THE LATEST AMP-EMULATOR pedal from UAFX offers three models from a stable of 1968 100-watt Marshalls: the Super Lead, Super Bass and Brown. The Brown is an exclusive setting that emulates a Super Lead with a Variac auto-transformer in line to lower the voltage in order to achieve the famed EVH brown sound. The Lion’s mission is to give players the ability to deploy the best-sounding vintage Marshalls and top it off with classic mic/speaker pairings, boosts and mods to provide produced-sounding tones without the hassle of setting up all the gear required to get there.
Since the UAFX team went to the trouble of sourcing exceptional amplifiers to emulate in the digital domain, it’s worth understanding how they differ. The 1968 Marshall Super Bass amp dispensed with a bright cap in order to give it a slightly darker crunch when overdriven. Presumably to enhance headroom (and by virtue make it great with pedals), the UAFX version emulates an amplifier running at 117 volts.
The 1968 Marshall Super Lead
