Yamaha FX550 - Manual (Page 11)

Chapter 2: Let's Plug In & Play
Type No. Title Style
Backing
distortion
effects
(cleaner than
lead effects)
22 Brick Wall This is suitable for straight rock ’n’ roll backing. It has a dry distortion sound.
23 Single Coil Definitely recommended for use with single-coil guitars.
24 Universal
The distortion level and the sound created at high levels can be controlled by applying
different picking strengths. Suitable for anyone who prefers nuances.
25 Strut-crunch This is a crunchy (but almost clean) distortion suitable for single coil (Strat-type) guitars.
26 Breakdown This sound will be familiar to you if you listened to L.A. pop in the early 80’s.
27 Clipper It matches all kinds of sound. You can edit the delay time according to the tempo.
28 New Fuse
This is an all-purpose distortion effect. It emphasizes the middle-low sound range compared
to No. 27.
29 LA Luck
This is a rich wide fat distortion for the lower sound range. Recommended for strong picking
on Les Paul guitars.
30 Sky High Eric Johnson style with clear distortion. It is suitable for guitar melodies.
31 City Parks
This is another crunchy distortion. When the sound volume is decreased, the distortion goes
away, allowing cutting or oblique motion phrasing.
32 Twin Twang This is a slight distortion rather different from crunch. It is suitable for country music.
33 Pop Top This can be used for all kinds of sound. You can apply delay by editing.
Clean effects
for cutting and
arpeggio
effects and
for amplified
acoustic
instruments
34 Syrup Pat.Metheny style with a deep effect. Recommended for use with neck humbucking pickups.
35 Metro Police Andy Summer-style backing. Try experimenting with the chorus and reverb parameters.
36 U-turn A clean effect with light harmonization and feedback. Try cutting hard with this one.
37 Clear Cut Clean cutting effect with a light rotary-style modulation. Try adjusting the speed.
38 Studio Sweep Use this delay effect for backing and arpeggio work.
39 Clean Solo
An effect with compressor for solo guitar. Experiment with the equalization until you find the
setting that fits your guitar best.
40 Sharpeggio
Mainly for arpeggios. Adjust the delay time and number of repeats, as well as the value for
fine pitch.
41 Cosmic Dance Rich reverb and a pitch delay - for arpeggio playing.
42 Light Steps Similar to No. 37, but brighter, and with chorus added.
43 Fun-Kut A deeply-modulated effect with a cutting edge - use for funk cutting.
For slide
guitar
44 Slider A distorted, bluesy effect for bottleneck guitar.
45 Monk Akka 2
An improvement of the “Monk Akka” sound on the FX500. The sound continues even when
you’ve stopped!
Acoustic
46 Straight Nylon
For an amplified gut-strung guitar. Number 46 is “straight”, and Number 47 has a slight
modulation added.
47 Processed Nylon
Bass effects
48 Better Bass Basic bass effect for use with fingers or plectrum.
49 Slap Bass Adds modulation to slapped bass.
50 Delay Slap Bass A bass effect with a short delay and modulation.