AC30 - TX

$24.99

This particular AC30 is a 90’s Korg Era AC30/6TB with 2X12 Celestion “6402” stamped Greenbacks. These particular speakers are the holy grail of Greenbacks and compliment this amp spectacularly. But this is no off-the-shelf AC30 either—it’s been heavily modified 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 2X12 Celestion “6402” stamped Greenbacks. These particular speakers are the holy grail of Greenbacks and compliment this amp spectacularly. But this is no off-the-shelf AC30 either—it’s been heavily modified 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!

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Sale Price: $19.99 Original Price: $24.99
POG2 Presets

*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 2 (V2)

Captured with the new TONEX V2 Modeler set to “Extended Training” for the highest quality possible. All V2 captures, no matter the manufacturer, are perfectly in phase (polarity) with each other and have the same amount of latency. I also made sure all of my V1 captures are in polarity with the new V2 captures so you can mix and match if you wish. See this video for details.

*For all V2 captures, set Input Trim to 0db

Brighter (Humbuckers)                           

  • TS AC30 HB GB V2 – 1 

  • TS AC30 HB GB V2 – 2

  • TS AC30 HB GB V2 – 3 

  • TS AC30 HB GB V2 – 4 

  • TS AC30 HB GB V2 – HEAD 1

  • TS AC30 HB GB V2 – HEAD 2

  • TS AC30 HB GB V2 – HEAD 3 

  • TS AC30 HB GB V2 – HEAD 4

Warmer (Single Coils)

  • TS AC30 SC GB V2 – 1 

  • TS AC30 SC GB V2 – 2

  • TS AC30 SC GB V2 – 3 

  • TS AC30 SC GB V2 – 4 

  • TS AC30 SC GB V2 – HEAD 1

  • TS AC30 SC GB V2 – HEAD 2

  • TS AC30 SC GB V2 – HEAD 3 

  • TS AC30 SC GB V2 – HEAD 4

Impulse Responses (IRs)

  • TS IR AC30 HB GB 545SD 48kHz

  • TS IR AC30 HB GB 545SD 96kHz

  • TS IR AC30 SC GB 545SD 48kHz

  • TS IR AC30 SC GB 545SD 96kHz

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 1.5 (V1.5)

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 V1.5 - 1 - G12M

  • TS AC30 V1.5 - 2 - G12M

  • TS AC30 V1.5 - 3 - G12M

  • TS AC30 V1.5 - 4 - G12M

  • TS AC30 V1.5 - 5 - G12M

  • TS AC30 V1.5 - 6 - G12M

  • TS AC30 V1.5 - 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.

SAM’S DEMO VIDEO

  • TS AC30 V1 WRM 1 - F25

  • TS AC30 V1 WRM 1 - G12M

  • TS AC30 V1 WRM 2 - F25

  • TS AC30 V1 WRM 2 - G12M

  • TS AC30 V1 WRM 3 - F25

  • TS AC30 V1 WRM 3 - G12M

 

PRESET NAMING

CHARACTER

V2                   Captured with the new V2 Modeler on Extended Training

V1                    My original captures

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

GB / G12M      12” Celestion Greenback Speaker (original 90’s)

F25                 12” Fane Ascension F25 Speaker (new)