Line 6 3.7 - Manual (Page 159)

Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – Model Gallery
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same sort of territory, with a bit of a uniquely Line 6 bent. Choose this distortion for your bass or any
other signal and it will immediately become a very close and furry friend. Note for non-bass players:
this stomp box absolutely rocks on signals other than bass. No, really, try it.
Bronze Master
The Maestro® Bass Brassmaster is considered by many to be the Holy Grail of bass distortion units, and
ultra-rare bird designed in the early ‘70’s for Maestro® by synth genius Tom Oberheim. It showed up
on Chris Squire’s gear list in a mid-70’s Yes tour program. In fact, the Brassmaster was the first distortion
unit we can think of designed primarily with the bassist in mind, and man, did Mr. Oberheim get it
right! The original has a fairly elaborate set of controls, include two separate volumes and toggles for
accentuating different harmonic voicings. We weren’t able to make an exact duplicate of some of that
complexity when creating the Bronze Master for GearBox, but you’ll find that this model does give you
a luscious palette of super-sweet bass fuzz in the style of the Brassmaster, with righteous distortion that
doesn’t take away that all-important low end. For guitar players, think of it as somewhere between an
Octave Fuzz and a synth. You can get positively freaky with this one.
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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. MAESTRO® is a registered
trademark of Gibson Guitar Corp.
Sub Octaves
All bassists know that in just about every musical situation, lower can be better! But we couldn’t just
let bass players have all the fun, so we’ve included an Octave device that’s inspired by the very popular
Boss OC-2. Your Sub Octave gets you down into booty-shaking territory mighty quick. Use it to create
additional voices below what you’re playing. Remember, lower can be better, especially when it makes
the booty shake!
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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.
Other Effects
Comp (Compressor)
The Comp (Compressor) effect in GearBox is modeled
after* the classic, studio-standard LA-2A® tube
compressor. It’s just the thing when you want to smooth
out your levels the way that you would typically do in a
recording studio. The THRESHOLD knob determines
how aggressive the compressor will be in smoothing things
out. Turning the knob farther to the left give you more
aggressive compression. The GAIN knob lets you increase
level once you’ve smoothed things out. But be careful: if
you add too much gain here, you may see that you start
clipping, and need to back off again on the gain.
* LA-2A® is a trademark of William Putnam 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.