Greg Ferguson
Legend!
What took you so long? 13 minutes?
What took you so long? 13 minutes?
Exactly. The last 6+ months have played havoc with suppliers, manufacturing/assembly, transportation and shipping, testing and burn-in in QA, final shipping domestically, etc., across all industries. We’re seeing reports Here and on Facebook that units have shipped, then sat at the hub as UPS/FedEx dealt with their own problems.
It’s not as powerful or as flexible as the Helix, but L6 employees on TGP have said that the amp and effects models in the Go sound virtually identical to those in the Helix and Stomp.
And who is going to come out with it that isn’t constrained by the exact same conditions? Someone from a different planet?
Being a FAS user for over a decade now I can say without any doubt, there is nothing that comes close to FAS units. You can waste your hard earned cash on L6 and I'm speaking from experience here, BUT you will never match the quality FAS gives you. One of the most important parts is ,how it feels under the fingers and L6 ain't got it. Buy the POD GO then, when you get your FM3, you can use the POD GO for target practice.
Being a FAS user for over a decade now I can say without any doubt, there is nothing that comes close to FAS units. You can waste your hard earned cash on L6 and I'm speaking from experience here, BUT you will never match the quality FAS gives you. One of the most important parts is ,how it feels under the fingers and L6 ain't got it. Buy the POD GO then, when you get your FM3, you can use the POD GO for target practice.
Completely agree with respect to the Line 6 products..but what about the Kemper products? yet to try those out..Being a FAS user for over a decade now I can say without any doubt, there is nothing that comes close to FAS units. You can waste your hard earned cash on L6 and I'm speaking from experience here, BUT you will never match the quality FAS gives you. One of the most important parts is ,how it feels under the fingers and L6 ain't got it. Buy the POD GO then, when you get your FM3, you can use the POD GO for target practice.
And a Fractal product you are unable to buy will never sound as good as an available alternative...Being a FAS user for over a decade now I can say without any doubt, there is nothing that comes close to FAS units. You can waste your hard earned cash on L6 and I'm speaking from experience here, BUT you will never match the quality FAS gives you. One of the most important parts is ,how it feels under the fingers and L6 ain't got it. Buy the POD GO then, when you get your FM3, you can use the POD GO for target practice.
A friend, who has a lot of experience in recording and in the digital modeling world, tells me I also should be looking at Kemper. I don’t like the form-factor of their “toasters“, so their floor unit might be worth investigating. Then again, I’m considering an FX3 so the toaster might be acceptable.
Kemper rack is a decent option but I'm not sure about the floor unit. I have read mixed reviews on those.
I was reading the manual for the Kemper to familiarize myself with it, and wasn’t impressed with the need to use fixed slots for each effect and that there are limited slots available.
I was really close to buying a Kemper Stage back in December and then a friend of mine told me about the FM3 announcement, which I had not heard of. Once I started reading about the FM3, I had to dig into the differences between modeling and profiling. Wrapping my head around the difference between the two units made me settle on fractal gear. It’s definitely different strokes for different folks, but the difference between the two approaches is not small. Once you really understand the differences in the approach, I think for most players one or the other starts to stand out as the right Avenue for their needs. Full disclosure, I didn’t get on the waitlist until January, so I still have a ways to go on the waitlist, but I have talked extensively with friends who have used the AX3, and Kemper, and I am convinced fractal is what’s right for me.
