The genuine analog SansAmp circuitry features Drive and Level controls, an active three-band EQ, and three selectable amp voicings:
TWEED = Fender®-style BRITISH = Marshall®-style CALIFORNIA = Mesa/Boogie®-style
When you select one of the 3 pre-voiced amp styles, every dimension of each individual personality changes. It is not merely a difference in EQ or gain structure. Each amplifier type has its own tonality and its own input sensitivity. Each interacts differently to the dynamics of your playing style and to the signal level of the instrument.
While you upgrade your sound, you can downsize your arsenal. Or not. You decide how much gear you want to carry around:
LISTEN TO SOUND SAMPLE Left channel: Preset: Fender Twin-style Guitar: Yamaha Pacifica 904 on neck/middle pickup combination Effects: Slight compression and room reverb added during mixdown
Right channel: Preset: Fender Twin-style Guitar: Fender Telecaster on neck pickup Effects: Slight compression and room reverb added during mixdown
Lead Guitar (enters at 0:10): Preset: Fender Twin-style with slightly less gain Guitar: Yamaha Pacifica 904 on neck/middle pickup combination Effects: Slight compression and stereo delay added during mixdown Bass Guitar: Preset: SVT-style Guitar: Fender Jazz Effects: Slight compression added during mixdown
LISTEN TO SOUND SAMPLE 0:00 to 0:10: Preset: Vox-style Guitar left channel: Yamaha Pacifica 112 on bridge humbucker Guitar right channel: Yamaha Pacifica 904 on bridge single coil 0:10 to ending (rhythm and lead) Preset: Van Halen-style Guitar: Fender Cyclone on bridge pickup Effects: Slight room reverb on rhythm guitar added during mixdown
Note: Drive control increased to max for tapping lead part
Bass Guitar: Preset: SVT-style Guitar: Fender Jazz Effects: Slight compression added during mixdown
LISTEN TO SOUND SAMPLE Left channel: Preset: Metallica-style Right channel: Preset: Pantera-style Guitar: Ibanez RG-570 on bridge pickup Bass Guitar: Preset: Bassman-style Guitar: Fender Jazz Effects: Slight compression added during mixdown
LISTEN TO SOUND SAMPLE 0:00 to 0:07 Preset: SVT-style (fingered) 0:07 to 0:10
Preset: Bassman-style (picked) 0:10 to end
Preset: King's X-style (power chords/punches) Guitar: Fender Jazz Effects: Slight compression added during mixdown
All tracks composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Fred St-Gelais (http://www.fredstgelais.com) at Studio La Chambre, Quebec, Canada.
Guitar, bass, drums and loops by Fred St-Gelais.
Additional drum loops courtesy of Spectrasonics' Burnin' Grooves and Backbeat.
