Line 6 Flextone Cab 212S user manual Flextone Signature Sounds

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MODELED AMPS: FLEXTONE SIGNATURE SOUNDS

FLEXTONE SIGNATURE SOUNDS

While TubeTone modeling was first developed to allow Line 6 to capture classic tones for our Digital Guitar Amplifier Systems, it also has opened the door for us to create unique new tones not possible with conventional hardware – that’s where this whole software-based thing really comes in handy. Informed by the

forty years of classic guitar amplifier design that we’ve studied to develop3 • 5 TubeTone, we’ve selected the best elements of various amplifiers and brought

them together in the four Flextone Signature Sounds: Flextone Clean, Flextone Crunch, Flextone Drive, and Flextone Layer.

Flextone Clean - To create this Amp Model, we essentially grafted the top end of a JC-120 onto the bottom end of a JTM-45 to give you you the crisp and clear top end of a solid state amp, but with a rich, satisfying tube amp-style bottom.

Flextone Crunch - Our “boutique” sound. Not too clean, but not too raging. We spent some time with a rare Dumble combo, and picked up a few tricks from it to put together this tone. Great for modern blues or jazz, this sound should be like a fine cognac, smooth and warm going down, but with a nice kick. The Mid control is located before the TubeTone Drive, but the Bass and Treble controls are placed after the Drive for maximum range.

Flextone Drive - Our version of the modern, super-saturated, high gain, lead amp; smooth, yet biting. All the tone controls here are post-Tubetone for maximum control with minimum muddiness. Again, this unique overdrive tone was created by merging different tone-shaping elements from different high-gain amps. It’s like playing through a collection of amps simultaneously – a studio technique that has made possible some of the greatest guitar tones of modern recordings (Flextone Layer builds on this idea with even more versatility). With the Flextone, you can get this same kind of rich, multi-amp tone out of one combo, a feat that wouldn’t be possible with traditional guitar amps.

Flextone Layer - Flextone Clean meets Flextone 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 Vibroflex, 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