Dr Bonkers Guitar Cab-Oddities™ Volume 25: POLY101 1X15 + 2X8 Guitar Cabinet IR Collection

Description

Zak Rahman demos in metal, rock, prog, and jazz styles of the 1980 Polytone® Model 101™ 1X15+2X8 Bass & Guitar Amp Combo. with 1 CTS® 15 inch and two 8 inch speaker impulse response (IR) files in action:

Please see video descriptions for more details.

All tabbed information is for both WAV and Fractal Syx format Cab IR Packs unless otherwise noted.

WAV version is available for immediate purchase. Fractal Syx version is available for immediate purchase. Combo is available for immediate purchase.

Please click above to hear sound samples or on the arrows or tabs to  see more information.

Use of CTS®, Polytone® & Model 101™ are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. Use of Fractal Audio Systems®, AX-8™, Axe-FXII™, Cab Lab3™, and Ultra-Res™ are owned by Fractal Audio Systems® and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. Any band names or artists mentioned in a purely historical & educational context are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned on this site under the terms of fair use. All such mentions do not connote any endorsement, approval, or use of Dr Bonkers Soundlab LLC® products. The trade name of HypeReal™ in the context of Cabinet Impulse Response Packs as well as the actual files for sale on this website are the intellectual property of Dr Bonkers Soundlab LLC® and may only be used under the terms of the EULA.

Additional information

Impulse Response (IR) File Inspired Cabinet Info (Click Here)

Inspired Model Recorded as Impulse Response (IR) Files: 1980 Polytone® Model 101™ 1X15+2X8 Bass & Guitar Amp Combo.

Speakers Loaded in Model Captured: 1 CTS® 15 inch and two 8 inch speakers manufactured in USA.

Microphones Used (Click Here)

Microphones Used in This Cab Impulse Response (IR) Cab Pack:

Advanced Audio CM47 FET

AKG C414 XLS

AKG 451 EB

AKG D-12vr (used in passive mode)

Audio Technica AT4033

Audix D6s

Avantone CV12

Beyerdynamic M-160

Blue Electronics “The Ball” (used in “active mode”)

David Bock Audio – Soundelux U97

Crown PZM-6D

Earthworks Audio TC20

Electro-Voice RE-10

Electro-Voice RE-20

Neumann u89i

Royer R10

Sennheiser MD 421 II

Sennheiser MD 441

Shure KSM313

Shure SM7B

Shure SM57

Shure SM81

Photos of Polytone® CTS® 15 inch and two 8 inch speakers (Click Here)

1X15+2X8 Polytone® CTS® 15 inch and two 8 inch speakers for Guitar and Bass loaded in a 1980 Polytone® Model 101™ 1X15 + 2X8 Guitar or Bass Amp Cabinet

Historical Info (Click Here)

Polytone® was founded over 40 years ago in California, USA, and was making amp combos that people used for accordion, keyboards, jazz guitar, electric bass, and upright bass.. Interestingly, the company was founded by a jazz accordion player of fame for that era.

The signature closed back cabinet is heavyweight, deadened with  fiberglass insulation, but the cab sounds pretty stark and revealing- dark at lower volumes and with a bit of a bite at louder volumes. This Polytone® Model 101™ was astudio staple and something a lot of pro Jazz bassists and guitarists used.

The speaker design is way over-engineered for strictly guitar use, as it doesn’t bottom out or fart like most guitar speakers when you try to play bass guitar through them at gig volume. But the Polytone®  also doesn’t sound like a blanket is over the speaker when playing guitar through it, unlike some prominent bass speakers sound when playing guitar through them. Impulse responses made with this cab can really sound great with many different types of digital amp models using clean up to mid gain, even bass amp models. If you play extreme gain black metal or djent with these impulse response (IR) files, you will probably be very disappointed in them just as you would be with the real cabinet.

Very little historical data exists on the web about these Polytone® Model 101™ combos. Please contact me if you have any more information that could be used to fill in the gaps.

Wav & Combo Pack File Compatibility Info (Click Here)

Please check the documentation of your Yamaha® THR-100™, Kemper® KPA™ (Kemper Profiler Amp), Line 6® Helix™, Boss® GT-1000™, Two Notes® Torpedo™, Atomic Amps® Amplifire™, NuX® Cerberus™, AMT® Pangaea CP-100™, Positive Grid® Bias™, or other hardware or software based Impulse Response (IR) loader to see which WAV file format is correct to use.

For more instructions, click here.

All company trademarks for Fractal Audio Systems®, Yamaha®, Line6®, Kemper®, Boss®, Two Notes®, AMT®, NuX®, Positive Grid®, Atomic Amps®, Digitech® are owned by their respective corporate entities and mentioned under fair use.