geisterfaust_
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Hi guys!
I'll try to keep this as short as possible: i'm wondering if the AX8 is the best bet for me in my own personal situation, which is the following:
My guitar playing happens at home mostly. I've never been happy or satisfied with the tones I was getting with numerous pieces of gear (free and paid VSTs, an old POD HD500 I had, Yamaha THR10, Roland Cube 20XL, etc) I had owned for home playing. The closest thing I was to "satisfied" was recently, when I started messing around with Helix Native. Finally I was able to create patches that sounded more or less okay and made me play more!
While I'm not a purist or anything like that, I'm very pragmatic. I like things that work. I ended up selling my old POD because I spent more time tweaking than playing. While this is what I have seen, the main selling point for some people of the Kemper, I'm not really looking forward to pay for profiled amps, I rather pay for something and stick with it for a long while with not a lot of investment on it. I'd love to know if the AX8 (or the AXE III) would give me that satisfaction, of dialing a tone in 10 mins and be happy with it. I do have a tube amp (Laney GH50L) that I use for my band practice. I'm not against the idea of ditching it and go with a FAS product + power amp if I see it fit.
My main gripe is one: obsolescence. The AX8 has no more future upgrades as far as I know, while the AX3 has been updated quite a few times. I'm also worried that FAS will drop a new and upgraded version of the AX8 anytime soon (i'm not considering the FM3 as an upgraded version of the AX8 mainly because it doesn't have the same functionality), but I guess that's a part of technology, you can't wait forever.
While I have plenty of space for an AXE3, that would mean I'd have to purchase a floor controller down the line, while with the AX8 is an (almost) all in one pack. And let's be honest: I don't need all the DSP power the Axe 3 has (almost nobody needs it). My patches would consist of one amp + one cab + effects, same for bass.
Between both products: I'm leaning more towards the AX8 for numerous reasons, being mostly the format, the price and the limitation it has. I like limitations, and I think that with the current horsepower that the AX8 has, I'd be more than pleased with the patches I'd use, since I don't play really heavy/intense effect wise music. The AX8 can work as a pedalboard, so I could sell the few pedals I own (nothing really special, I'm very basic with my pedals)
Being this my first jump into the world of modern digital processing (not counting the HD500 I had since I was very young when I bought it and ditched it a month after the second hand purchase) what would be the best bet for me? Should I wait? Is the AX8 obsolete, or it will be obsolete in the near future?
I know I'm asking really relative questions, but I rather have the opinion of people well versed in these products.
PS: Since I'm posting this in the FAS forum, I guess it's implied that I'm not interested in other offerings from other brands. Thats true to a certain degree:
Thank you and sorry for the huge text!
I'll try to keep this as short as possible: i'm wondering if the AX8 is the best bet for me in my own personal situation, which is the following:
My guitar playing happens at home mostly. I've never been happy or satisfied with the tones I was getting with numerous pieces of gear (free and paid VSTs, an old POD HD500 I had, Yamaha THR10, Roland Cube 20XL, etc) I had owned for home playing. The closest thing I was to "satisfied" was recently, when I started messing around with Helix Native. Finally I was able to create patches that sounded more or less okay and made me play more!
While I'm not a purist or anything like that, I'm very pragmatic. I like things that work. I ended up selling my old POD because I spent more time tweaking than playing. While this is what I have seen, the main selling point for some people of the Kemper, I'm not really looking forward to pay for profiled amps, I rather pay for something and stick with it for a long while with not a lot of investment on it. I'd love to know if the AX8 (or the AXE III) would give me that satisfaction, of dialing a tone in 10 mins and be happy with it. I do have a tube amp (Laney GH50L) that I use for my band practice. I'm not against the idea of ditching it and go with a FAS product + power amp if I see it fit.
My main gripe is one: obsolescence. The AX8 has no more future upgrades as far as I know, while the AX3 has been updated quite a few times. I'm also worried that FAS will drop a new and upgraded version of the AX8 anytime soon (i'm not considering the FM3 as an upgraded version of the AX8 mainly because it doesn't have the same functionality), but I guess that's a part of technology, you can't wait forever.
While I have plenty of space for an AXE3, that would mean I'd have to purchase a floor controller down the line, while with the AX8 is an (almost) all in one pack. And let's be honest: I don't need all the DSP power the Axe 3 has (almost nobody needs it). My patches would consist of one amp + one cab + effects, same for bass.
Between both products: I'm leaning more towards the AX8 for numerous reasons, being mostly the format, the price and the limitation it has. I like limitations, and I think that with the current horsepower that the AX8 has, I'd be more than pleased with the patches I'd use, since I don't play really heavy/intense effect wise music. The AX8 can work as a pedalboard, so I could sell the few pedals I own (nothing really special, I'm very basic with my pedals)
Being this my first jump into the world of modern digital processing (not counting the HD500 I had since I was very young when I bought it and ditched it a month after the second hand purchase) what would be the best bet for me? Should I wait? Is the AX8 obsolete, or it will be obsolete in the near future?
I know I'm asking really relative questions, but I rather have the opinion of people well versed in these products.
PS: Since I'm posting this in the FAS forum, I guess it's implied that I'm not interested in other offerings from other brands. Thats true to a certain degree:
- While Kemper is a great piece of gear, I'm more interested in my "own sounds" rather than downloading other amps.
- While I'm liking Helix Native so far, I'm still skeptical about Line 6 due to previous experiences. The Helix Floor is the best bet for me, but the block limitations (I know the 8 block thing is coming) is really off putting, since I want to have an all in one solution.
- The Neural DSP offering is, right now, in beta, and its price point will be way too expensive.
Thank you and sorry for the huge text!