Modeled Amps & Cabs • Which Amps and Cabs Are Modeled?
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Line 6’s Originals
We’ll start the introductions with the original Amp Models that Line 6 created to give
you even more tonal options than you could get from vintage gear alone:
Line 6 Clean
To create this Amp Model, we essentially grafted the preamp and tone stack of a JC-
120 (Roland’s popular “Jazz Chorus” solid state combo) onto the poweramp and
transformer of a classic Marshall JTM-45 tube head, thereby giving you the crisp and
clear front end typical of a solid state amp, but with a rich, satisfying tube amp-style
bite as you turn it up.
Line 6 JTS-45
Since the design of early Marshalls was based on the Fender Tweed Bassman circuitry,
we wondered what it would be like if we took the preamp and tone stack of our JTM 45
and ran it into the poweramp and transformer of our ‘58 Tweed Bassman. What we got
was way happening, as JTS-45 will attest. Great grind and nice punch. A tone the
whole family can enjoy.
Line 6 Class A
One of the most satisfying tonal experiences as a guitarist is to play through an amp
that’s driven to the point where the poweramp is just starting to distort, but before
it achieves full clipping. For many players, this is the coveted ‘sweet spot’ they look
for on an amp. Because we’re not limited to physical reality when we’re creating
amps in the digital world, our goal for this one was to make an amp model that was
nothing but sweet spot. One of the great side effects is the ease of coaxing feedback
out of this one.
Line 6 Mood
And here we give you a fantasia tone, based on our memories of grunge guitar tones we
have known and loved.
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