MODELED AMPS & CABS: WHICH AMPS AND CABS ARE MODELED?
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Line 6 Layer - Line 6 Clean meets Line 6 Drive. As we’ve already
mentioned, many guitarists and producers have experimented with running
multiple amps simultaneously, with each amp making a contribution to the overall
tone. Stevie Ray Vaughn, for example, would split his guitar signal to drive a
Marshall, Fender Vibroverb, and Dumble Steel String Singer simultaneously to get
some of the great sounds on his records. This Amp Model was produced by
superimposing a “traditional” clean guitar tone and a particularly tweaked-up
variant of the Line 6 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.
Small Tweed #2 (Hold Tap + Small Tweed) - Modeled after a 1960 Tweed
Champ, this is a great sound when the Drive is cranked (not bad clean, either).
These amps were originally designed to be sold to beginners, but rock and rollers
quickly discovered that you could get a great distorted sound at fairly low volume
levels. Many of the classic guitar solos of the 50’s were recorded through a Champ.
The Champ had no tone control, only volume. With your POD, it’s easy to get a
classic Champ tone. Just leave all the Bass, Middle, and Treble controls parked
at 12 o’clock, which means they are “flat,” making no contribution to the tone.
Still, we’d hate to waste those things, so we figured out a way to put the Bass,
Middle, and Tre ble controls to work without mucking about with the
authenticity of this Amp Model. When using this Amp Model, all these tone
controls are applied after the Amp Model processing, which essentially lets you
EQ up your tone as you would do on a mixing console after recording your amp.
Remember, for the authentic emulated sound of the Champ, set all the tone
controls at 12 o’clock.
Boutique #3 (Hold Tap + Tweed Blues) - 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
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