Yek's Guide to the Fractal Audio Amplifier Models
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Yek’s Guide to the Fractal Audio Amplifier Models Original content by Yek Content: Alexander van Engelen (yek) Additional content by Simviz Additional content by Simviz Firmware: Q3.03 Revision: December 2016 Firmware: Quantum 6.01 Fractal Audio Amplifier Models Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction by simviz ............................................................................................................................. 7 Introduction by yek .................................................................................................................................. 8 Disclaimers ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Guide Revisions ......................................................................................................................................10 The Amps ...............................................................................................................................................11 5F1 Tweed (Fender Narrow Panel Tweed Champ, 5F1) ....................................................................12 5F8 Tweed (Keith Urban's Fender Narrow Panel high-powered Tweed Twin, 5F8) .........................14 6G4 Super ('60 brown Fender Super, 6G4)........................................................................................17 6G12 Concert ('60 brown Fender Concert, 6G12) .............................................................................19 59 Bassguy ('59 Fender Narrow Panel Tweed Bassman, 5F6-A) .......................................................21 65 Bassguy (Dweezil Zappa’s '65 blackface Fender Bassman, AB165) ..............................................24 1959SLP (Marshall SLP1959, Vintage Re-Issue Series) ......................................................................27 1987X (Marshall 1987X, Vintage Re-issue Series) .............................................................................31 5153 (EVH 5150-III) ............................................................................................................................34 AC-20 (Morgan AC20 Deluxe) ............................................................................................................37 Angle Severe (Engl Savage 120) .........................................................................................................39 Atomica (Cameron Atomica) .............................................................................................................41 Band-Commander ('68 Fender Bandmaster, AB763) ........................................................................43 Big Hair (FAS custom model) .............................................................................................................45 Blanknshp Leeds (Blankenship Leeds 21) ..........................................................................................46 Bludojai (Bludotone Ojai)...................................................................................................................48 Bogfish (Bogner Fish preamp) ...........................................................................................................51 Boutique (Matchless Chieftain) .........................................................................................................52 Brit 800 and Brit 800 Mod (Marshall JCM 800) .................................................................................54 Brit AFS100 and Brit Super (Marshall AFD100, Slash’s signature amp) ............................................57 Brit Brown and FAS Brown (FAS custom models)..............................................................................59 Brit JM45 (Marshall JTM 45) ..............................................................................................................61 Brit JVM (Marshall JVM410H) ............................................................................................................64 Brit Pre (Marshall JMP-1 preamp) .....................................................................................................66 Brit Silver (Marshall Silver Jubilee) ....................................................................................................67 Brit Super (Marshall AFD100, Slash’s signature amp) .......................................................................69 Buttery (Budda Twinmaster) .............................................................................................................70 1 Fractal Audio Amplifier Models CA OD-2 (Carol-Ann OD2) ..................................................................................................................72 CA Triptik (Carol-Ann Triptik) .............................................................................................................75 CA Tucana (Carol-Ann Tucana 3) .......................................................................................................78 CA3+ (Custom Audio Amplifiers 3+ SE preamp) ................................................................................81 Cali Leggy and Legato 100 (Carvin Legacy VL100, Steve Vai’s signature amp) .................................83 Cameron CCV (Cameron CCV-100) ....................................................................................................85 Capt Hook (HOOK Captain 34) ...........................................................................................................88 Car Roamer (Carr Rambler) ...............................................................................................................91 Citrus A30 (Orange AD30HTC) ...........................................................................................................94 Citrus Bass 200 (Orange AD200B) ......................................................................................................96 Citrus RV50 (Orange Rockerverb 50 MK II) ........................................................................................98 Citrus Terrier (Orange Tiny Terror) ..................................................................................................100 Class-A 15W TB (VOX AC15) ............................................................................................................102 Class-A 30W (VOX AC30) .................................................................................................................106 Class-A 30W: Normal channel of a non-Top Boost AC30 ............................................................107 Class-A 30W BRT: Bright channel of a non-Top Boost AC30 .......................................................107 Class-A 30W TB: Top Boost channel of the AC30 Hand-Wired ...................................................107 Class-A 30W HOT: Hot mode of the AC30 Hand-Wired ..............................................................107 Comet 60 (Komet 60) .......................................................................................................................109 Comet Concourse (Komet Concorde) ..............................................................................................112 Corncob M50 (Cornford MK50 II) ....................................................................................................115 Das Metall (Diezel VH4) ...................................................................................................................117 Deluxe Tweed (Fender Tweed Deluxe, 5E3) ....................................................................................118 Deluxe Verb ('65 blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb, AB763) ............................................................121 Dirty Shirley (Friedman Dirty Shirley) ..............................................................................................124 Div/13 CJ11 (Divided By 13 CJ 11) ...................................................................................................126 Div/13 FT37 (Divided By 13 FTR 37).................................................................................................128 Dizzy V4 and Das Metall (Diezel VH4) ..............................................................................................130 Double Verb (Fender Twin Reverb) .................................................................................................134 Double Verb NRM: ‘66 blackface 85 watt, AB763 circuit, Normal channel ................................135 Double Verb SF: ‘71 silverface, 100 watt, Vibrato channel .........................................................135 Double Verb VIB: ‘66 blackface 85 watt, AB763 circuit, Vibrato channel ...................................135 Dweezil’s B-man (modded ’65 blackface Fender Bassman, AB165) ...............................................137 Energyball (Engl Powerball) .............................................................................................................138 Euro Blue and Red (Bogner Ecstasy, 20th Anniversary edition) .......................................................140 2 Fractal Audio Amplifier Models Euro Uber (Bogner Uberschall) ........................................................................................................144 FAS custom models ..........................................................................................................................146