Modeled Amps: AX2 SIGNATURE SOUNDS
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elements of various amplifiers and brought them together in the four AX2 Signature
Sounds: AX2 Clean, AX2 Crunch, AX2 Drive, and AX2 Layer.
14. AX2 Clean – To create this Amp Model, we essentially grafted the top end of a
JC-120 onto the bottom end and mid-range of a JTM-45 to give you the crisp and
clear top end of a solid state amp, but with a rich, satisfying tube amp-style body.
15. AX2 Crunch – Our “boutique” sound. Not too clean, but not too raging. We
spent some time with several amps including an early Dumble combo, and picked up a
few tricks from them to put together this tone. Great for modern blues or jazz, this
sound should be like a fine cognac, smooth and warm going down, but with a nice
kick. The Mid control is located before the TubeTone Drive, but the Bass and Treble
controls are placed after the Drive for maximum tone shaping.
16. AX2 Drive – Our version of the modern, super-saturated, high gain lead amp;
smooth, yet biting. All the tone controls here are post-Tubetone for maximum control
with minimum muddiness. Again, this unique overdrive tone was created by merging
different tone-shaping elements from different high-gain amps. We started with
studies of a Bogner, which is designed to meld the designs of Fender and Marshall
amps. We tweaked from the Bogner-inspired starting point, to bring you unique tonal
advantages that come from our own unique tone-bending combination.
17. AX2 Layer – AX2 Clean meets AX2 Drive. Many guitarists and producers have
experimented with running multiple amps simultaneously, with each amp making a
contribution to the overall tone. Stevie Ray Vaughan, for example, would split his
guitar signal to drive a Marshall, Fender Vibroflex, and Dumble Steel String Singer
simultaneously to get some of the amazing sounds on his records. This studio
technique has made possible some of the greatest guitar tones of modern recordings.
This Amp Model was produced by superimposing a “traditional” clean guitar tone and
a particularly tweaked-up variant of the AX2 Drive. The Drive knob acts as a blender
control – fully left you’ve got big bottom 21st Century Clean, and fully right you’ve
got paint-peeling Ultra-drive. Set it anywhere in between, and you get to have your
cake and smear it all over your audience, too.
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