laxu
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Fractal Audio Systems VP4 - Virtual Pedalboard
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SillyOctpuss
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Maybe. But more than likely he's just doing a Phil Collen pose.
Such a legend. Met him once and he was a super nice guy. Really happy to stand and chat about gear for ages.
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That's cool! He does seem like a really nice guy. Helluva player.
CBHScott
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Maybe. But more than likely he's just doing a Phil Collen pose.
Sidetrack question: what Jackson model is he playing there? Is it a custom one-off? I don’t remember seeing this one as part of his Jackson sig line.
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Kin hell.... it has literally just dawned on me...
FM3:
- Clean
- Crunch
- Overdrive
VP4:
- Drive
- Delay
- Delay
- Verb
You could literally have 7 footswitches right there at your feet, and do a bit of mild tap dancing.... for not very much floor real estate at all, and stick that in a bag for fly dates.
saarangnarayan
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But… but… what about my FM0 dreams???
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I'm not sure either? Looks cool though.
DLC86
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Yeah but... that combo has roughly the same footprint and same price as an FM9, personally I wouldn't change my FM9 for that.
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True enough. If you were buying new, you'd go FM9 for sure. But if you already owned an FM3, that'd be a pretty dope combo.
OrganicZed
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Whoa... mine is showing as arriving today!
I don't know if I'll be there to sign for it though...
But hopefully, at worst, I can pick it up tomorrow.
The delivery people that service my neighborhood straight up ignore the signature requirements. The $4k Tom Anderson guitar that I had delivered in August was left on the porch with no signature collected despite it saying that a signature would be required upon delivery.
likitlikeyoulikeit
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Andy is the best!!!! This video is not helpful to my want feeling...(Also I want that guitar)..it's turning into a need feeling.....is this ok?!? Am I gonna be alright?!?
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TubeStack
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Yes, now that you say it, my FM3 was left on the porch w/out a signature, if I remember right. I live in a different area now though, so we'll see.
Rock Chalk
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Big and expensive?.......
jellodog
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Pretty sure it was like that for my FM3 delivery in Canada too. Fortunately, I was watching for delivery notifications like a hawk, so it only sat there for a few minutes, but the "required signature" thing is a farce.
JiveTurkey
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Oh lord I didn't even allow myself to go down this route! I got the VP so I had an excuse to buy more amps and leave it hooked up in the loop of wtfever I wanted without reconfiguring the tightly organized FM3 board or the Axe III rack that's not easy to get to to add outboard gear on a whim.
I've been eyeing a second GM800 to add to my Axe III rack because while I am perfectly fine with 3 switches live most of the time; I kinda want additional options from time to time and I don't want to blow up my FM3 switch layouts to make use of the flexibility if I were to keep it with the FM3's 3 switches. That drives me nuts trying to configure if we're being honest. VP could be a great as I feel like it would be a perfect sidecar to the FM board. Only thing is I need one feed for FOH and one feed for my amp on stage. The VP would have to be routed back into the FM somehow while still routing the GM800 into the FM as well.
Oof. You can see why I tend to stick to the gifs
Ehhh the FM9 is awesome but it's kind of a battleship. I would rather be able to rearrange the units like I can with an FM3 and a VP vs full size FM9.
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I think it offers a shit ton for the size and price. Probably more than I'd ever need!
