line6-demystified

List matching Line 6 terminology to its real-life inspiration

Variax guitar models

• T-Model → 1960 Fender Telecaster Custom
• Spank → 1959 Fender Stratocaster
• Lester → 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard
• Special → 1955 Gibson Les Paul Special + 1976 Firebird V
• R-Billy → 1959 Gretsch 6120 + 1959 Duo Jet
• Chime → 1966 Rickenbacker 370 & 160-12
• Semi → 1961 Gibson ES-335 & 1964 Casino
• Jazz → 1954 Gibson ES-175 & 1953 Gibson Super 400
• Acoustic → 1959 Martin D-28, 1970 Martin D12-28, 1967 Martin O-18, 1966 Guild F212, 1995 Gibson J-200
• Reso → 1935 Donbro Model 32 (aluminum body), Coral Sitar, 1999 Danelectro-esque Jerry Jones Shorthorn, Gibson Mastertone Banjo, 1928 National Tricone

Amps

• WhoWatt - Hiwatt® DR-103 Brill
• Soup Pro - Supro® S6616
• Stone Age - Gibson® EH-185
• Voltage Queen - Victoria® Electro King
• Tweed Blues - Fender® Bassman®
• US Small Tweed - Fender® Champ
• US Deluxe - Fender® Deluxe Reverb®
• US Double - Fender® Twin Reverb®
• Mail Order Twin - Silvertone® 1484
• Divided Duo - ÷13 JRT 9/15
• Interstate Zed - Dr Z® Route 66
• Derailed Ingrid - Trainwreck Circuits® Express
• Jazz Rivet 120 - Roland® JC-120 Jazz Chorus
• Essex A15 - Vox AC-15
• Essex A30 - Vox AC-30
• A30 Fawn - Vox® AC-30 Fawn
• Matchstick - Matchless DC-30
• Mandarin 80 - Orange™ OR80
• Brit J45 - Marshall JTM-45
• Brit Trem - Marshall® Plexi Tremolo 50
• Brit Plexi - Marshall® Super Lead 100
• Brit P75 - Marshall Park® 75
• Brit 2204 - Marshall JCM-800
• Placater - Friedman BE-100
• Cartographer - Ben Adrian Cartographer
• German Mahadeva - Bogner® Shiva®
• German Ubersonic - Bogner® Überschall®
• Cali Texas - MESA/Boogie® Lonestar
• Cali IV - MESA/Boogie® Mk IV
• Cali Rectifire - MESA/Boogie® Dual Rectifier®
• Archetype - PRS Archon
• ANGL Meteor - ENGL® Fireball 100
• Solo - Soldano® SLO-100
• PV - Peavey 5150
• Line 6 Elektrik - "This high-voltage, face-melting original has interactive presence & mid-range controls, with more gain than you can shake a stick at."
• Line 6 Doom = "It's a JCM800 preamp going into a Hiwatt® power amp with some additional tweaks."
• Line 6 Epic - "A metal-freindly beast that provides sustain for days at virtually any playing dynamic, giving up gobs of distortion with ease."
• Line 6 2204 - Marshall JCM-800
• Line 6 Fatality - "It's a heavily modified MESA rectifier." - Digital_Igloo, Line 6 staff
• Line 6 Litigator- "a smooth-overdriving, easy to play, mid-gain, high dollar boutique amp...heavily modded Fender and then hammered on and tweaked until we all liked playing it..." - Ben Adrian
• Line 6 Badonk - A high gain model with lots of low end headroom.

