Modeled Amps: AX2 SIGNATURE SOUNDS
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13. Boutique – High end tone machines.
13.1 – This model is based on a Budda Twinmaster head. The Budda has a great,
warm, Class A, sound. This was Budda’s first offering. The Budda philosophy is all
about power tube distortion. Simplicity is the key. With relatively low front end gain,
highly interactive tone controls, and tube rectifier “sag” it’s great at getting a classic
cranked sound for small gigs and recording. Once again, since the Twinmaster has no
mid control, we’ve added a little bonus in the form of some post-TubeTone mid
contouring available via the Mid control. As usual, set this control to 12 o’clock to get
groovy with the unadorned Budda-style vibe.
13.2 – Based on the Clean Channel of the Dumble Overdrive Special. The Dumble
Overdrive Special is one of those incredibly expensive, custom amps that most people
never get a chance to actually get close to in this lifetime. Each incarnation of the
Dumble magic is a little bit different, because each of these amps is hand built for a
specific customer, and voiced to match their playing and desires. With that in mind,
we based this TubeTone Amp Model on the analysis of several different Dumble
Overdrive Specials. Despite this tuning to the individual owner, these amplifiers tend
to have a number of features in common; the clean channel is very sensitive to attack,
and dynamically responsive, and the drive channel has a thick, liquid, singing sustain
that doesn’t lose string definition when driven hard. The tone controls on this Amp
Model are quite subtle. If you’re looking for more marked tone shaping, you’ll want to
try some GRAPHIC EQ finesse.
13.3 – Based on the Dumble Overdrive Special Drive Channel (just described). If you
like the Dumble sound, you might also want to check out the AX2 Crunch model – it
was created to deliver a similar kind of tone.
AX2 SIGNATURE SOUNDS
While TubeTone modeling was first developed to allow Line 6 to capture classic tones
for our Digital Guitar Amplifier Systems, it also has opened the door for us to create
unique new tones not possible with conventional hardware – that’s where this whole
software-based deal really comes in handy. Informed by the forty years of classic guitar
amplifier design that we’ve studied to develop TubeTone, we’ve selected the best
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