Here the compressor, delay,
chorusandreverbareallemployedtohelpcreate
thesound.AlightdosingofEQhasbeenapplied
(+3dB High, +1dB 1kHz), as well as a preamp
colouringofB=60,M=80,T=60,addsuptocancel
outalotofmiddlescoopfromthispatch.
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64-1JAZZCLEAN
IfeelthisCleanTWINpatchisalittleonthemore
treblesideonahumbuckerthanIwouldlike.This
justgoestoshowhowafixedfrequencywahcan
affectthesound.
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64-2CLEANLINE
If you excuse the EQing you can hear the
AC.Guitarpreampjanglefromamileaway.Again,
a familiar style of patch from Roland with a
Limiter,ChorusandReverbthrowninwiththeEQ
toliventhesoundup.Thisisanicelightpatch—
evenwithanecksingle.Youcannowseehowthe
preampatthecentreofthepatchcaninfluencethe
generalbodyandfeel.
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65-1CLEANTWIN
Well,well,well.Justaboutasnearto'FlatAmp'as
Roland would go!Herewe havenothingbut the
straightpreamp and a littlebit ofreverb.This is
thesortofthingthatyoumightset-upforuseasa
base.
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65-2BRIGHTTWIN
ThispatchisverysimilartoCLEANJC120.The
contrastbetweenthisandCleanTWINjustshows
you how versatile the Clean TWIN is. Here the
preamphasthebasscutrightbacktogiveamore
treblesound.
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65-3CLEANSTACK
Ifyouplaythiswithoutthespeakersimthrougha
clean power amp the excessive reverb makes it
sound like it is overdriving. Well, at times it
does—butnotallthetime.Ithinkthiscleansound
is really starting to border onto an overdriven
sound though—you know the feeling of 'any
furtherandyouare goingto know!!Interestingly
enoughhereisanMS1959preampbeingusedata
volumeof60butatlowgain.Indeedthepreamp
seems relatively clean. However play really
heavilyanditispossibletogetthistocrunch.
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65-4MILDCLEAN
This is another Crunchpreamp butalthough this
timeitisat35itwillcrunchifpushedslightly.The
mainproblemwiththisptach,istoomuchreverb.