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and Reverb to liven it up as well as applying EQ.
Examining the EQ shows us that they have
dropped the Low EQ 4dB, Pushed up 500Hz and
around by 2dB and 4kHz has been cut be 2dB. I
suspect the main tinny sound is from the cut to the
Low EQ combined with preamp colouring of
B=20, M=50, T=80 which certainly is biased
towards a more trebly sound. It is supposed to be
this way!
57-3 POWER TWIN
Good example of pushing the Clean TWIN too far.
If you do this is what it will sound like. It is
actually pretty damn crunchy. Certainly given over
to a fuzz vein.
63-1 COOL CLEAN
Another Clean TWIN patch with much more body
than Clean JC-120. Here the compressor, delay,
chorus and reverb are all employed to help create
the sound. A light dosing of EQ has been applied
(+3dB High, +1dB 1kHz), as well as a preamp
colouring of B=60, M=80, T=60, adds up to cancel
out a lot of middle scoop from this patch.
64-1 JAZZ CLEAN
I feel this Clean TWIN patch is a little on the more
treble side on a humbucker than I would like. This
just goes to show how a fixed frequency wah can
affect the sound.
64-2 CLEAN LINE
If you excuse the EQing you can hear the
AC.Guitar preamp jangle from a mile away. Again,
a familiar style of patch from Roland with a
Limiter, Chorus and Reverb thrown in with the EQ
to liven the sound up. This is a nice light patch—
even with a neck single. You can now see how the
preamp at the centre of the patch can influence the
general body and feel.
65-1 CLEAN TWIN
Well, well, well. Just about as near to 'Flat Amp' as
Roland would go! Here we have nothing but the
straight preamp and a little bit of reverb. This is
the sort of thing that you might set-up for use as a
base.
65-2 BRIGHT TWIN
This patch is very similar to CLEAN JC120. The
contrast between this and Clean TWIN just shows
you how versatile the Clean TWIN is. Here the
preamp has the bass cut right back to give a more
treble sound.
65-3 CLEAN STACK
If you play this without the speaker sim through a
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clean power amp the excessive reverb makes it
sound like it is overdriving. Well, at times it
does—but not all the time. I think this clean sound
is really starting to border onto an overdriven
sound though—you know the feeling of 'any
further and you are going to know!! Interestingly
enough here is an MS1959 preamp being used at a
volume of 60 but at low gain. Indeed the preamp
seems relatively clean. However play really
heavily and it is possible to get this to crunch.
65-4 MILD CLEAN
This is another Crunch preamp but although this
time it is at 35 it will crunch if pushed slightly. The
main problem with this ptach, is too much reverb.
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