Fractal Talk

[duzie]

I'm going to spend a bit of time today updating my Axe 3 and installing the new bank of factory presets, which I'm sure will result in a lot of mindless noodling...

Fm3 owner waiting……..> lol

 

[Frodebro]

Fm3 owner waiting……..> lol

I know the feeling, my first Fractal was the FM3. That led me to the rack unit. Then I joined a band and used the FM3 for that, but grew quickly frustrated because it couldn't handle many of the presets that I had built in the Axe 3, so I eventually bought an FM9T for the band...

 

[duzie]

I know the feeling, my first Fractal was the FM3. That led me to the rack unit. Then I joined a band and used the FM3 for that, but grew quickly frustrated because it couldn't handle many of the presets that I had built in the Axe 3, so I eventually bought an FM9T for the band...

Fortunately I’m not running into the overloaded preset issue.
The FM3 is adequate for my current situation

 

[Frodebro]

Fortunately I’m not running into the overloaded preset issue.
The FM3 is adequate for my current situation

I would have been fine with the FM3 as well, but once I bought the rack unit I went deep into the complex stuff and that was all she wrote...

 

[duzie]

I would have been fine with the FM3 as well, but once I bought the rack unit I went deep into the complex stuff and that was all she wrote...

It’s a slippery slope for sure

 

[dk_ace]

I would have been fine with the FM3 as well, but once I bought the rack unit I went deep into the complex stuff and that was all she wrote...

My rigs before getting the axe-fx standard rack unit were all pretty simple. An amp, a few drive pedals, a wah, and a delay. The Axe unit ended my simple rig days…. Everything after that has been really complex. And I maxed out an FM9 Mk2 Turbo immediately on the first patch build lol.

D

 

[la szum]

I should have been more specific answering this part of your comment:



It’s actually much different than what you get with going to a higher wattage. The feel is very different from a high wattage amp, it’s still got that sag and compression, and richer harmonic swirl and character, that you get from a lower wattage amp.

An AC15 has a more raw and open sound to it than an AC30. The same is usually true for 15 watt amps compared to 30 watt

You tried the Suhr Badger 18? Don't sleep on the Orange AD30 models either. Those
are stellar. Also, Hello, Gibson Scout and Supro.

Not debating your point, just tossing some options out there in the meantime.

 

[la szum]

Santa brought me solitude for Christmas. I love you, Santa!

Haven't had the time at home to myself as I would like to of late. I have
been home alone all day today, though.

Put a Dimarzio Dreamcatcher into one of my Charvels and now I am high-gaining
my face right the F off.

Built up 3 new Presets from scratch in the FM3 using various Dyna Cabs with a
JVM410 Orange OD2, Mark V Red, and even an ENGL Savage. My palm mutes have
never been this epic.

 

[Frodebro]

Santa brought me solitude for Christmas. I love you, Santa!

Haven't had the time at home to myself as I would like to of late. I have
been home alone all day today, though.

Put a Dimarzio Dreamcatcher into one of my Charvels and now I am high-gaining
my face right the F off.

Built up 3 new Presets from scratch in the FM3 using various Dyna Cabs with a
JVM410 Orange OD2, Mark V Red, and even an ENGL Savage. My palm mutes have
never been this epic.

I’m enjoying a quiet day of solitude myself today, which has been a much needed break after a couple of brutal weeks at work. The plan for this afternoon is to fire up the little Marshall combo and raid my boxes of pedals and build a small board for it-just because I find that kind of thing relaxing.

 

[la szum]

That's awesome! I am happy for ya.

I love people (mostly! l ), especially my family and friends.... but enough was enough.
I needed today.

They can start to squeeze the juice out of me again starting tomorrow.

 

[Frodebro]

That's awesome! I am happy for ya.

I love people (mostly! l ), especially my family and friends.... but enough was enough.
I needed today.

They can start to squeeze the juice out of me again starting tomorrow.

I hear ya on that one. I have to deal with people all day long, and getting a break from that is precious.

 

[dk_ace]

An EV-2 showed up for me yesterday, looking forward to checking it out I’m incredibly frustrated with all of my current expression pedals.

D

 

[Rock Chalk]

An EV-2 showed up for me yesterday, looking forward to checking it out I’m incredibly frustrated with all of my current expression pedals.

D

Fractal pedals are the shit…….you’ll love it…….

 

[OrganicZed]

An EV-2 showed up for me yesterday, looking forward to checking it out I’m incredibly frustrated with all of my current expression pedals.

D

The Fractal expression pedals are very well designed and constructed. I’ve never owned the EV-2, but ai have five EV-1 pedals.

 

[makeitstop]

Santa brought me solitude for Christmas. I love you, Santa!

Haven't had the time at home to myself as I would like to of late. I have
been home alone all day today, though.

Put a Dimarzio Dreamcatcher into one of my Charvels and now I am high-gaining
my face right the F off.

Built up 3 new Presets from scratch in the FM3 using various Dyna Cabs with a
JVM410 Orange OD2, Mark V Red, and even an ENGL Savage. My palm mutes have
never been this epic.

I've been away from my rig since a last-minute gig on Monday night, and I'm off until New Year's Day with maybe a half dozen songs to learn for the karaoke gig.

I'm diving in on a couple of new presets next week - I signed on for a night of Alice in Chains and Soundgarden at the end of January.