Line 6 3.7 Effects

Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – Model Gallery

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Here’s our model inspired by solid state console mic pre designs, delivering ﬂat frequency response that

is very clean and without the additional personality that the other Preamp Models provide. This is a

great choice when you want to capture quality audio without adding color, as you might want to do

when recording line level instruments like keyboards.

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Effects

Delay Effects create echoes by repeating a delayed version of the signal that feeds them. The FEEDBACK

knob on Delay control panels determine how many repeats you’ll hear. TIME determines how late the

echo will be versus the input signal, and allows Tap Tempo. A short delay time and low feedback

setting will give you a classic “slap back” delay. Longer delay times give you a distinctly separate echo,

and higher feedback settings increase the number of echoes. There’s always a MIX control, and each

of the Models has a few other controls as well....

The Analog Delay w/ Modulation model is based on* the

Electro-Harmonix® Deluxe Memory Man which is a pedal

that uses the “bucket brigade” electronics of other analog

echoes, and adds a chorus circuit to boot. This adjustable

chorus is applied to the echoes only, leaving the direct sound

unaffected. The Memory Man, with its warm, distorted tone

and swimming echoes, became an important tool for many

guitarists, and was an essential part of the guitar sounds for

the ﬁrst U2 album. Part of the Deluxe in Deluxe Memory Man

was the increased delay time of 500 milliseconds. Analog w/

Mod emulates that classic Memory Man tone with the added

advantage of 2 seconds of delay time. The mo d speed and

depth controls set up the chorus on the delays.

* ELECTRO-HARMONIX® is a trademark of New Sensor Corp. 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.

The classic 1963 Maestro EP-1 was the ﬁrst of a series of “Echoplex” designs

distributed by the company, and made by Harris-Teller in Chicago. As

touted in a Maestro advertisement, the Echoplex’s “...special effects range

all the way from a controlled high speed reverberation to a full, throbbing

echo”! The main feature of the Echoplex design is a special cartridge of

looped 1/4-inch audio tape that wraps past separate record and playback

heads. The position of the playback head can be moved to adjust the

delay time from 60 to 650 milliseconds. Tube Echo is based on* the classic

Echoplex tone with the extra advantage of up to 2 seconds of delay time.

DRIVE lets you dial up some tube warmth like the original and FLUTTER

(short for wow and ﬂutter) adds that unique sound of a slipping, dirty tape

capstan!