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    has anyone used their axe fxII in Phuket Tailand

    I'm not in Phuket but I've lived in Thailand for most of the last 17 years - and I learned my electrical engineering in Australia, so I can offer some guidance. Yes, the Axe FXII has an auto-sensing power supply - bought mine in the USA and have used it here (Bangkok, Samut Prakan) and in...
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    OMG FW 10 is so fucking good!!!

    Buttery has been my favorite amp simulation since v9. This morning I performed the v10 upgrade, reset the amp defaults and fell in love with Buttery all over again. One day soon I'll probably try the new plexis but for now, wow.
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    All Time Favourite Guitar Solo

    Can't say this is my absolution favourite, but in the spirit of this thread, I have to throw in Trevor Rabin's first solo on "Shoot High, Aim Low" from Big Generator. He creates an interesting texture with a layered acoustic guitar - dazzling flurry of notes that really lifts the passion of the...
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    KRK Rokit 6's Sound Like Dog Poop

    I guess a point I forgot to embellish is that they are near field monitors - not speaker cabinets. They are designed to deliver a flat frequency response in a very small sound stage. They are not intended for filling up a room, or listening to off axis. Also, (it's hard to quantify exactly...
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    KRK Rokit 6's Sound Like Dog Poop

    I have some Rockit6s set up as my B monitors on my DAW. They are set up 1.2m apart and 1.2m from my face. When in the correct listening position, I prefer them to many other speakers - there's something they deliver in the upper mids that is just clearer than my previous mackies and my current...
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    Nothing like a real Plexi

    I shipped my '69 plexi superlead 100 off to Dan Boul and Mike Franceschini @ 65Amps to be restored (new PT and OT from Mercury Magnetics as well as some other internals that needed replacing to put it back to original condition). It's still in LA if you need a loaner to model. Dan tells me...
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    SE Asia - Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, ... (in English)

    Hi Piing. I'm out in Moo Windmill, in Samut Prakan off King Gaew Road (roughly behind Wat King Gaew). I travel too much for work to gig anymore. Are you playing anywhere in Bangkok? I have a pretty well stocked studio out here as I'm more interested in recording these days. !m working in...
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    My axe fx just blew up.

    230v in Singapore, pretty clean too. Nevertheless it is not unheard of that a spike can shoot down the line and wipe you out. You never know when someone's going to put a backhoe through an underground power line... Thailand power is dirty as hell - we get blackouts, brownouts and a constantly...
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    Power Conditioner

    Did a gig in a country town about 20 years ago... transformer outside the bar blew up during our first set. Every piece of Korg and ROLAND gear died - some cooked, some blew their Non volitile memory. Fuses popped on my Mesa MkIIIs and thermal protection saved the FOH amps and desk. All the...
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    Les Paul. Which one??

    I was in a shop in Singapore last year when a guy walked in a traded a couple of guitars - amongst the guitars he surrendered was a beaten up, black LP Studio. It had the expected fret wear of a player that only knows A minor and some dings in the finish, but was otherwise true and there was...
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    Issue with TUNER and External Switch

    I tried the external switch as well, and like you, found it no longer displays tuning info on the MFC LCD screen. In the end I reassigned all external switches to Scene 1-4 switches, and changed the Tempo IA swtich to double as a Tuner (if you hold it down for two seconds).
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    Has Anyones Marrige survived that Axe Fx??

    One the one hand, I curse that show Sex And The City for enticing my wife with dreams of Prada and Jimmy Choo Shoes. On the other hand, her passion for that crap provides me an balance for my equipment purchases... Whenever I am returning home (or expecting a shipment) of a significant new...
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    Can regular rca couplers be used to extend the length of S/PDIF cables?

    Max length for coax is supposed to be around 10m but I've never used anything longer than the 5m cables I made for my studio. Digital signals over Coax are susceptible to reflections caused by changes in impedance (sometimes a kink in the cable or usually an in-line connector). I could never...
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    What are you using the External switches to change on the Axe

    I made up a couple of dual external switches for my Eventide "Factor" pedals... sold the Eventides and migrated the switches to the MFC-101. Works fine. I was using one for an AMP X/Y but then decided to change that over to the Tuner IA (after reading that you can set the TAP IA to enable the...
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    My axe fx just blew up.

    @j_m_s It would be disappointing (but not unexpected) if Davis (the new dealer in Singapore) didn't try to offer any help - as you pointed out, they did only just start carrying Fractal and there are several of us in your shoes who bought direct before they were around... You might also want...
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