ScottG ToneLab — Volume V

The Crossbreed Five

Five new directions. Same rig. None of these overlap the Definitive Four — each one does something Henderson / Landau / Hendrix / Ephemeral doesn't already cover.

Universal rig
Guitar → SD-9 → AC+ → Badger 18 input → FX Send → Mobius in → Mobius R out → Badger FX Return → Badger speaker (DRY) | Mobius L out → Timeline in → Timeline out → Mesa 5:25 Ch1 Clean, 5W Class A → Mesa speaker (WET)

Timeline mix = 100% wet on every preset. Dry tone comes from the Badger only. Mesa 5:25 stays put: Ch1 Clean, Gain 2, Bass 5, Mid 5, Treble 5, Reverb 2–4, 5W Class A. Match volume by ear. Don't touch it again.
X1 — The Confessional
Landau intimacy × Henderson honk

The quietest tone you'll ever play. Landau's clean Strat headroom but with Henderson's midrange voicing. A whispered ballad voice. Neck pickup, guitar vol at 4, fingers only. This is the tone for 2am when you can't sleep.

Badger 18P3 / D4 / G3 / B4 / M6 / T5 / Boost off
SD-9Off
AC+Ch A — gain min, vol noon, tone 10, boost off (always-on buffer only)
MobiusVintage Trem — speed 3.5Hz, depth 30%, shape sine, mix 60%
TimelineTape — 380ms, repeats 2, mix 100%, grit 6, wow/flutter 7
GuitarClassic S, neck SC, vol 4, tone 7. Fingerpick.
X2 — Desert Voodoo
Hendrix swagger × Henderson bite

Voodoo Chile meets Scuttlebutt. Amp pushed harder than Set III — P5 territory — with SD-9 low and slow into the breakup. Uni-Vibe on the Mobius for that rotating underworld sway. Filthy rhythm, nasty double-stops, the guitar sounds like it's sweating.

Badger 18P5 / D6 / G6 / B3 / M6 / T6 / Boost off
SD-9Dist 9 o'clock, tone 10, level 2 o'clock — ON (sustain + mid-push)
AC+Off
MobiusUni-Vibe Chorus — speed 4Hz, depth 80%, intensity 7, mix 55%
TimelineTape — 450ms dotted-8th, repeats 3, mix 100%, grit 8
GuitarClassic S, bridge SC, vol 10, tone 8. Pick hard.
X3 — The Seance
Hendrix voicings × Landau clean

The Little Wing tone you haven't tried yet — chord melody Hendrix on a dead-clean Landau amp instead of breakup. Leslie on the Mobius for the actual rotating cabinet sound, not the chorus approximation. Every double-stop blooms and decays like a Hammond note fading in a church.

Badger 18P3 / D4 / G3 / B5 / M5 / T6 / Boost off
SD-9Off
AC+Ch B — gain 9 o'clock, vol noon, tone 11, boost ON (just enough hair)
MobiusRotary — slow/fast 2-speed, horn 7, drum 4, mix 100%, bal L (fast)
TimelinedTape — 520ms quarter, repeats 4, mix 100%, grit 5, smear 6
GuitarPRS neck HB, vol 8, tone 7. Hybrid pick, thumb on 6th.
X4 — Tribal Sky Church
Henderson fusion × Hendrix stratospherics

A lead tone you've never had. Henderson's saturated fusion singing voice (both drives stacked, amp pushed) but with Hendrix's wide-open treble and Electric Ladyland ambience. Octave-up shimmer on the Timeline makes every bend sound like two guitars harmonising an octave apart. For long, expressive, breath-controlled lead lines.

Badger 18P5 / D6 / G7 / B3 / M7 / T7 / Boost ON
SD-9Dist 10 o'clock, tone 9 o'clock, level 1 o'clock — ON (sustain)
AC+Ch B — gain 10 o'clock, vol 1 o'clock, tone noon, boost ON (stack)
MobiusFormant — vowel 4 (ah→ee), speed 2Hz, depth 50%, mix 35%
TimelineIce — shimmer +12, 600ms, repeats 5, mix 100%, spread 10
GuitarModern HSH, neck HB split, vol 10, tone 10. Vibrato into every note.
X5 — The Nocturne
All three × the silence between notes

The tone for playing one note a minute. Henderson's amp setting (pushed), Landau's touch (featherlight), Hendrix's willingness to let a note hang forever. Swell-in volume pedal work with your guitar knob. The Timeline runs at its maximum slow-decay with the Lo-Fi mode — each repeat loses fidelity until it's a ghost. Reverse delay on the wet side means every note you play arrives back at you from the future.

Badger 18P4 / D5 / G5 / B4 / M6 / T6 / Boost off
SD-9Off (guitar vol is the drive control)
AC+Ch A — gain min, vol 1 o'clock, tone 11, boost off
MobiusDestroyer — bit 10, sample 8, mod low, mix 25% (ghost grit)
TimelineReverse — 1200ms, repeats 6, mix 100%, filter 3 (dark), smear max
GuitarClassic S, neck SC, vol 0 → 7 swells. Let silence happen.