Line 6 Pilot's Handbook manual Amps & Cabs, Meet The Family

The Amps & Cabs • Meet The Family

THE AMPS & CABS

Duoverb’s heart is its collection of Amp and Cab Models—resulting from Line 6’s meticulous study of a dream collection of vintage and modern amplifiers and cabinets.

Each position of Duoverb’s Amp Model knobs calls up a particular Amp/Cab combination, powered by the same coveted models as the Line 6 Vetta series amps.

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Once we’ve set our sights on creating a software emulation of a particular kind of amp or cabinet here at Line 6, the first step is to get our hands on the very best example that we can find to study. We will (and have) scoured the globe in search of just the right specimen—that one, very particular unit that has the magic.

After all, amps from ’57, ’62, ’65, ’67, ’75, and 2002 may all bear the same model name, yet have totally different circuit designs, sound and response—and quite often a different look as well. Even two amps with the same circuit design, from the same era, can sound radically different, just on the basis of variance in component tolerances, as well as how the wiring harness was dressed—and maybe even what the amp assembler had for lunch that day. Plus there’s the fact that every amp has its own special way of settling in over the years and, just like people, some of them only get better with age.

Each of the distinguished amps and cabs that we select for modeling thus has a character and specialness as uniquely individual as a treasured friend. And we’ve included photos here of the actual amps that we selected, studied and measured so that you’ll know exactly which amp we’re talking about.

So, let’s meet the Amp and Cab Models that live inside your Duoverb, and the original equipment that helped to make them possible. We’ll start with the Explorer on the upper Amp Model knob, go completely around the knob to the Solo 100, then start with the Zen Master on the lower knob and work our way around again to Rectified.