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The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Multi-Channel Setup

Richard Lundmark
IntermediateAny styleReference 5 lessons30m

Welcome to this tutorial on how to turn your Channel-Challenged Work Horse into a Multi-Channel Monster! What you need is an amp with a serial effects loop and a distortion channel you like. You'll also need a multi-effects unit (preferably floor-based) also sporting a serial effects loop. Watch the video for examples of what I've used, a Egnater Rebel 30 head, and a (very) old BOSS ME-5. Got your amp, FX Unit and the FOUR cables ready? Let's go!

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  1. 1 1:05 Lesson · 1m The 4 Cable Method - Introduction Welcome to this tutorial on how to turn your Channel-Challenged Work Horse into a Multi-Channel Monster! What you need is an amp with a serial effects loop and a distortion channel you like. You'll also need...
  2. 2 9:14 Lesson · 9m The 4 Cable Method - How To Set It Up So, the idea with the 4-cable method is to expand your amp. If you have ever used a single channel clean amp, or a dual-channel where you don’t like the gain channel, and only use the clean with pedals, you...
  3. 3 5:13 Lesson · 5m The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Rhythm Channel On to creating our first channel.  I want this first channel to be my Distorted rhythm channel, using the gain channel of the amp. Basically what I need here is to have only the FX-unit Loop activated with...
  4. 4 7:50 Lesson · 8m The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Lead Channel Now on to creating our Lead Channel. There are several traditional ways of pushing an amp's gain channel into lead-level heaven. The old-school method would be to stick a classic OD in front of the amp (think...
  5. 5 6:38 Lesson · 7m The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Clean Channel Creating the clean channel using the 4-cable method has its unique set of circumstances. Remember, as we are bypassing the preamp-section completely and going straight to the Power amp section of the amp, we...

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