Of course the Amplitube 4 cab sim is considerably more flexible now than it was in the Amplitube 2/ X-Gear product era, so it is possible that a different tone could come from the all-original setup, but I’m not going to track down my old installation files to cook up a throwback installation just to see. I used the same mic models and the same mic model positioning on each, with each Champ’s matching cabinet model. I recorded one DI track and ran it through each Champ model in Amplitube, with the volume cranked. To get an idea of how things have progressed since 2009, I figured y’all might enjoy some comparison clips. You can get it now from the Custom Shop or in the Amplitube Max bundle, as well as its matching 1×8 cabinet.
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It’s enjoyable, responsive and barks when you crank it, but it’s not the classic sweet, worn-in sound.įender did reissue the ’57 Champ once and IK Multimedia modeled it through their officially certified model process – it represents a point somewhere between the Champ 600 and the Custom ’57 Champ in terms of modeling sophistication, having come out in the Amplitube 3.5 era. When I first got the chance to try Amplitube Fender (2009) (shout out to my former editor Will Chen at FrugalGuitarist!) something that really knocked me out was how accurate I felt its Champ 600 model was – I happened to have a Champ 600 as a practice amp at the time, and it was really close in sound and feel! But anyone who has played it knows it isn’t exactly the same as the classic Fender Champ sound. IK Multimedia (hereafter IKMM) has a history with Fender that at this point has produced a plethora of digital models of classic and modern Fender gear.