Hipower Jumped + KT77s + 70% bias = Meaty Tele tone

[Joe Bfstplk]

Down 2D River - P2_2.syx <--- NOTE: apparently right-click and save as seems to be the hip trick here to avoid a browser tab full of gibberish.

@2112 - here's that preset I mentioned.

Not sure why the stock Hipower bias setting is 50%, given that they were famous for having a bias supply that barely had enough voltage. I have personally modded at least one HIWATT 50W to increase available bias to be able to bias it at a reasonable idle current. Anyhoo, the model really opens up nicely with warmer bias.

Preset is set up for 3 pedals:
FC1 P1 --> Main volume
FC1 P2 --> Dry/Chorus/Delay+Dirt
FC1 P3 --> Wah

My FC is set up thusly for this preset:

 

[2112]

Looking forward to trying this. I've overlooked the Hiwatts so this sounds fun!

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Looking forward to trying this. I've overlooked the Hiwatts so this sounds fun!

This is one of my top 5 cleans. 6G4/6G12 is another. Sounds great with a Tele or Strat....

 

[madmarcus1960]

Yours link opens a page of syx code. Any chance you can attach the preset again. Thanks

 

[bradlake]

Yours link opens a page of syx code. Any chance you can attach the preset again. Thanks

check the filename, your computer might have changed it to a txt, change it back to a .syx

 

[madmarcus1960]

How? Sorry never seen this. Doesn't give me the option to just save as. Only open as a link

 

[madmarcus1960]

Got it, massage temples, stop brain cramp!

 

[iaresee]

I've never been wow'ed by the Hi-Watts. Looking forward to trying this out.

 

[mistermikev]

perhaps because I haven't upgraded to 10 yet... but this just dissapears after I try to load it. for the record... I did try to try it!

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Yours link opens a page of syx code. Any chance you can attach the preset again. Thanks

Ok, will see if it somehow got bollocksed up on my end and try to reload/replace the file.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

perhaps because I haven't upgraded to 10 yet... but this just dissapears after I try to load it. for the record... I did try to try it!

Yes, that is probably why.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

BTW, it sounds great with my Strat, too, which currently has a set of three Wilde/Lawrence L45S pickups....

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

Looks like right-clicking and doing a "Save as" or "Save linked content as" works.

 

[unix-guy]

perhaps because I haven't upgraded to 10 yet... but this just dissapears after I try to load it. for the record... I did try to try it!

If the firmware used to create this preset is newer than the version you are running, the preset will show as blank.

 

[mistermikev]

If the firmware used to create this preset is newer than the version you are running, the preset will show as blank.

joe sort of confirmed earlier, but I def appreciate the more direct answer.
funny, fractal has me so spoiled by updates they have become a nuisance (not really, I def appreciate them)

 

[mistermikev]

so, finally got around to update tonight. just tested this out -here are my observations. since I haven't bothered to hookup exp pedals... at first I was all 'say what?' (jk) because I could see that I was hearing all usa2 and no hiwatt. disabled the controllers on the mixer and turned off the usa2 to a pleasant sound. much more what I was anticipating. fx are nice and subtle - I def appreciate that. turned them off to get a better feel for how your amp changes sounded... real nice. thanks for sharing.

 

[Joe Bfstplk]

so, finally got around to update tonight. just tested this out -here are my observations. since I haven't bothered to hookup exp pedals... at first I was all 'say what?' (jk) because I could see that I was hearing all usa2 and no hiwatt. disabled the controllers on the mixer and turned off the usa2 to a pleasant sound. much more what I was anticipating. fx are nice and subtle - I def appreciate that. turned them off to get a better feel for how your amp changes sounded... real nice. thanks for sharing.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I think the P2 was defaulting to 100% due to being absent, which is why you got the lead IIC+ sound.

BTW, I have a pair of old trusty Roland EV controllers sitting here taking up space if you want to use them. They work fine with the Axe, but I wanted the FC2 pedals to match the Axe.... That Chorus/Pitch/MultDly group is anything but subtle when the P2 is in the middle of its range.

I might put up the scenes-based version of this same preset at some point. Doing the 10.01 and 1.03.08 updates currently....

 

[mistermikev]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I think the P2 was defaulting to 100% due to being absent, which is why you got the lead IIC+ sound.

BTW, I have a pair of old trusty Roland EV controllers sitting here taking up space if you want to use them. They work fine with the Axe, but I wanted the FC2 pedals to match the Axe.... That Chorus/Pitch/MultDly group is anything but subtle when the P2 is in the middle of its range.

I might put up the scenes-based version of this same preset at some point. Doing the 10.01 and 1.03.08 updates currently....

thank you very much Joe that is very generous/kind of you to offer. I actually have a roland ev(great controller) and a line6 one as well... just haven't bothered to hook them up (yes, I'm exactly that lazy!). It'd be nice if the axe had fail-over settings for controllers and such, then again it'd be nice if it would make my coffee this morning!

 

[Black Barrell]

Will this pre set work on my AX8?

 

[Piing]

Will this pre set work on my AX8?

Presets are not backwards compatible. But you can open it with FracTool to view the settings and manually translate them to the AX8