<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Item ID="ab0c5ce2d01ad0a17404f0462be82284" Type="Effect" JamVOXVersion="1.0.3" Name="Accept" Author="thomastuerling" Artist="Accept | Wolf Hoffmann" Guitarist="Wolf Hoffmann" Year="1983" AlbumArtist="" TrackNumber="1" TotalTracks="10" Album="Balls to the wall" DiscNumber="1" TotalDiscs="1" Grouping="" BPM="" Composer="Wolf Hoffmann" Comment="Wolf used several amps during that time, basically plexis or non master volume jcm 800 driving  1960 cabs (not sure which speaker though). To drive the input stage he preferred a rangemaster treblebooster and EMG pickups at that time. Get your Flying V and rock out with one of Germany's finest guitar players (if not the best)." Genre="Heavy Metal" DateAdded="2008/10/08 15:21:09" DateModified="2008/05/23 11:47:57" Description="YOu thought of some thing when reading the title right?&#xA;&#xA;Guess there's more than one interpretation...&#xA;&#xA;&quot;Balls to the wall&#xA; &#xA; &#xA;Meaning:  To push to the limit, go all out, full speed.&#xA;Example:  If you study balls to the wall from now on, you just might pass your algebra class.&#xA;Origin:  A very colorful phrase, one needs to be careful when using &quot;balls to the wall&quot;.   Although its real origin is very benign, most people assume it is a reference to testicles. &#xA;&#xA;In fact it is from fighter planes. The &quot;balls&quot; are knobs atop the plane's throttle control.  Pushing the throttle all the way forward, to the wall of the cockpit, is to apply full throttle. &#xA;&#xA;Alternatively, &#xA;&#xA;Early railroad locomotives were powered by steam engines. Those engines typically had a mechanical governor.  These governors consisted of two weighted steel balls mounted at the ends of two arms, jointed and attached to the end of a vertical shaft that was connected to the interior of the engine.  The entire assembly is encased in a housing. &#xA;&#xA;The shafts and the weighted balls rotate at a rate driven by the engine speed.   As engine speed increases, the assembly rotates at a faster speed and centrifugal force causes the weighted balls to hinge upward on the arms. &#xA;&#xA;At maximum engine speed - controlled by these governors - centrifugal force causes the two weighted balls to rotate with their connecting shafts parallel to the ground and thereby nearly touching the sides - the walls - of their metal housing. &#xA;&#xA;So, an engineer driving his steam locomotive at full throttle was going &quot;balls to the wall&quot;.   The expression came to be used commonly to describe something going full speed. &quot;" SongName="Balls to the wall"><Routing Module="8" ModuleName="Tuner" Order1="0" Order2="2" Order3="1" Order4="3" Order5="4" Order6="5" Order7="6" Order8="7" Order9="8" /><Tuner ID="0" FxVersion="0" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="0" NumParams="1" Model="0" ModelName="Tuner" Param1="440" GXTVersion="16777216" /><Pedal1 ID="1" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="0" Model="12" ModelName="Comp" Param1="49" Param2="57" FxVersion="327680" NumParams="3" GXTVersion="16777216" Param3="82" /><Pedal2 ID="2" FxVersion="327680" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="1" NumParams="4" Model="3" ModelName="Volume" Param1="32" GXTVersion="16777216" Param2="36" Param3="75" Param4="1" /><Amp ID="3" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="0" Model="5" ModelName="Tweed 4x10" Param1="80" Param2="100" Param3="71" Param4="56" Param5="81" Param6="70" Param7="75" FxVersion="327680" NumParams="7" GXTVersion="16777216" /><Cabinet ID="4" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="0" Model="10" ModelName="Tweed 4x10" FxVersion="327680" NumParams="0" GXTVersion="16777216" /><NoiseReduction ID="5" FxVersion="327680" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="0" NumParams="1" Model="0" ModelName="Noise Red" Param1="42" GXTVersion="16777216" /><Modulation ID="6" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="0" Model="2" ModelName="Classic Chorus" Param1="11" Param2="37" Param3="8" Param4="44" FxVersion="327680" NumParams="4" GXTVersion="16777216" /><Delay ID="7" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="0" Param1="54" Param2="0" Param3="90" Model="5" ModelName="Echo Plus" Param4="0" Param5="45" FxVersion="327680" NumParams="5" GXTVersion="16777216" /><Reverb ID="8" IsConnected="1" IsBypassed="0" Model="9" ModelName="Bounce" Param1="0" Param2="0" Param3="12" Param4="23" Param5="46" FxVersion="327680" NumParams="5" GXTVersion="16777216" /><ProgramLevel Param="50" /><ExpPedal TargetModule="-1" TargetParam="-1" Min="0" Max="100" /><ControlPedal1 Target="2" Factor="6" /><ControlPedal2 Target="0" Factor="6" /></Item>