The whizzer lives! In the Axe-Fx II!
This patch had been worked on for a few weeks now but I had to wait for the FW 14.00 beta to drop on the general population to unleash it. It was born out of a discussion around Neil's crazy, melt-down Tweed Deluxe tones and how one might achieve them using an Axe-Fx II.
The patch uses the OH_112_DLX_J12-PR_SP UltraRes IR in user slot 009. This IR is available for free with the latest firmware download.
A lot of it comes down to the big V -- volume. You need a lot of it. The more you can use, the better it feedbacks, the more you have to wrestle with the chaos to keep it at bay with this patch. Headphones just don't do it justice here.
The patch is setup with the Scene 1 sound match, by ear, to Cortez The Killer off Live Rust. I matched it using the totally wrong guitar: my '95 PRS Standard. It's a 24 fret, all mahogany guitar that's pretty dark. So bear that in mind before you turn it up loud and get a ice pick in your ear -- my guitars are dark guitars. Got it? Riding the volume on Scene 1, I can play along for far too long with Live Rust. It cleans up right, with my guitar, and screams right when I open it up.
A moment, if you don't mind, to discuss my amp choice: '65 Bassguy! That's right! NOT THE DELUXE! Why? It sounded more right when I was playing along. Remember Neil's Deluxe is heavily modded. Who knows what it's really like under the hood any more? It sure as hell ain't stock. So follow your ears I say! I left an AMP 2 block in the patch with a Deluxe model if you want to A/B. Where I really thought the '65 Bassguy model won out over the Deluxe Tweed is when you roll the volume waaaaaaaay back your guitar. The '65 Bassguy says bright and crisp, with a little edge. The Deluxe Tweed not so much.
The scenes follow the whizzer settings as described here more or less kind of not really at all but you get the idea.
So:
Scene 1: all out, compressed and driven to the edge
Scene 2: backed off a bit, still driven but not as compressed
Scene 3: backed off a bit more
Scene 4: cleaned up quite a bit, not at all like his settings I suspect
And there's:
A reverb tank in front of the chain. An old Dist+ pedal. An octave pedal for the true insanity (try this while solo'ing over Cinnamon Girl and using Scene 2 or 3 instead of 1 -- mmmmmm oh yea!). A tape delay for a little slap back. A filter block in case you want to really tear your head off with a 4 dB boost. And some room reverb so you feel like a god on a stage rockin' in the free world.
Play around with the mix on the REV 2 block out in front of the signal chain. It might be a little high in the mix. I backed it off to about 6% after I uploaded the patch and like it a little better so adjust to taste.
I'm sure you get the idea.
Here's the patch: http://axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=2335
Maybe I'll do a clip this weekend after this week calms down a bit. Until then: Play all the wrong notes but play them LOUD and you'll never go wrong!
This patch had been worked on for a few weeks now but I had to wait for the FW 14.00 beta to drop on the general population to unleash it. It was born out of a discussion around Neil's crazy, melt-down Tweed Deluxe tones and how one might achieve them using an Axe-Fx II.
The patch uses the OH_112_DLX_J12-PR_SP UltraRes IR in user slot 009. This IR is available for free with the latest firmware download.
A lot of it comes down to the big V -- volume. You need a lot of it. The more you can use, the better it feedbacks, the more you have to wrestle with the chaos to keep it at bay with this patch. Headphones just don't do it justice here.
The patch is setup with the Scene 1 sound match, by ear, to Cortez The Killer off Live Rust. I matched it using the totally wrong guitar: my '95 PRS Standard. It's a 24 fret, all mahogany guitar that's pretty dark. So bear that in mind before you turn it up loud and get a ice pick in your ear -- my guitars are dark guitars. Got it? Riding the volume on Scene 1, I can play along for far too long with Live Rust. It cleans up right, with my guitar, and screams right when I open it up.
A moment, if you don't mind, to discuss my amp choice: '65 Bassguy! That's right! NOT THE DELUXE! Why? It sounded more right when I was playing along. Remember Neil's Deluxe is heavily modded. Who knows what it's really like under the hood any more? It sure as hell ain't stock. So follow your ears I say! I left an AMP 2 block in the patch with a Deluxe model if you want to A/B. Where I really thought the '65 Bassguy model won out over the Deluxe Tweed is when you roll the volume waaaaaaaay back your guitar. The '65 Bassguy says bright and crisp, with a little edge. The Deluxe Tweed not so much.
The scenes follow the whizzer settings as described here more or less kind of not really at all but you get the idea.
So:
Scene 1: all out, compressed and driven to the edge
Scene 2: backed off a bit, still driven but not as compressed
Scene 3: backed off a bit more
Scene 4: cleaned up quite a bit, not at all like his settings I suspect
And there's:
A reverb tank in front of the chain. An old Dist+ pedal. An octave pedal for the true insanity (try this while solo'ing over Cinnamon Girl and using Scene 2 or 3 instead of 1 -- mmmmmm oh yea!). A tape delay for a little slap back. A filter block in case you want to really tear your head off with a 4 dB boost. And some room reverb so you feel like a god on a stage rockin' in the free world.
Play around with the mix on the REV 2 block out in front of the signal chain. It might be a little high in the mix. I backed it off to about 6% after I uploaded the patch and like it a little better so adjust to taste.
I'm sure you get the idea.
Here's the patch: http://axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=2335
Maybe I'll do a clip this weekend after this week calms down a bit. Until then: Play all the wrong notes but play them LOUD and you'll never go wrong!
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