Modeled Amps & Cabs • Blackface Lux
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Blackface Lux
The Holy Grail for many blues, country, and “roots” players has been a blackface
Fender Deluxe Reverb. After listening to quite a few candidates back when we were
seeking the ultimate Deluxe Reverb to model during our development of Flextone and
POD, we stumbled upon an extremely cool ’64 Deluxe. We still haven’t found one
better.
Most players love a Deluxe when it’s turned up to about 7 for a nice gritty sound that
cleans up when you back off your guitar’s volume knob just a little. Notice how the
tone control response changes as this Amp Model’s Drive is changed: clean settings are
crisp and present, while more driven settings will mellow the high end. This is typical
of what you get from a Deluxe and is nicely captured here. The Deluxe itself has only
B
ASS and TREBLE controls, leaving us, once again, with the prospect of a couple knobs
with nothing to say for themselves. But fear not; in this case, we’ve set up POD
XT’s
M
IDDLE knob so you can add some post-Amp Model Midrange contouring for a little
more flexibility, while P
RESENCE adds, well, Presence. Once again, set the MIDDLE
knob to its “neutral” 12 o’clock position and the P
RESENCE knob to 0 for the classic
Deluxe sound. Tweaked up right, this tone will cut through and sing. We jacked into
Input 1 of the Vibrato Channel to get this model cooked up for POD
XT.
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