Fractal Talk

[Rock Chalk]

 

[SillyOctpuss]

LOL @ you guys. My rig needs to be extremely small and light, but I need every effect ever made to play local bar gigs.

I'm not bothered about small and light. I'm trying to save space for more fuzz.

 

[Orvillain]

LOL @ you guys. My rig needs to be extremely small and light, but I need every effect ever made to play local bar gigs.

My rig does not need to be extremely small and light!

 

[Orvillain]

That's the "board" I was using in my Mark V + Axe3 video. I've since added an expression pedal for volume. No wah control yet. When I get paid, I'm gonna get either an EV1 or EV2. Not sure yet.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Give up on the One Trip BS and get with the program

 

[Stratzrus]

Give up on the One Trip BS and get with the program

My son gave me a set of dumbbells .

I used them once, didn't seem to make much of a difference.

 

[JiveTurkey]

My son gave me a set of dumbbells .

I used them once, didn't seem to make much of a difference.

I just make obnoxious random grunt noises intermixed with under the breath profanities as I move heavy stuff and that seems to do the trick

 

[Mongillo19]

I just make obnoxious random grunt noises intermixed with under the breath profanities as I move heavy stuff and that seems to do the trick

Found Doug's alt account

 

[JiveTurkey]

Found Doug's alt account

 

[banned]

I’ve got an HX One with the VP4, it’s a pretty badass pairing!

That's cool - kinda makes sense as usually you're usually running just one amp at a time. Pic?

I think a Stomp-VP4 would be the money pairing - that way, you also get all the modeled pedals in the L6 - delays etc. That would be a very powerful, compact and user-friendly rig.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

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That's the "board" I was using in my Mark V + Axe3 video. I've since added an expression pedal for volume. No wah control yet. When I get paid, I'm gonna get either an EV1 or EV2. Not sure yet.

What's the Fractal wahs like vs your standalone units? I was taking the piss earlier about your pedalboard but assumed you'd be using one of your crybabys vs the wah in the Fractal.

I fucked about a lot with the wahs in the Helix but never managed to get anything that really competed with a real wah into my amp.

 

[metropolis_4]

The algorithms got even better (as usual) whilst you were away, so this should still seem like a new item of gear!

The amps do sound better to me. So do the drive pedals.

I’m liking the 1959slp updates!

It may just be me not remembering, but I feel like some models are a bit more responsive than they used to be

 

[metropolis_4]

We will take TONE advice from metro all day long. The "but I'm left footed!" gear advice, however

I kid, I kid.

Don’t make me post diagrams again

 

[unix-guy]

Typically volume, wah, and delay feedback for oscillations and things like that.

I'd recommend the Mission for Wah, especially given the chassis is pretty much the same as Dunlop / Crybaby.

Volume probably EV-1 or EV-2 unless you're used to a Dunlop volume pedal?

I did use an EP-1 for Delay Mix+Feedback for quite a few years but after getting a couple EV-2s to reduce the board a bit I really like it.

For me, the EV-1 is too big. If you are a fan of the Ernie Ball volume pedals you might like it.

There are others out there that cost less and may be good enough. I know the Moog ones seem to be popular as well as some others for the "cheap(er)" option. Usually a plastic housing so less robust but also lighter.

 

[James Freeman]

James, what're your thoughts on Fractal vs L6? I believe you have a Fractal now?

Line 6 have all the knowledge, experience, and means to create a MUCH better top-of-the-line modeler but they are holding back, I can speculate but I'm not going to.
Fractal on the other hand are not holding back, they will fuck up your your tone and presets in the name of progress of modeling accuracy and refining the last bit of nuance, which I'm all for.
Obsolescence is important to progress.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Don’t make me post diagrams again

See? Graphs/diagrams to make your point - you’re Fractal through-and-through, no matter how much you may wish it weren’t true!

 

[Piing]

Is there an expression pedal you guys like more than the EV-1 and EV-2? Or should I just go for the Fractal ones and stop over thinking it ?

Roland EV-5 is The Way. I've been using one since 1994 and it never fails. I see no reason to spend more

 

[Joshual-L]

Is there an expression pedal you guys like more than the EV-1 and EV-2? Or should I just go for the Fractal ones and stop over thinking it ?

I had mission before but sold them.

I use one for wha and the other for volume (with tuner on heel), but I barely use them so I sold them and replaced them by 2 cheap M-audio and they work stellar for 15€ each.

2 years of touring and never had a problem or break.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Just commented on your YT vid. I think these Boogie tones are much better to my ears than your Diezel stuff. The Diezel has a sort of tone rolled off yet a bit ragged quality that the Boogie does not have imo. This is a good sound for you

100000% this. Diezels have a wooly muffled thing going on, just as you describe. Works for rock and some slower stuff but it lacks bite and aggression like you can get from other amps. On more aggressive amps it’s easy enough to scale back, but on some amps you can never add it in.

 

[Orvillain]

100000% this. Diezels have a wooly muffled thing going on, just as you describe. Works for rock and some slower stuff but it lacks bite and aggression like you can get from other amps. On more aggressive amps it’s easy enough to scale back, but on some amps you can never add it in.

I was going to say that Diezel was my holy grail tone, but it isn't really true. I loved the stuff that Adam Jones has done using a VH4, and I love the Metallica tones that used a VH4, and plenty of other bands like Muse and what not... but my first Diezel was the D-Moll. I think it is great! But it really needs a high-frequency boost in front of it. Either an SD-1, TS808, or an EQ pushing all of those lovely high frequencies into the front of the amp.

The VH4 I bought on a whim. I do like it, but it is quite vintage voiced, especially compared to something like the Dual Recto or Mark V. I've recorded some great sounds from it, but it always seems a bit undergained and old skool sounding.

The Diezel Hagen.... honestly, it isn't really for me. It is owned by the ex-TNBD guitarist, and when he moved out of the UK, it ended up living with me for a few years. I think he wants to sell it, so at some point I'll be doing that for me. It sounds modern, but there's a texture to the distortion that I don't enjoy as much.

So really, I have two Diezel amps. I really like both of them, but they're not my primary amps. The D-Moll is my favourite.

On the last TNBD album I used a Fryette Sig:X and the VH4 together. Two 4x12's and two mics on each of them (421 and 57). They just really went nicely together. Listening to the Mark V though, I reckon if I had had that back then, I could've just used that amp by itself.

Anyway.... I do feel like the Recto and Mark V are more "me" - even more so than the 6505+

I love amps, so not really planning on shifting anything any time soon. You can get some really good deals on 100-watt amps, coz a lot of people don't want them as they're switching to modellers. Which is fine - better tones for me!!