Line 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler Cross Comparison Chart

The Tone King | Dec 18, 2009 | Comments 2

Okay – Boys & Girls – if you’re looking for the MOTHER of all pedal boards ~AND~ Switching systems … look no further, b/c here it is. Below is the full cross comparison chart of Line 6 Models as found on their M13 Stompbox Modeler.

	Line 6	Modeled Pedal

	Delay
1	Tube Echo	Maestro EP-1
2	Tube Echo DryThru	Maestro EP-1 with dry signal
3	Tape Echo	Maestro EP-3
4	Tape Echo DryThru	Maestro EP-3 with dry signal
5	Multi Head	Roland RE-101 Space Echo
6	Analog Echo	Boss DM2 Analog Delay
7	Analog W/MOD	Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory man which is Delay & Chorus
8	Sweep Echo	Maestro EP-1 with added sweeping effect
9	Sweep Echo DryThru	Sweep Echo with dry signal
10	Lo Res Delay	Early (8 bit) digital delay
11	Digital Delay	Digital Delay with bass & treble controls (echo)
12	Digital Delay w/MOD	Digital Delay with Chorus
13	Stereo Delay	L.A. 80’s solo (fast echo with slow delay)
14	Ping Pong	2 channels, ping pong delay effect
15	Reverse	backwards delay up to 2 seconds
16	Dynamic Delay	T.C. Electronics 2290 Dynamic Digital Delay
17	Auto-Volume Echo	Volume fade-in swell (bowing) + tape-style echo modulation
18	Echo Platter	Binson EchoRec (think Pink Floyd)
19	Echo Platter DryThru	Binson w/ dry thru signal

	Modulation
20	Opto Tremolo	64 Fender Deluxe Reverb Blackfast optical tremolo circuit
21	Bias Tremolo	60 Vox AC-15 Tremolo bias-tube tremolo circuit
22	Pattern Tremolo	Lightfood Labs Goatkeeper (vintage keyboard sequencer tremolo)
23	Phaser	MXR Phase 90
24	Dual Phaser	Mu-Tron Bi-Phase (big jet sound)
25	Panned Phaser	Ibanez Flying Pan (4-stage phase shifter w/ panner)
26	Barberpole Phaser	modular synths (always up / always down effect / stereo for both)
27	Script Phaser	MXR Phase 90 (EVH Ain’t Talking Bout Love)
28	U-Vibe	Uni-Vibe (Hendrix Machine Gun)
29	Analog Flanger	MXR Flanger
30	Jte Flanger	A/DA Flanger
31	AC Flanger	MXR Flanger (EVH Unchained)
32	80A Flanger	A/DA Flanger (original spec)
33	Analog Chorus	Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble (big pedal)
34	Tri-Chorus	Song Bird DyTronics Tri-Stereo Chorus
35	Pitch Vibrato	Boss VB-2
36	Panner	left / right panning
37	Rotary Drum	Fender Vibratone rotating speaker effect (SRV Cold Shot)
38	Rotary Drum & Horn	Leslie 145 tube driven rotating speaker
39	Dimension	Roland Dimension D (1st true stereo chorus unit)
40	Ring Modulator	weird / strange / non-traditional guitar sounds
41	Frequency Shifter	up / down / shifted frequencies

