Flextone Manual Rev E; bookfile Page 22 Tuesday, September 8, 1998 10:31 AM
MODELED AMPS: FLEXTONE SIGNATURE SOUNDS
variant of the Flextone Drive. The Drive knob acts as a blender control – fully left you’ve got big bottom 21st Century Clean, and fully right you’ve got paint-peeling Ultra-drive. Set it anywhere in between, and you get to have your cake and smear it all over your audience, too.
Fuzz - Although not technically an amp, we felt that the unique tonal qualities
3 • 6 of the classic 1960’s Arbiter Fuzz Face earned it a place among the amps modeled to create the Flextone’s TubeTone Amp Models. This fuzz box used broad frequency transistor-based clipping. The result is a buzzing kind of distortion that has become popular again with the alternative and grunge set. Jimi Hendrix was among the first guitarists to popularize the Fuzz Face in the States, but our model is considerably dirtier than the tones found on “Are You Experienced.” Try playing “Satisfaction” by the Stones, or the lead from “American Woman” by The Guess Who. Liberal use of the Bass, Mid, and Treble controls will let you go beyond the tones that the Fuzz Face could deliver, enabling you to discover your own unique recipe for those elusive fuzz tones in your head.
