Marshall AVT150 Suggested Settings

Suggested Settings

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On all the following suggested settings you will immediately notice how rich and authentic the
sounds are. As you will hear, even on clean settings Advanced Valvestate Technology adds those
subtle harmonics and that desirable compression which only a classic all-valve amp can normally
deliver.

Bright Piezo Acoustic

‘Bright Piezo Acoustic’ closely simulates
the sound of a piezo equipped semi-acoustic.
This setting works best with the neck pickup.
Adding some Chorus/Room effect (Program

14) will give a 12 string sound for folky
strumming.

Mellow Jumbo

Engaging the Body Switch (4) and
decreasing the Top control (3) will give a really
full ‘Jumbo Acoustic’ type sound. Add some
Hall Reverb (Program 2) for atmospheric
acoustic lead work.

Funky Clean

A really bright clean which still maintains
mid definition. This is best used in conjunction
with a single-coil neck pick-up or the
neck/bridge combination on a humbucker
equipped guitar. Keeping the Gain control low
ensures a clean preamp signal and also helps
feed extra treble through to the power amplifier
for additional brightness and cut.

Blues Clean

Here the preamp Gain is increased and
what you start to hear is pure, harmonically rich
break-up and compression from the internal
Marshall ECC83 preamp valve. Again the neck
pick-up on a single coil guitar or the neck/
bridge combination on a humbucker-loaded
guitar will deliver the warmest tones.

Brit Crunch

Here the advantage of the separate Gain
and Volume controls really comes into play.
Notice how the Gain is quite low but the
Volume is quite high. This is the way the old
Marshall crunch sounds of the late 60’s and
70’s were created - namely by keeping the
preamp pretty clean and creating the desired
distortion by driving the power stage hard.
With such a setting, when you back off the
guitar's volume or pick lighter, you will feel and
hear how the rich, clear tone of the clean
sound remains.

Funky Overdrive

For those who wish to get lost in a purple
haze, back off OD1's Gain to give extra
definition and dynamics.

MV Crunch

This crunch is reminiscent of the first
Marshall Master Volume amplifiers of the much
heralded JCM800 series. The Valve Drive
Preamp is driven into mild saturation, creating
a big, open overdrive using the bridge position
pick-up, whether single-coil or humbucker.

Screaming Lead

Here the Gain is cranked to the max and
the mids are brought up to fatten the tone of
the single notes. With these settings the rich,
natural harmonic overtones that the valve
introduces will be very apparent. Best with the
bridge pickup.

Jazz Clean

A warm rounded clean ideal for ‘comping’

and walking bass progressions.

Heavy, Modern Crunch

Cutting the Mids while heavily boosting the
Gain, Treble and Bass gives an aggressive,
modern ‘tear-yer-face-off’, scooped sound. The
bridge humbucker is the one to use here if you
truly wanna ride the lightning...definitely not for
the faint-hearted!

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SCOOP

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Overdrive Tone

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SCOOP

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Acoustic Simulator

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Bass

FX Loop

Master

Ac Sim

Gain

Volume Middle Treble

Volume

Presence

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Gain

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Overdrive Tone

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SCOOP

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Acoustic Simulator

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Ac Sim

Gain

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Presence

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Volume

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Acoustic Simulator

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Ac Sim

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Volume Middle Treble

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Presence

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Volume

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Acoustic Simulator

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Bass

FX Loop

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Ac Sim

Gain

Volume Middle Treble

Volume

Presence

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Gain

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Acoustic Simulator

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Bass

FX Loop

Master

Ac Sim

Gain

Volume Middle Treble

Volume

Presence

Mix

Gain

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Acoustic Simulator

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Presence

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Volume

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Acoustic Simulator

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Volume

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Acoustic Simulator

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Acoustic Simulator

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FX Loop

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Gain

Volume Middle Treble

Volume

Presence

Mix

Gain

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Top

OD2

Clean

SCOOP

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Input

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Volume

Overdrive Tone

Overdrive 2

Overdrive 1

Clean Tone

SCOOP

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Acoustic Simulator

OD1

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Gain

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Brit Crunch Funky Overdrive MV Crunch Screaming Lead

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Heavy Modern

Crunch

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