AC30
This particular AC30 is a 90’s Korg Era AC30 6TB with an original “6402” stamped G12M Celestion Greenback (the holy grail of greenbacks) and a new Fane Ascension F25 speaker. This amp has been heavily modded by Don “Toneman” Butler, a Los Angeles area legend. Don equipped this amp with a Mercury Magnetics Axiom transformer and choke, replaced all the signal path components, changed the filtering to JMI specs, upgraded various components and more. This amp is the tone I’ve been chasing in my head for years and the TONEX has finally given me a way to capture it in a pedalboard friendly package!
This particular AC30 is a 90’s Korg Era AC30 6TB with an original “6402” stamped G12M Celestion Greenback (the holy grail of greenbacks) and a new Fane Ascension F25 speaker. This amp has been heavily modded by Don “Toneman” Butler, a Los Angeles area legend. Don equipped this amp with a Mercury Magnetics Axiom transformer and choke, replaced all the signal path components, changed the filtering to JMI specs, upgraded various components and more. This amp is the tone I’ve been chasing in my head for years and the TONEX has finally given me a way to capture it in a pedalboard friendly package!
This particular AC30 is a 90’s Korg Era AC30 6TB with an original “6402” stamped G12M Celestion Greenback (the holy grail of greenbacks) and a new Fane Ascension F25 speaker. This amp has been heavily modded by Don “Toneman” Butler, a Los Angeles area legend. Don equipped this amp with a Mercury Magnetics Axiom transformer and choke, replaced all the signal path components, changed the filtering to JMI specs, upgraded various components and more. This amp is the tone I’ve been chasing in my head for years and the TONEX has finally given me a way to capture it in a pedalboard friendly package!
*All of my TONEX captures are in polarity with each other and pair very well in stereo or mono. Feel free to mix and match the PROSONIC, MATCH CLUB, or TCAT for amazing stereo width!
PRESETS
VERSION 1 (V1)
These presets are designed to be my go-to all around presets for a variety of guitars but sound particularly good with humbuckers. These are my two original captures and, in my opinion, still sound the best!
· TS AC30 V1 - 1 - G12M
· TS AC30 V1 - 2 - G12M
VERSION 2 (V2)
Based on popular demand to release a wider range of gain stages, I made another round of captures, attempting to dial in my exact same tonal settings as V1 but with just more range of gain. While there’s certainly more gain, despite my best efforts, there’s also a very very slight tonal difference. V2’s bass response is a tad different. Some may really like it so give it a shot! These are also great for those who prefer to run their input trim much lower. If setting your Input Trim to 0db, start with Gain stage 3 or 4 for a clean or edge of breakup tone.
· TS AC30 V2 - 1 - G12M
· TS AC30 V2 - 2 - G12M
· TS AC30 V2 - 3 - G12M
· TS AC30 V2 - 4 - G12M
· TS AC30 V2 - 5 - G12M
· TS AC30 V2 - 6 - G12M
· TS AC30 V2 - 7 - G12M
WARM (WRM)
Made in collaboration with Sam Wittek for his Telecaster equipped with bright Porter Custom single coil pickups. These presets are warmer than V1 and V2 to provide a smoother top end while still retaining clarity in the mix and work especially well with bright pickups.
· TS AC30 WRM 1 - F25
· TS AC30 WRM 1 - G12M
· TS AC30 WRM 2 - F25
· TS AC30 WRM 2 - G12M
· TS AC30 WRM 3 - F25
· TS AC30 WRM 3 - G12M
PRESET NAMING
CHARACTER
V1 My preferred original captures
V2 Very similar tone to V1 but with a wider range of gain
WRM Warm captures for single coils or other bright pickups
GAIN STAGES
1 Clean
2 Edge of Breakup
3 Crunch
4 Overdriven
5-7 Cranked
SPEAKERS
G12M 12” Celestion Greenback Speaker (original 90’s)
F25 12” Fane Ascension F25 Speaker (new)
