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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide
the unique character of the Vox® sound can be attributed to the fact that Class A amps overdrive
in a very different way than Class AB. Brian May of Queen, Mike Campbell of Tom Petty's
Heartbreakers, and The Edge of U2 have all used classic AC 30s to make their music. Although
usually played fairly clean, a cranked AC 30 has a great saturated lead tone, a la Brian May on
the early Queen albums.
On this Amp Model, the Middle control acts like the original Cut knob on the AC 30. We plugged
into the Hi gain input of the AC 30's Brilliant channel when creating it. We also turned the tone
controls around, since original Top Boost amps had the bass and treble turned all the way down
when the knob was all the way up. Go figure.
in a very different way than Class AB. Brian May of Queen, Mike Campbell of Tom Petty's
Heartbreakers, and The Edge of U2 have all used classic AC 30s to make their music. Although
usually played fairly clean, a cranked AC 30 has a great saturated lead tone, a la Brian May on
the early Queen albums.
On this Amp Model, the Middle control acts like the original Cut knob on the AC 30. We plugged
into the Hi gain input of the AC 30's Brilliant channel when creating it. We also turned the tone
controls around, since original Top Boost amps had the bass and treble turned all the way down
when the knob was all the way up. Go figure.
VOX® is a registered trademark of Korg Europe Limited and is in no way associated or
affiliated with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the
sole purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Line 6’s sound
model development.
1968 Plexi Lead 100
The 1968 Plexi Lead 100 is modeled after* the infamous '68
Marshall® 'Plexi' Super Lead — coveted by tone
connoisseurs the world over. We literally scoured the world
for this particular amp, finally finding a great example of a
Super Lead languishing (we like to think fate preserved it for
us) in Holland. By the time this amp was built (ca. 1968),
Marshall® had completely changed the circuitry away from
the Fender® 6L6 power tube heritage and moved to an EL34
tube. Another major tone difference was due to the necessary
output & power supply transformer changes. All this
mucking about added up to create a tone forever linked with
Rock Guitar. Amps of this era didn't have any sort of maste
volume control, so to get the sound you'd have to crank yo
Super Lead to max — just the thing to help you really make
friends with the neighbors. Hendrix used Marshall®s o
era; a decade later Van Halen's first two records owed their
"brown sound" to a 100-watt Plexi (Our Super Lead, in fact, has the 'lay down' transformer that
was unique to '68 models, the same as Hendrix and Van Halen's Marshalls®.). To get a crunch
sound out of a Plexi, you would likely crank the input volume and tone controls (to 10!). You'll
find that, in keeping with our "make-it-sound-a-whole-lot-like-the-original" concept, this mo
set up to do pretty darned near the same thing.
Marshall® 'Plexi' Super Lead — coveted by tone
connoisseurs the world over. We literally scoured the world
for this particular amp, finally finding a great example of a
Super Lead languishing (we like to think fate preserved it for
us) in Holland. By the time this amp was built (ca. 1968),
Marshall® had completely changed the circuitry away from
the Fender® 6L6 power tube heritage and moved to an EL34
tube. Another major tone difference was due to the necessary
output & power supply transformer changes. All this
mucking about added up to create a tone forever linked with
Rock Guitar. Amps of this era didn't have any sort of maste
volume control, so to get the sound you'd have to crank yo
Super Lead to max — just the thing to help you really make
friends with the neighbors. Hendrix used Marshall®s o
era; a decade later Van Halen's first two records owed their
"brown sound" to a 100-watt Plexi (Our Super Lead, in fact, has the 'lay down' transformer that
was unique to '68 models, the same as Hendrix and Van Halen's Marshalls®.). To get a crunch
sound out of a Plexi, you would likely crank the input volume and tone controls (to 10!). You'll
find that, in keeping with our "make-it-sound-a-whole-lot-like-the-original" concept, this mo
set up to do pretty darned near the same thing.
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* All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners, which
are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and
images are used solely to identify the specific products whose tones and sounds were studied
are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and
images are used solely to identify the specific products whose tones and sounds were studied
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