Hi All,
I was working on a Greg Howe patch but got distracted by making a Guthrie Govan style tone (I mean, Guthrie draws inspiration from Greg right?). Man, what a player and what a great sound. I love the dark and woody tone he has. Might Guthrie go down in history as the best all-around player ever?
Anyways, I spent some time squinting at this video:
And was able to discern his Cornford overdriven amp settings in the clip, which are as follows when translated to the AXE III Cornfed model:
Input Drive - 7
Overdrive - 8
Bass - 4
Mid - 6.5
Treble - 4
Presence - 5
Depth - 5
Master Volume - 4
I didn't always have much luck with previous generations of fractal gear when just plugging in settings found on the front of amps, but this is turning out not to be the case with the III. The modelling is deadly accurate in this magical box, and now I spend most of my tweaking time trying out IR's as a few quick settings changes on the Authentic tab seems to be all the tweaking I need to do these days to get a killer amp part of the tone.
I created a patch with these settings and the Cornfed model, added a TS808 (Drv = 0, Level = 6) and added a little delay and reverb. I paired this with the 1x12 TRIPTIK MIX cab and I think this patch sounds great and definitely has a Guthrie vibe (minus his godly hands).
So here is the patch for anyone else that might like to try. For reference I was using an RG with a Tone Zone in the bridge and Air Norton in the neck when building the patch, but it works great with other guitars I have tried too. If you want a little more bite, unmute the 1x12 Class A IR in the cab block and/or also try raising the presence and treble. Have also tried a BB Pre in the front at stock settings which adds more sizzle and sounds great too.
By the way, is anyone else using the 1x12 TRIPTIK MIX IR? This seems to be a hidden jem to me. I just can't seem to fault this IR. I found it while trialing cabs using ears and not eyes. Boy am I glad I did. I have also never played with the Cornfed model - what an excellent amp.
Let me know what you think
I was working on a Greg Howe patch but got distracted by making a Guthrie Govan style tone (I mean, Guthrie draws inspiration from Greg right?). Man, what a player and what a great sound. I love the dark and woody tone he has. Might Guthrie go down in history as the best all-around player ever?
Anyways, I spent some time squinting at this video:
And was able to discern his Cornford overdriven amp settings in the clip, which are as follows when translated to the AXE III Cornfed model:
Input Drive - 7
Overdrive - 8
Bass - 4
Mid - 6.5
Treble - 4
Presence - 5
Depth - 5
Master Volume - 4
I didn't always have much luck with previous generations of fractal gear when just plugging in settings found on the front of amps, but this is turning out not to be the case with the III. The modelling is deadly accurate in this magical box, and now I spend most of my tweaking time trying out IR's as a few quick settings changes on the Authentic tab seems to be all the tweaking I need to do these days to get a killer amp part of the tone.
I created a patch with these settings and the Cornfed model, added a TS808 (Drv = 0, Level = 6) and added a little delay and reverb. I paired this with the 1x12 TRIPTIK MIX cab and I think this patch sounds great and definitely has a Guthrie vibe (minus his godly hands).
So here is the patch for anyone else that might like to try. For reference I was using an RG with a Tone Zone in the bridge and Air Norton in the neck when building the patch, but it works great with other guitars I have tried too. If you want a little more bite, unmute the 1x12 Class A IR in the cab block and/or also try raising the presence and treble. Have also tried a BB Pre in the front at stock settings which adds more sizzle and sounds great too.
By the way, is anyone else using the 1x12 TRIPTIK MIX IR? This seems to be a hidden jem to me. I just can't seem to fault this IR. I found it while trialing cabs using ears and not eyes. Boy am I glad I did. I have also never played with the Cornfed model - what an excellent amp.
Let me know what you think
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