Congrats, it's an amazing unit! I wouldn't mind having one... and for recording, it must be pure heaven.
Welcome home, Plankster!
It's alive!
The Axe FX sounds amazing! I just got done sampling all 238 factory presets. Some are great right out of the box, some of them (JCM 800, Mesa, and Plexi models) need some tweaking at gig levels to get to my liking. Some are just pure science fiction........but might be cool for crazy fills or such. The tube amp models response is amazing - play clean or roll back the volume and the amp cleans right up; roll in the volume or increase your pick attack and the amp starts screaming. Not your avarage, everyday one level fizz box............................ :lol:
I'm running it in stereo through a Mesa 4x12 loaded with V30's and it sounds sweet. The Mackie power amp is a spare PA amp (500W into 4 ohms stereo) and complete overkill, but it works well and will do for right now. I have a dolly for the rack, so the entire rig rolls in and out. I can sit the rack on top of the cab if space is limited. And.......................no more guitar cables, pedal boards, wall warts, power supplies out front and getting in the way..............just one MIDI cable back to the rack, and a short TRS cable to patch the expression pedal into the Ground Control.
I'm still waiting for the MIDI and TRS pedal cables to arrive, as well as my USB MIDI port ( for editor and firmware updates), and it will be off to Phase 2 - updating the firmware, getting the Ground Control talking to the FX, and tweaking / loading user presets.
The FX is deep...............................this will be like eating an elephant.............................one bite at a time.
I do believe that I have come home and found what I was seeking.
Guitars: 2008 Gibson SG Classic, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard LE, 2002 Gibson SG Supreme, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus, 1996 Les Paul Studio Gem, American Deluxe Double Fat Strat, Bluesville "Super" Strat Copy, MIK Fender "Limited Edition" Tele, JD Bluesville "Night Pilot", Yamaha AES 820, Steinberger Spirit GT Pro, Taylor 355CE, Ovation 1897 Adamas, Ovation CC057 Celebrity
Amps: Axe FX centered rack rig, Mesa 4x12 cab. Germino Club 40, Johnson JM150 Millennium, Johnson JM250 Millennium, Gibson Titan Medalist Frankenstein.
Effects: Tonebone Trimode, EH Holy Grail, Boss CH-1, Dunlop Crybaby Classic, Framptone Amp Switcher, THD Hot Plate, Yamaha AG Stomp Acoustic Processor, Boss BCB-60 Pedal Board.
Congrats, it's an amazing unit! I wouldn't mind having one... and for recording, it must be pure heaven.
Welcome home, Plankster!
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Cool rig. :
You want as much clean headroom as possible in your power amp for your intended use. You definitely don't want the transistors to clip in the power amp. Overkill is good. :
tung
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Robert, I bought the FX with live performance in mind, but it will be sweet when we do record another demo - which I hope is soon.
Tung,
My only complaint about the power amp is that it weighs a ton - but I had it laying around gathering dust and it works well. Lots of headroom!
Now, it's off to start editing / creating patches. There is an an insane amount of parameters than can be tweaked - the tube amp sims alone, for example:
Preamp drive
Power amp level
Warmth
Output transformer low freq rolloff
Output transformer hi freq rolloff
Presence
Speaker resonant frequency
Sag
Bias
Damping
Depth
Lots of stuff to experiment with, and it's going to be fun!
Guitars: 2008 Gibson SG Classic, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard LE, 2002 Gibson SG Supreme, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus, 1996 Les Paul Studio Gem, American Deluxe Double Fat Strat, Bluesville "Super" Strat Copy, MIK Fender "Limited Edition" Tele, JD Bluesville "Night Pilot", Yamaha AES 820, Steinberger Spirit GT Pro, Taylor 355CE, Ovation 1897 Adamas, Ovation CC057 Celebrity
Amps: Axe FX centered rack rig, Mesa 4x12 cab. Germino Club 40, Johnson JM150 Millennium, Johnson JM250 Millennium, Gibson Titan Medalist Frankenstein.
Effects: Tonebone Trimode, EH Holy Grail, Boss CH-1, Dunlop Crybaby Classic, Framptone Amp Switcher, THD Hot Plate, Yamaha AG Stomp Acoustic Processor, Boss BCB-60 Pedal Board.
There there...there's a good beast...
Nice setup Plankster.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
Thanks, T2B!
This is a seriuous departure for me, but one that I've been considering for several years. The Axe FX allowed me to take the leap.
I'm still scratching the surface, but I see great sounds in my future with this rig.
Guitars: 2008 Gibson SG Classic, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard LE, 2002 Gibson SG Supreme, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus, 1996 Les Paul Studio Gem, American Deluxe Double Fat Strat, Bluesville "Super" Strat Copy, MIK Fender "Limited Edition" Tele, JD Bluesville "Night Pilot", Yamaha AES 820, Steinberger Spirit GT Pro, Taylor 355CE, Ovation 1897 Adamas, Ovation CC057 Celebrity
Amps: Axe FX centered rack rig, Mesa 4x12 cab. Germino Club 40, Johnson JM150 Millennium, Johnson JM250 Millennium, Gibson Titan Medalist Frankenstein.
Effects: Tonebone Trimode, EH Holy Grail, Boss CH-1, Dunlop Crybaby Classic, Framptone Amp Switcher, THD Hot Plate, Yamaha AG Stomp Acoustic Processor, Boss BCB-60 Pedal Board.
Congrats Plank!
I've read alot of rave reviews about the Axe FX..
Guitars: 2003 and 2004 American series strats, Squier Classic Vibe 50's Strat, Squier Deluxe Strat.
Amps: Line 6 Spider IV 120, Vox AD50VT 212, and Peavey Transtube Bandit 112.
Pedals: Digitech Bad Monkey.