Teisco Checkmate 17 - Normal preset

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

The Teisco Checkmate 17 is a vintage Japanese guitar amplifier from Teisco's Checkmate series, one of the main amp lines the company produced for the Western market. These affordable Japanese amps were part of the wave of budget-priced instruments that made guitar playing accessible to millions of young Americans in the 1960s. Their quirky tonal character and vintage Japanese styling attract collectors and lo-fi enthusiasts today.

Tags: vintage.

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.