Axe-FX (A Love Story?) Rd.1

[norminal]

 

[duzie]

Enjoy!!!!!

 

[Whizzinby]

I’ve had enough good first impressions with gear to be cautiously optimistic when I dig something initially, but…


These may be the best clean tones I’ve gotten from any piece of gear I’ve ever owned. The delays and reverbs on this thing are amazing. I kept flicking through the delays and every one of them is phenomenal. The reverbs are tasty. Tunnel? Yes please. Badass. Wood room? Wtf. Awesome.

And it has the SLO clean channel!!! Conventional wisdom is a Fender, Vox or some other bougie amp has the best cleans. The clean channel on the SLO is my jam. Really miss not having that on the QC.


I’m warming to this f*cker real quick.

 

[jellodog]

These may be the best clean tones I’ve gotten from any piece of gear I’ve ever owned

Tucana Clean is my Jam! That's my go to amp these days for pushed cleans to EOB and onwards to crunch

 

[BenIfin]

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Gotta try this Fractal shit sometime I guess.

Had and used one for a while. Its an *awesome* unit. Enjoy !!!!

Ben

 

[Mongillo19]

I’ve had enough good first impressions with gear to be cautiously optimistic when I dig something initially, but…


These may be the best clean tones I’ve gotten from any piece of gear I’ve ever owned. The delays and reverbs on this thing are amazing. I kept flicking through the delays and every one of them is phenomenal. The reverbs are tasty. Tunnel? Yes please. Badass. Wood room? Wtf. Awesome.

And it has the SLO clean channel!!! Conventional wisdom is a Fender, Vox or some other bougie amp has the best cleans. The clean channel on the SLO is my jam. Really miss not having that on the QC.


I’m warming to this f*cker real quick.

Using DynaCabs yet? Thats when it gets real wild

 

[jellodog]

The delays and reverbs on this thing are amazing

 

[Whizzinby]

Tucana Clean is my Jam! That's my go to amp these days for pushed cleans to EOB and onwards to crunch

I don’t know what else the thing can do, but it’s conservatively the best friggin delay pedal I’ve ever owned.

 

[Whizzinby]

Using DynaCabs yet? Thats when it gets real wild

I haven’t gotten past the SLO clean channel and cycling the reverbs and delay with my jaw on the floor.

 

[Frodebro]

I haven’t gotten past the SLO clean channel and cycling the reverbs and delay with my jaw on the floor.

Just a word of warning: I dipped my toes with the FM3, and within six months had an Axe 3 MkII and an FC-12…

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Number of blocks and channels...

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I just have to say, that is a nicely designed table. So easy to see what’s different at a glance.

 

[Mongillo19]

I haven’t gotten past the SLO clean channel and cycling the reverbs and delay with my jaw on the floor.

Crazy what $900 can get you!

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Crazy what $900 can get you!

On that note, I still have a hard time understanding that the FM9 and Tone Master Pro are the same price. I guess if you reaaaally like spring reverb, maybe it puts them at an equal value, but otherwise… whew.

 

[jellodog]

Just a word of warning: I dipped my toes with the FM3, and within six months had an Axe 3 MkII and an FC-12…

Same! Got an FM3… 6 months later FM9

 

[Frodebro]

On that note, I still have a hard time understanding that the FM9 and Tone Master Pro are the same price. I guess if you reaaaally like spring reverb, maybe it puts them at an equal value, but otherwise… whew.

The TMP is a brand new unit, the FM9 has been around for a while and has Fractal’s history and developments behind it. Pretty brave move for Fender to price themselves into direct competition this way.

 

[OrganicZed]

The TMP is a brand new unit, the FM9 has been around for a while and has Fractal’s history and developments behind it. Pretty brave move for Fender to price themselves into direct competition this way.

Fender is a household name while Fractal Audio Systems is a very niche manufacturer that even most lifelong guitar players have never heard of. The huge marketing budget and brand name recognition will sell loads of product even if it is overpriced relative to the offerings from FAS. They're not really competing for the same customers.

 

[Stone]

You all going to be disappointed if he doesn't like it

Actually no, if he dont like it he will be disappointed

 

[Frodebro]

Fender is a household name while Fractal Audio Systems is a very niche manufacturer that even most lifelong guitar players have never heard of. The huge marketing budget and brand name recognition will sell loads of product even if it is overpriced relative to the offerings from FAS. They're not really competing for the same customers.

Fender is a legacy brand, and that's what their customer base wants from them. The Tonemaster amps were not exactly embraced by the diehard "only Fender tube amps are good enough" crowd, the TMP is reaching beyond their traditional customer base. Anybody that researches the TMP in consideration of making a $1700 purchase is going to find out really quick about what else is out there for the same money.

 

[Stone]

The Fractal is so Powerful its not even funny, while it can do so many things it can also sound super amazing with little effort in a simple chain
and gapless switching ....

 

[mavrick102000]

I’ve had enough good first impressions with gear to be cautiously optimistic when I dig something initially, but…


These may be the best clean tones I’ve gotten from any piece of gear I’ve ever owned. The delays and reverbs on this thing are amazing. I kept flicking through the delays and every one of them is phenomenal. The reverbs are tasty. Tunnel? Yes please. Badass. Wood room? Wtf. Awesome.

And it has the SLO clean channel!!! Conventional wisdom is a Fender, Vox or some other bougie amp has the best cleans. The clean channel on the SLO is my jam. Really miss not having that on the QC.


I’m warming to this f*cker real quick.

Yeah, the delays, verb and chorus are really delicious. I knew you'd enjoy them.