Bass amps

Cabinets

• Soup Pro Ellipse - 1 x 6×9″ Supro® S6616
• 1×8 Small Tweed - 1×8″ Fender® Champ
• 1×12 Field Coil - 1×12″ Gibson® EH185
• 1×12 US Deluxe - 1×12″ Fender® Deluxe Oxford
• 1×12 Celest 12H - 1×12″ ÷13 JRT 9/15 G12 H30
• 1×12 Blue Bell - 1×12″ Vox® AC-15 Blue
• 1×12 Lead 80 - 1×12″ Bogner® Shiva® CL80
• 2×12 Double C12N - 2×12″ Fender® Twin C12N
• 2×12 Mail C12Q - 2×12″ Silvertone® 1484
• 2×12 Interstate - 2×12″ Dr Z® Z Best V30
• 2×12 Jazz Rivet - 2×12″ Roland® JC-120
• 2×12 Silver Bell - 2×12″ Vox® AC-30TB Silver
• 2×12 Blue Bell - 2×12″ Vox® AC-30 Fawn Blue
• 4×12 WhoWatt 100 - 4×12″ Hiwatt® AP Fane®
• 4×12 Mandarin EM - 4×12″ Orange™ Eminence
• 4×12 Greenback25 - 4×12″ Marshall® Basketweave G12 M25
• 4×12 Greenback20 - 4×12″ Marshall® Basketweave G12 M20
• 4×12 Blackback30 - 4×12″ Park® 75 G12 H30
• 4×12 1960 T75 - 4×12″ Marshall® 1960 AT75
• 4×12 Uber V30 - 4×12″ Bogner® Uberkab V30
• 4×12 Uber T75 - 4×12″ Bogner® Uberkab T75
• 4×12 Cali V30 - 4×12″ MESA/Boogie® 4FB V30
• 4×12 XXL V30 - 4×12″ ENGL® XXL V30
• 4×12 SoloLead EM - 4×12″ Soldano®
• 1×12 Cali IV - MESA/Boogie® Mk IV 12” cab
• 1×12 Cali EXT - MESA/Boogie® 12” extension cab (EVM12L speaker)
• 2×12 Match H30 - Matchless® DC-30 cab (12” G12H30 speaker)
• 2×12 Match G25 - Matchless® DC-30 cab (12” Greenback 25 speaker)

Bass cabinets

• 4×10 Tweed P10R - 4×10″ Fender® Bassman® P10R
• 8×10 SV Beast - 8×10″ Ampeg® SVT
• 1×15 Tuck n’ Go - 1×15″ Ampeg® B-15
• 2×15 Brute - 2×15″ MESA/Boogie® 2×15 EV®
• 4×10 Rhino - 4×10″ Ampeg® SVT-410HLF
• 6×10 Cali Power - 6×10″ MESA/Boogie® Power House
• 1×12 Del Sol - Sunn® Coliseum 300 bass cab (12” speaker)
• 1×18 Del Sol - Sunn® Coliseum 300 bass cab (18” speaker)
• 1×18 Woody Blue - Acoustic® 360 18” bass cab

Preamps

Distortion

• Kinky Boost - Xotic Effects EP booster
• Minotaur - Klon Centaur
• Teemah! - Paul Cochrane Timmy Overdrive
• Compulsive Drive - Fulltone OCD
• Valve Driver - Chandler Tube Driver
• Top Secret OD - DOD OD-250
• Scream 808 - Ibanez Tube Screamer
• Hedgehog D9 - Maxon Sonic Distortion
• Stupor OD - Boss SD-1
• Vermin Dist - Pro Co Rat
• KWB - Benadrian Kowloon Walled Bunny Distortion
• Arbitrator Fuzz - Arbiter Electronics Ltd. Fuzz Face
• Triangle Fuzz - ElectroHarmonix Big Muff Pi
• Industrial Fuzz - Z.Vex Fuzz Factory
• Tycoctavia Fuzz - Tycobrahe® Octavia
• Wringer Fuzz - Garbage’s special BOSS® FZ-2
• Thrifter Fuzz - Line 6 Original
• Megaphone - Megaphone
• Bitcrusher - Line 6 Original
• Deez One Vintage - BOSS© DS-1 distortion pedal
• Deez One Mod - DS-1 Keeley Mod

Bass distortion

• Obsidian 7000 - Darkglass Electronics® Microtubes B7K Ultra bass preamp/overdrive/EQ
• Clawthorn Drive - Wounded Paw Battering Ram bass overdrive

Dynamics

EQ

Modulation

Delay

Reverb

Pitch/Synth

Filter

Wah

IR

Presets