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Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – Model Gallery
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AMPEG and PORTAFLEX are registered trademarks of St. Louis Music, Inc. MOTOWN is a registered
trademark of UMG Recordings, Inc. P BASS is a registered trademark of Fender Musical Instruments
Corporation.
Adam and Eve
After David Eden made cabs for SWR® for 3 or 4 years, he went into the business of making his own
bass amp and cabinet line. Jim Demeter designed the electronics of the first Eden amps, and they were
quickly adopted by a veritable who’s who of modern bass society. GearBox’s Adam and Eve model is
based on* the WT-300, one of Eden’s latter offerings which produces a clean, clear and rich tone.
* SWR® is a registered trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation 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.
Silverface Bass
The Silverface Bass is modeled after* a 1967 Fender® Bassman®. By ’68,
when the Beatles went in to record The White Album, they had pretty
much done away with their Vox® amps in favor of the new “silverface”
Fender® line. John and George each played through a Twin Reverb®,
and Paul through the 2x15 “tall cab” Bassman®. This amp remained his
favorite through the end of the Beatles’ recording career, and can be seen
in the Revolution video (the cab is laying on its side), and all over the
Let It Be movie — including the infamous “rooftop” concert which closes
the film. Paul went on to use the amp for his first solo recordings, and live
during the early Wings period. We’ve paired this Bassman® head with
a 2x15 closed back cab loaded with JBL®s. The sound of this cab also
reminds us of the theme music from Barney Miller, and all of those days
practicing with the high-school jazz ensemble. Try playing a little of the Peter Gunn Theme....
* All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no
way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and images are used solely to
identify the specific products whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.
FENDER, BASSMAN, and TWIN REVERB are registered trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments
Corporation. VOX is a registered trademark of Korg Europe Limited.
Eighties
What would any collection of bass amps be without a
Gallien-Krueger 800RB? This model is based on the solid
state amp that helped define what new bass amps sounded
like for the better part of that decade. Geddy Lee had one.
Will Lee used one on “Late Night With David Letterman”.
And bands like Def Leppard powered through a decade
of pop metal with the 800RB. The GK 800RB produces a
very scooped sound, and doesn’t really distort. Try pairing
this amp with another legend of the Eighties, the Hartke
410 cabinet. This rig is known for producing what we call