List of amp simulations
This is a list of the amps the Axe-Fx simulates.
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| Axe-Fx name | Amp simulated |
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| TUBE PRE | Generic Tube Preamp
"A completely neutral, low-gain tube pre-amp simulation. Useful for warming up vocals and other instruments" Suggested cabinet: n/a Tips:
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| JAZZ | Roland JC120
"Based on a Japanese solid-state amp with built-in chorus. With essentially no tone shaping this amp has a warm, midrange-thick sound that is good for jazz and fingerstyle. With the Axe-Fx’s powerful tone controls you can tweak this type to get shimmering rhythm tones as well" Suggested cabinet: ? Tips:
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| BROWNFACE | Fender Vibroverb
"Based on a classic American 40-watt tube amp with built-in vibrato. Great for gutsy blues, this type breaks up nicely, especially when the Master is cranked. The original had no Mid or Presence so set these to ‘0’ for classic tone" Suggested cabinet: 1x12 Black, 2x12 Black Tips:
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| BLUES | Fender Bassman
"A low-to-medium gain sound great for blues. Based on a classic bass amplifier with four 10” speakers, it didn’t work so well for bass but guitar players quickly discovered it made a great blues amp. Try a treble booster in front for screaming blues work a la Albert Collins or Albert King" Suggested cabinet: 4x10 Bass Tips:
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| TWEED | Fender Deluxe Reverb Model AB763
"Based on a small, low-power, tweed-covered amp. The original had no controls other than volume. Set all tone controls to ‘0’ for authentic tone. Adjust as desired to venture into new sonic territory. Our simulation has a bit more gain than the somewhat anemic original to allow you to dial in a nice crunch. To recreate the original faithfully set the drive to about 6 and use the Master as the volume" Suggested cabinet: 1x12 Black, 2x12 Black Tips:
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| BLACKFACE | Fender Twin
"Based on a popular, 100-watt American tube amp with two 12” speakers. This simulation captures the Normal Channel. Very similar to the Brownface model but a little more mellow. The tone-stack is also slightly different giving it just a bit different voicing" Suggested cabinet: 2x12 Black Tips:
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| CLASS A | Vox AC30
"A medium-gain emulation based on an early British tube amplifier. This type does not have the high-frequency emphasis like the American types and therefore has a darker sound. Try a treble boost in front for a snarling British “opera-rock” sound. This amp is notable in that it has no negative feedback around the power-amp and hence has a gritty character and less high-frequency response" Suggested cabinet: 2x12 Brit Tips:
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| TOP BOOST | Vox AC30TB
"Based on the “Top Boost Mod” version of the Class A. The public yearned for a brighter amp and the designers responded by adding a treble boost circuit. At first this circuit was a retrofit but then included as standard. Our simulation captures the boosted high-frequency response and slightly reduced bass response of the original" Suggested cabinet: 2x12 Brit Tips: |
| PLEXI 1 | Marshall '1959' |
| BRIT 800 | Marshall JCM800 2204 |
| BRIT 900 | Marshall JCM900 |
| BROWN | Eddie's Modded Marshall |
| BOUTIQUE 1 | Matchless Chieftain |
| BOUTIQUE 2 | Matchless Chieftain w/ Booster |
| HIPOWER 1 | Hiwatt 'Normal' Channel |
| HIPOWER 2 | Hiwatt 'Brilliant' Channel |
| USA CLEAN | MKIV and Triaxis Clean |
| USA RHY1 | MKIV Crunch |
| USA RHY2 | Triaxis LD1 Green |
| USA LEAD | MKIV Lead |
| USA LEAD 2 | Triaxis LD2 Yellow |
| RECTO Orange | Mesa Dual Rectifier (version 1) |
| RECTO Red | Triaxis LD1 Red w/"recto mod". The power amp portion is identical to Recto1. |
| SOLO 100 | Soldano SLO100 |
| SPEC. OD 1 | Dumble Overdrive Special Clean |
| SPEC. OD 2 | Dumble Overdrive Special Lead |
| EURO 1 | 20th Anniversary Bogner Ecstasy Blue Channel |
| EURO 2 | 20th Anniversary Bogner Ecstasy Red Channel |
| UK GC30 | Laney GC30V |
| BUTTERY | Loosely based on a Budda Twinmaster |
| METAL | FAS Custom Model |
| BIG HAIR | FAS Custom Model |
| HELLBEAST | FAS Custom Model |
| SUPERTWEED | FAS Custom Model |
| FUSION | FAS Custom Model |
| FAS CLEAN | FAS Custom Model |
| FAS CRUNCH | FAS Custom Model |
| FAS LEAD 1 | FAS Custom Model |
| FAS LEAD 2 | FAS Custom Model |
| FAS MODERN | FAS Custom Model |
| JR BLUES | Fender Blues Jr. |
| BRIT PRE | Marshall JMP-1 preamp. The power amp is from the JCM 800 |
| ENERGYBALL | ENGL Powerball Lead Channel |
| RECTO NEW | Mesa Dual Rectifier with an extra "cap" in it which gives it more sizzle. |
| HAD ODS 1 | Dumble Overdrive Special (Based on a real amp, the others were based on schematics) |
| WRECKER 1 | Trainwreck Amp |
| BRIT JM45 | Marshall JTM-45 |
| DAS METALL | Diezel VH4 (needs confirmation that it's the VH4) |
| PLEXI 2 | Similar to Plexi 1 but with a different “bright cap” value and different transformer
model. Lower gain and more “vintage” sounding. |
| SV BASS | Ampeg SVT |
| CA3+ RHY | Custom Audio Electronics 3+ SE preamp, channel # 2 (crunch) |
| CA3+ LD | Custom Audio Electronics 3+ SE preamp, channel # 3 (lead) |
| Eggie R20 | Egnater Rebel 20 |
| USA MIIC+ 1 | Mesa Boogie MkII Lead Pull Bright off |
| USA MIIC+ 2 | Mesa Boogie MkII Lead Pull Bright on |
| Fryer D60L | VHT Deliverance 60 Less switched |
| Fryer D60M | VHT Deliverance 60 More switched |
| Mr. Z 38 SR | Dr. Z Maz 38 SR |
| Euro Uber | Bogner Ubershall |
| PVH 5105 | Peavey 5150 |
| Solo X99 Clean | Soldano X99 Clean Channel |
| Solo X99 Rhythm | Soldano X99 Rhythm Channel |
| Solo X99 Lead | Soldano X99 Lead Channel |
| Corncob R100 | Cornford RK100 |
