Quick Start Manual

Sub Octave Fuzz – Inspired by* the PAiA Roctave Divider
Nosurpriseshere–thismodelisafuzzwithanoctavebelow!It’sjustwhatyouneedtogivethoseMoogplayersts–deepfat
squarewavedistortionwithenoughgrindandglorytoshameanyanalogsynth.TheRoctaveDividerpedalmadeanamefor
itselfbycombiningadoubleoctaveshiftwithfuzzcapability.Ourmodelgivesyouthatsamekindofoctaveshift-plus-fuzzexpe-
rience,butwithourownparticularavoroffuzzforthefuzzpartoftheexperience.OurmodelincludesBASS and TREBLE
tone controls, and the MID knob allows you to blend in just the right amount of the lower octave effect. DRIVE, of course,
controlstheamountoffuzz.
Octave Fuzz – Based on* the Tycobrahe Octavia
Whatwasthat?IfitsoundedlikeaphantomguitarpossessedbyTheGhostofGreatGuitaristsPast,thenitprobablywasan
Octavia.TheOctaviaisanexampleofafuzz+octaveeffect.OnepioneeringuserofthistypeofeffectwasJimiHendrix.The
TychobraheOctaviawasusedbyJeffBeck,andcontinuestobeanessentialpartofMichaelLandau’stonemakingtoolkit.The
Octavia uses an audio output transformer and two germanium diodes to rectify (a fancy word for whack) the guitar signal, thus
creatingthehighoctavetypesound.Forourmodel,westudiedtheoriginalpicturedhere.Weknewwehadakeeperwhenevery
guitarist in the building wanted to take it home for a little of their own after hours “research.”
Line 6 Distortion – Completely over the top
Whatcanwesay?Wewereleftonourownforjustalittletoolong,andthisisthenemesswegotourselvesinto.Sure,it’s
massive.Yes,it’soverthetop.Okay,it’sawholelottacrazy...Sowhenareyougonnamakeahitrecordwiththiseffectsowe
canuseyouasourmusicalexample?Ofcourse,we’dlikeacreditinthelinernotes,ticketstotheGrammy’s,andtheobligatory
mention in your acceptance speech!
Line 6 Drive – Time Travelling in the Tonal Dimension
Westartedwiththispremise:whatifwecouldgobacktothe60’sandbeapartofthefuzzrevolution?Orhowaboutdesigning
distortionsinthebighair80’s?Infact,whatifwegaveyouyourowngrit-makingtonemachine,capableofvisitinganyoneof
thoseseminalmomentsofguitartonehistory,aswellaspointsinbetween.WiththeLine6Drivemodel,we’vedonejustthat.
Think of the MIDknobasyourveryowntimecontrol.Setitfullycounterclockwiseatitsminimumposition,andyou’retrans-
portedtothetimeofthosecheezyJapanesefuzzboxclonesofthe70’s.Spintheknobuptoward12o’clock,andyoustepinto
themoremodernneighborhoodofhighgainhardrocktone.And,then,ifyouturntheknobfullyclockwisetoitsmaximum
position,getsettoashbacktothemid-60’s.
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whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.