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You can use this to store your most used amp types. For example, if you use, say, Plexi for most of
your crunch rhythm presets you can select Global Amplifier 1 and then set the type to Plexi. Dial
in your tone and save the preset. Now in any other preset you want to use those settings simply set
the Global Amplifier to ‘1’. If you find you want a little more treble you can turn the treble up and
all presets that use Global Amp 1 will now reflect that change. It’s like having a 10-channel MIDI
preamp built in.
TYPE - Selects the amplifier simulation. The simulations are based on classic and modern amps as
well as some hybrids and completely original types that we concocted. The following types are
available:
• Tube Pre - A completely neutral, low-gain tube pre-amp simulation. Useful for warming up
vocals and other instruments.
• Jazz - Based on a Japanese solid-state amp with built-in chorus. With essentially no tone
shaping this amp has a warm, midrange-thick sound that is good for jazz and fingerstyle. With
the Axe-Fx’s powerful tone controls you can tweak this type to get shimmering rhythm tones
as well.
• Brownface - Based on a classic American 40-watt tube amp with built-in vibrato. Great for
gutsy blues, this type breaks up nicely, especially when the Master is cranked. The original had
no Mid or Presence so set these to ‘0’ for classic tone.
• 59 Bassguy - A low-to-medium gain sound great for blues. Based on a classic bass amplifier
with four 10” speakers, it didn’t work so well for bass but guitar players quickly discovered it
made a great blues amp. Try a treble booster in front for screaming blues work a la Albert
Collins or Albert King.
• Deluxe Verb - Based on the classic 1965 “Blackface” 1x12 combo amplifier. This amp
features two 6V6 power tubes and has a great chimey tone. Turn the Drive and Master up and
the amp starts to get a nice overdriven breakup.
• Double Verb - Based on a popular, 100-watt American tube amp with two 12” speakers. This
simulation captures the Normal Channel. Very similar to the Brownface model but a little more
mellow. The tone-stack is also slightly different giving it just a bit different voicing.
• Class A - A medium-gain emulation based on an early British tube amplifier. This type does
not have the high-frequency emphasis like the American types and therefore has a darker sound.
Try a treble boost in front for a snarling British “opera-rock” sound. This amp is notable in that
it has no negative feedback around the power-amp and hence has a gritty character and less
high-frequency response.
• Top Boost - Based on the “Top Boost Mod” version of the Class A. The public yearned for
a brighter amp and the designers responded by adding a treble boost circuit. At first this circuit
was a retrofit but then included as standard. Our simulation captures the boosted high-frequency
response and slightly reduced bass response of the original.
• Plexi 1- Based on a classic British amp, the Plexi is great for crunchy rhythm work. The
original was basically a copy of the 4x10 bass amp (see Blues type above) that guitar players
adopted but with EL34 output tubes and other British components. Despite being essentially a
copy it had a unique voice all its own. It has somewhat low preamp gain and works best with
the Master and Drive both set fairly high.
• Brit 800 - The successor to the Plexi type was the vaunted 800 series lead amplifier. Many
80’s rock hits were born using this amp and we’ve captured its tone and put it into a neat little
package. This amp had EL34 output tubes, some treble peaking on the input and a little more
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