Airline GVC-9048A - Channel 1 preset

Close · 72/100 confidence. Most values readable. Minor gaps filled by inference from similar circuits.

The Airline GVC-9048A is a solid-state Airline model from the mid-1970s, Japanese-built and sold through Montgomery Ward. It occupies a higher power tier within the GVC range, offering approximately 50 watts of solid-state output through a larger speaker cabinet. The preamp provides multiple input channels with separate tone stacks, making it nominally versatile for guitar and bass. The sound is characteristically solid-state clean with limited harmonic complexity, but it served its intended market as a reliable budget gigging amp.

Schematic-derived preset files for 16 Fractal and Line 6 modelers: Axe-Fx II/XL/XL+, Axe-Fx III, FM3, FM9, and the full Helix family (Floor, LT, Rack, HX Stomp, HX Stomp XL, Native).

Gridleak extracts amp parameters from original circuit schematics using AI vision — component values, gain staging, tone stack topology, tube types — then generates native preset files for every supported modeler. Every extraction is scored 0–100 and the score is published.