Bogner Ecstasy - Blue preset

Close · 75/100 confidence. Most values readable. Minor gaps filled by inference from similar circuits.

Reinhold Bogner's Ecstasy arrived as a corrective to the industry trend toward ever-more-scooped high-gain tone: all three channels are voiced with a forward, complex midrange that rewards single-note phrasing and chord voicings equally. The Blue channel occupies the warm middle ground — think pushed-hard British crunch with considerably more harmonic complexity — sitting between the clean rhythm channel and the Red's full high-gain assault. Running EL34s or 6L6s changes the character meaningfully: EL34s push the midrange and compress more aggressively, while 6L6s open up the bottom and add shimmer. Its depth and presence controls interact with the gain in ways that take months to fully map, which is why the Ecstasy became the go-to amp for players who needed great tones across a genuinely wide range of styles.

Known for: Steve Stevens, Carlos Santana, John Norum, Gus G, Dave Navarro.

Heard on: Shock to the System — Billy Idol (1993); Smooth — Carlos Santana (1999).

Tags: american, crunch, high-gain, boutique.

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).

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