Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – Model Gallery

Vintage U.K.

GearBox’s Vintage UK model is based on* the truly classic Neve 1073 pre-amp. Designed by Rupert Neve in the early 1970’s, as a discrete transistor mic/line amp with 3-band EQ and high-pass filter, the 1073 was used in a variety of Neve consoles. NOT known for being the flattest or cleanest kid on the block, the Neve 1073 became the “Gold Standard” of pre amps regardless. It’s credits are endless and likely numerous songs playing on the radio right now, as you read this, were recorded with a Neve 1073. Like the American Classic, this model’s sound is based not just on our analysis of the 1073, but also incorporates the kind of “sonic love” you’d have gotten when recording through a 1073 to legendary Revox, Studer, and MCI analog tape machines.

*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 during Line 6’s sound model development. NEVE is a registered trademark of AMS Neve Ltd. REVOX and STUDER are trademarks of Studer Professional Audio GmbH.

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Lo-Fi

Looking for something aggressive, trashy, or just plain interesting? Try the Lo-Fi tip. It gives you tones that are very band passed (meaning there’s little low end or extreme high end), with lots of distortion available from the driver knob. You’ll find it’s just the thing when you want your vocals to sound like they came through a telephone, megaphone or toy microphone.

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Vintage

Incorporating elements of analog tape machines of the day, this composite model is true to form, lacking the crystal clear 8k and above which wouldn’t arrive for years.

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Modern

This model is based on* an Avalon® VT-737, which is an excellent example of a modern tube preamp design incorporating an all-discrete, Class A transistor circuit in the built-in 4- band equalizer. This is a good choice for clean, bright, non- compressed sound, with soft transients.

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 trademarks of other manufacturers are used

solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’s sound model development. AVALON is a registered trademark of Avalon Industries, Inc.

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Line 6 3.7 manual Vintage U.K, Lo-Fi, Modern