Crate Amplifiers DXJ112 - Manual (Page 16)

DXJ112 Digital Guitar Amplifier
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Model Name Modeled After the... Brief Description
Top Mount Vox AC 30 Bright with a great clean sound at low gain, distorts smoothly at high gain
settings – an early 60’s amp with lots of 2nd and 3rd order harmonics,
favored by the Beatles for the rhythm and lead tracks in their early days
High Power Hi Watt DR An early 60’s “upmarket” alternative to the popular Marshall amp – loud-
er and cleaner than most
Studio Tweed Fender Deluxe 5E3 The sound from which Rock ‘n’ Roll was born – Fender’s early 50’s claim
to fame
Black Face Fender Deluxe Reverb AA763 The classic tube amp – one of the first amps with reverb, a mid-60’s sta-
ple to the rock and roll diet (considered by some to be one of the best
amps ever made)
Large Tweed Fender Bassman 5F6-A Originally designed for bass, favored by guitarists for its big sound – a late
50’s classic
60s Era UK Marshall 1959 The renowned “brown sound” – a softer, smoother Marshall than the
more modern creations
70s Era UK Marshall JCM 800 The sound of ROCK! – loud and powerful with a definitive edge
Fuzzbox Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face Jimi would be proud – the classic stomp box distortion of his day
Tube Rectifier Mesa-Boogie Dual Rectifier Barre chord Heaven – the beginning of the modern high-gain amp era
Calif Mod Mesa-Boogie Mark IIC+ Tons of overdrive and sustain; the sound of Santana! – the hot-rodded
powerhouse Simul-Class amplifier
Ampeg VL Ampeg VL-501 A hot-rodded Marshall-style amp – powerful, lots of distortion and multi-
ple gain stages
Flexwave Crate GX-140C The massively overdriven, solid state Crate sound preferred by Metal-
Heads everywhere – a solid-state competitor for most classic tube amps
due to Crate’s proprietary FlexWave circuitry
Vintage Club Crate VC-60 A unique combination of both modern high-gain and classic tube amps
– bringing back the “vintage” sound of the early days of rock
Blue Voodoo Crate BV-60 Awesome modern high-gain tone – smooth, clean, and powerful
Acoustic Boss AC-1 Acoustic Simulator Makes your electric guitar sound like an acoustic
Clean Crate GX-140C Clean Jazz sound – just enough of a an edge to get your message across
A l l - i m p o r t a n t , l e g a l , “ c o v e r - o u r - r e a r - e n d s ” b l u r b !
Vox, Hi Watt, Fender, Marshall, Dallas-Arbiter, Mesa-Boogie, Boss, and the names of their respective products are all trademarks of their
respective companies, and have no affiliation with Crate and/or SLM Electronics, or with the DXJ112 amplifier. These companies and their
products are acknowledged herein because we listened to their stuff and modeled some of their sounds into our amplifier.
Also, the above descriptions are paraphrased synopses of many of our own experiences with the amplifiers, along with information from the
“The Tube Amp Book, 4th Edition.”