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Black Widow MGP-1A Eclipse Series Advanced Modelling Manual

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  • Page 1 Black Widow Audio Designs Eclipse Series MGP-1A Modeling Guitar Preamp...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents Introduction Bogner Diezel ENGL Epiphone Fender London City Marshall Mesa Boogie Orange Soldano Sovtek Splawn Yamaha MGP-1A Advanced Modeling Guide...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    * All product names used herein are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Black Widow Audio Designs. These trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers as a means to compare the sonic performance characteristics and tones of the Black Widow Audio Designs MGP-1A.

  • Page 4: Bogner

    Bogner Bogner ® Ecstasy ® Ecstasy “Plexi” Mode ® Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) Use the Bright and Normal knobs to simulate the Ecstasy’s “Pre EQ” switch. Turn the Bright knob down and use the Normal gain control to simulate the “Normal Pre EQ”. Turning Normal down and the Bright control up will simulate the “B2”...

  • Page 5: Diezel

    Diezel Diezel ® VH4 Channel 3 Crunch Bass Treble Volume Cali UK800 Citrus Bright Deep Crunch Shift EQ(-) To emulate the VH4’s legendary channel 3 engage both Deep and Alt EQ with Citrus and Mod. Power Tubes: 6550, Push-Pull Speaker Cabinet: 4 x 12” Celestion V30 or G12K100 VH4 Channel 4 Drive Bass...

  • Page 6: Engl

    ENGL ENGL ® Powerball Powerball Channel 2 Hi Lead Drive Bass Treble Volume Recto Euro Bright Deep Shift Drive The sounds of the ENGL Powerball are on tap here, complete with the voicing options. Use the Deep Switch as you would the “Lo Lead Bottom” and the EQ Shift as the “Open/Focused” Switch. Power Tubes: 6L6GC, Push Pull Speaker Cabinet: 4 x 12”...

  • Page 7: Fender

    Fender Fender ® Bandmaster ™ Bandmaster “Blonde” Normal Channel ™ Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) Use the Normal Control as Gain, with Bright all the way down. These amps never had a Mid control, so set the Mid control just over 25% for authenticity.
  • Page 8 Fender Fender ® Bassman ® (cont) Bassman “Blackface” and “Silverface” Normal Channel ® Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) These Bassman amps have the same preamplifier sections as the Bandmasters from this era, complete with the bright switch and lack of a Mid control.
  • Page 9 Fender Fender ® Champ Champ 5E1 Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) Without tone controls of any kind, the Champ is about as simple as it gets. To emulate this tone, set Bass and Treble at ‘0’ and Mid at ‘10’. If you don’t have access to a 6” driver or IR, turn Alt EQ on and use a single 10”...
  • Page 10 Fender Fender ® Deluxe Early “Tweed” Era Deluxe Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) We can nail the tone of the early “Tweed” Era Deluxe amp with the MGP-1A but it will involve some really weird settings.
  • Page 11 Fender Fender ® Princeton ® Princeton 5F2 and 5F2-A ® Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) Funny how these single “Tone” control amplifiers have come all in a row. Use the same technique as the “Tweed”...
  • Page 12 Fender Fender ® Showman ® Showman® “Blackface” and “Silverface” Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) Both channels of the“Blackface” and “Silverface” Showmans have “Bright” switches, so we use the Input switch for this and the active input’s gain control as our “Volume” control, with the inactive control set to maximum.

  • Page 13: London City

    London Cit London City DEA Series MKV DEA 70, DEA 100 Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) These Dutch amps were copies of the first Marshalls (which were copies of the Fender Bassman). The difference here being a 12AX7 in V1 as opposed to a 12AY7, EL34 power tubes and a solid state bridge rectifier.
  • Page 14 Marshall Marshall ® JMP Series 1959 JMP Super Lead Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) These amplifiers are very similar to the late JTM-45 amps but have a modified tone stack. Versions depending on era and region came equipped with KT66, EL34 or 6550 output tubes. Power Tubes: KT66, EL34 or 6550, Push Pull Speaker Cabinet: 4 x 12”...
  • Page 15 Marshall Marshall ® JCM800 (Cont.) JCM800 Mods Crunch Bass Treble Volume Cali UK800 Citrus Bright Deep Crunch Shift EQ(-) The JCM800 is also arguably the most modified amplifier in history. Most of these modifications are aimed at making the amplifier less bright. One of the most common mods was to remove the bright capacitor which you can do by simply turning the Bright Switch off.
  • Page 16 Marshall Marshall ® JCM900 JCM900 ( Model 2100) Crunch Bass Treble Volume Cali UK800 Citrus Bright Deep Crunch Shift EQ(-) Marshall’s model diversity really exploded during the JCM800/900 era, with a heavy reliance on solid state and opamp circuitry. Early JCM900 4100 amps were heavily based on opamps, but the JCM900 2100 was more along the lines of the JCM800 2205.

  • Page 17: Mesa Boogie

    Mesa Boogie Mesa Boogie ® Mark Series Mark IV (Rhythm 1 Channel) Crunch Bass Treble Volume Cali UK800 Citrus Bright Deep Crunch Shift EQ(-) Use the Bright Switch to model the Mark IV’s “Pull Bright”, the Deep Switch to model the “Mid Shift”, and the EQ Shift to model the “Treble Shift”.

  • Page 18: Orange

    Mesa Boogie Mesa Boogie ® Rectifi er Series ® Late 2-Channel Dual Rectifi er (Red Channel) ® Drive Bass Treble Volume Recto Euro Bright Deep Shift Drive The later 2-channel Dual Rectifier circuits were voiced slightly brighter than the earlier models, which gives them a meaner, more aggressive tone which still sounds chunky enough for heavy rhythms.
  • Page 19 Orange Orange ® AD Series (cont.) AD-30 Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) Power Tubes: Cathode Biased EL-84, Push Pull Speaker Cabinet: 2 x 12” Celestion V30 Graphic Series GRO50, GRO100 (“Pics Only”) Crunch Bass Treble Volume...

  • Page 20: Soldano

    Soldano Soldano ® X-88R X-88R Preamp Red Channel Drive Bass Treble Volume Recto Euro Bright Deep Shift Drive The X-88R is a 3-channel rackmount preamp. The Red Channel is the classic Soldano Lead, from which the a majority of popular amplifiers from the ‘90s are based. Use the Bright Switch for the X-88R’s “Bright”...

  • Page 21: Splawn

    Splawn Splawn ® Nitro Nitro Overdrive Channel Drive Bass Treble Volume Recto Euro Bright Deep Shift Drive NOTE: These amps come with either EL34 or KT88 power tubes. Power Tubes: EL34 or KT88, Push Pull Speaker Cabinet: 4 x 12” Celestion G12M Heritage or Creamback NOTE: Many of the Splawn amplifiers use similar circuitry so expect to be able to approximate some of their tones as well with this model.

  • Page 22: Yamaha

    ® AC-30 (cont.) AC-30 T op Boost Bright Normal Bass Treble Volume Class Input Clean Vintage Vintage Shift EQ(+) This is based on the AC-30 Top Boost. The tone stack was a 2 control model which has a very unique response.
  • Page 23 Black Widow Audio Designs...

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