Details: DISTORTION BOXES
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4, 5, 6: DISTORTION
These are modeled after an older Pro Co RAT pedal, which has a bit more ‘hair’ than
the Overdrive. Choose from Bright, Medium, and Dark, with ten variations each.
7, 8, 9: FUZZ
Like the Big Muff it’s based on, this can get fairly over the top on the higher
settings. We’ve often amused ourselves cooking up some cool ZZ Top-type sounds with
this and the Brit Classic amp model. Bright, Medium, and Dark for your pleasure, each
in ten designer tone colors.
10, 11, 12: OCTAVE BOX
OK, now this one is really pretty darn cool. Sort of like a Tycho Brahe Octavia, this
will give you not only distortion, but a tone an octave above whatever you’re playing.
A good example of this effect can be heard on the last 3 minutes or so of the Jimi
Hendrix Band of Gypsys recording of ‘Who Knows.’ We recommend using the front
(neck) pickup and a slightly less aggressive pick attack to get the best from this one.
Bright, Medium, and Dark, 0-9. This effect is intended for solo lines, by the way; you
probably won’t want to be doing a lot of rhythm playing with it.
NO DISTORTED ACOUSTIC GUITAR
The Distortion Box effects are disabled when one of the Acoustic Guitar Simulations
has been chosen for your Amp Model, since the acoustic simulations require so much
processing horsepower from the AX2 that the distortion boxes can’t run at the same
time. If you attempt to modify the Distortion Box setting while using one of these
Acoustic Simulations, the AX2’s display will temporarily read – – – to let you know
the Distortion Boxes ain’t happening.
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