Line 6 Flextone Cab 212S - Manual (Page 21)

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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 develop
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
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