	Distortion
42	Tube Drive	Chandler Tube Driver (Eric Johnson)
43	Screamer	Ibanez Tube Screamer TS808
44	Overdrive	DOD Overdrive/Preamp 250 (Yngwie)
45	Classic Distortion	ProCo Rat (70’s)
46	Heavy Distortion	Boss Metal Zone
47	Color Drive	Colorsound Overdriver (British Invasion)
48	Buzz Saw	Maestro Fuzz Tone (think Rolling Stones Can’t get no Satisfaction)
49	Facial Fuzz	Arbiter Fuzz Face (Hendrix / Johnson)
50	Jumbo Fuzz	Vox Tone Bender (Led Zepplin Communication Breakdown)
51	Fuzz Pi	Electro Harmonix Big Muff Pi Muff / Sustainer
52	Jet Fuzz	Roland Jet Phaser (Fuzz & Phaser in 1 – Scorpions)
53	Line 6 Drive	Colorsound Tone Bender
54	Line 6 Distortion	100% Line 6 over the top distortion
55	Sub Octave Fuzz	PAiA Roctave Divider Fuzz / Octave
56	Bass Octaver	EBS OctaBass (Jeff Beck)
57	Octave Fuzz	Tycobrahe Octavia Classic Fuzz + Octave) Hendrix
58	Boost Comp	MXR Micro Amp (The Edge, U2)
59	Volume Pedal	Line 6 EX-1
60	Red Comp	MXR Dyna Comp (slide / Lowell George)
61	Blue Comp	Boss CS-1 Compression Sustainer w/ treble off)
62	Blue Comp Treb	Boss CS-1 Compression Sustainer w/ treble on)
63	Line 6 Vetta Comp	Line 6 Flagship Guitar Amp (2.35:1 adj threshold, 12dB gain)
64	Line 6 Vetta Juice	Line 6 Flagship Vetta II Juice (30dB of gain)
65	Tube Comp	Teletronix LA-2A studio compressor
66	Noise Gate	hiss / noise eliminator
67	Graphic EQ	MXR ten band (Kerry King / Randy Rhoads)
68	Studio EQ	API 550B
69	Parametric EQ	high shelf / low shelf / full para eq
70	4 Band Shift EQ	lower / higher than standard eq
71	Mid Focus EQ	high bass / low pass eq

	Filter
72	Tron Up	MuTron III (envelope up)
73	Tron Down	MuTron III (envelope down)
74	Seeker	Z-Vex Seek Wah
75	Obi-Wah	Oberheim Voltage Controlled Sample & Hold Filter
76	Voice Box	Vocoder / Talk Box (Peter Frampton)
77	V-Tron	Voice Box / MuTron III – human voice
78	Throbber	Electrix Filter Factory
79	Spin Cycle	Craig Anderton’s Wah / Anti-Wah
80	Comet Trails	Line 6 Engineers on Mountain Dew
81	Slow Filter	Swell effect
82	Octisynth	Octopus
83	Synth-O-Matic	Vintage Analog Synths
84	Attach Synth	Korg X911 Guitar Synth
85	Synth String	Roland GR700 Guitar Synth
86	Growler	R700 meets MuTron III
87	Q Filter	Wah parked in 1 position (Mark Knopfler, Brian May)
88	Vetta Wah	Vetta II wah
89	Fassel	Cry Baby Super w/ Fasel indusctor
90	Weeper	Arbiter Cry Baby
91	Chrome	Vox V847 Clyde McCoy Wah
92	Chrome Custom	Vox V847
93	Throaty	RMC Real McCoy 1
94	Conductor	Maestro Boomerang
95	Colorful	Colorsound Wah-Fuzz
96	Smart Harmony	Eventide H3000 Harmonizer
97	Pitch Glide	Digitech Whammy

	Verb
98	63 Spring	1963 Brown Spring Reverb head unit
99	Spring	Studio Spring Reverb (springs in a metal box)
100	Plate	Studio Plate Reverb (thin metal sheet in a metal box)
101	Room	Acoustic properties of a classic echo chamber.
102	Chamber	Hall, stairwell or elevator shaft reverb type.
103	Hall	Concert hall, gymnasium, performance hall or cathedral (large open space)
104	Ducking	Hall with ducking effect. (Reverb reduced when playing and increases when you stop playing)
105	Octo	Line 6 original – Lush ambient space w/ harmonized decay
106	Cave	Cave echo chamber effect
107	Tile	Acoustic reflections of a tiled room (bathroom or shower)
108	Echo	Lush echo with reverb
109	Particle Verb	Line 6 original – turn your chords into lush modulated pads