bkd_guitarist
Inspired
Longtime Ultra user here. For live use I play a Bogner Shiva with a pedalboard, and will be looking to the FX8 to replace about 75% of what I have on the board. It looks perfect and I'm excited about it. I was curious about how the drive blocks will sound through the Shiva, so I hooked up my Ultra into the Shiva's clean channel, straight to the front of the amp, nothing turned on in the Ultra other than the drive block. The result was pretty discouraging (which is a nice way of saying it sounded terrible). Everything sounded very compressed. The drives sounded tinny and artificial. I got the best result with the BB Pre block, but nothing approaching the quality of drive I get from my Wampler/Xotic/Timmy pedals.
So the question is - are the drive blocks from the Axe-FX II, which will be included in the FX8, a big upgrade vs the Ultra? I'm sincerely hoping the answer is yes. I plan on getting the FX8 for the time-based and mod effects, but it would be really helpful if the drives are usable as well.
So the question is - are the drive blocks from the Axe-FX II, which will be included in the FX8, a big upgrade vs the Ultra? I'm sincerely hoping the answer is yes. I plan on getting the FX8 for the time-based and mod effects, but it would be really helpful if the drives are usable as well.