Line 6 3.7 User Manual
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Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – Glossary (What Is...?)
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special sound quality that makes it a truly remarkable guitar sound machine. We lock ourselves away
in the Line 6 labs and sound studios to study this piece of classic equipment in exhaustive detail. We
play guitars through it, listen to it, measure, write software, and then play and listen some more as we
carefully craft a software Model that captures the signature qualities of the equipment being studied.
The resulting Model is designed to emulate the controls and sound qualities of the original equipment
studied, including the beloved quirks and unruly qualities that made the original equipment classic in
the first place. Each model is painstakingly perfected until it becomes an organic, living thing with
guitar tone pumping through its veins. And when they’re finally ready, we unleash these software
Models in revolutionary new products like GearBox.
Of course, as we’re studying all that classic equipment, we’re bound to come up with an idea or two for
something that classic equipment can’t do. When we do, you end up with something like the Line 6
Insane Amp Model—with as much paint-peeling high gain as a distortion box, but the well defined,
love-to-play-it quality of a truly world class guitar amplifier.
The particular Models that power GearBox were each originally developed for Line 6’s revolutionary
PODxt, which has now transformed the way that guitar is recorded in the world’s greatest studios, for
countless platinum recordings. Each one represents a particular amplifier, cabinet or type of effect that
has become a standard in the guitar world. Together, they deliver a range of sound that allows you and
GearBox to achieve the signature sounds of countless classic recordings.
Check out the
section to see exactly what gear Line 6 used to capture these classic
Amp, Cab and Effects models!
What are the Amp Panel and Amp Model and Cab Model controls?
The Amp Panel includes the following controls:
Amp Model –
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Click the Amp Model menu, and drag down while holding your mouse button to
select one of the GearBox Amp Models.
Cab Model –
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Click the Cab Model menu, and drag down while holding your mouse button to
select one of the GearBox Cab Models.
Drive –
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All of the GearBox Amp Models include a Drive knob. Turn this up for more “dirt”,
and turn it down to clean up your sound. The particular drive character and range for each Amp
Model is different, emulating the drive character of the original amplifier that was modeled for
GuitarPort.
Volume –
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All of the GearBox Amp Models include a Volume knob. Turn this up to make your
guitar louder, and turn it down to make your guitar quieter.
“Original” Knobs –
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Each Amp Model will have a different set of tone knobs that emulate the