I’m pretty old old school, tube amp, drive pedal, chorus pedal sometimes , wah pedal occasionally. Classic Rock and blues are my favorite genres. But I like music from Johnny Cash to Metallica.
So far, I made a Blues preset and rock preset that I am very happy with. Took about 20 minutes to get blues preset and about 45 minutes to do a rock one.
Here are my suggestions that might help those that are new to fractal:
1. Cooper Carter and Rosh Roslin how to videos are full of great tips on making presets.
2. Fm3 to my ears, accentuates different pickups more than the tube amps I am used to working with.
I am mostly a Strat player. If I dial in a preset on Strat with noiseless pups, then try it with lace sensor Strat, it sounds way different. If I try it with humbucker Strat, I might as well start a new preset…where as on a tube amp I would tweak the bass, mid, treble and be done. With Fm3, I tweak the bass, mid, treble, change cabs and mics.
while I have not been able to get this thing to sound exactly like one of my tube amps, it gets amazingly close and sounds better than some tube amps on the market. On the other hand, there are so many sounds in this thing, it is amazing. The effects alone would justify the price.
Pros:
plethora of useable sounds, cabs and mics
effects are top knotch
Could replace a whole pedal board
Everything is adjustable even bias settings
No tubes, caps or fuses to change
No attenuator required to play at reasonable volume
Lots of forums, videos and chat rooms for help
Cons:
Takes some time to understand how to get “your” sound out of it
I have to program a different set of presets for each guitar I use.
Recommendations: buy one. It has inspired me, might do the same for you.
So far, I made a Blues preset and rock preset that I am very happy with. Took about 20 minutes to get blues preset and about 45 minutes to do a rock one.
Here are my suggestions that might help those that are new to fractal:
1. Cooper Carter and Rosh Roslin how to videos are full of great tips on making presets.
2. Fm3 to my ears, accentuates different pickups more than the tube amps I am used to working with.
I am mostly a Strat player. If I dial in a preset on Strat with noiseless pups, then try it with lace sensor Strat, it sounds way different. If I try it with humbucker Strat, I might as well start a new preset…where as on a tube amp I would tweak the bass, mid, treble and be done. With Fm3, I tweak the bass, mid, treble, change cabs and mics.
while I have not been able to get this thing to sound exactly like one of my tube amps, it gets amazingly close and sounds better than some tube amps on the market. On the other hand, there are so many sounds in this thing, it is amazing. The effects alone would justify the price.
Pros:
plethora of useable sounds, cabs and mics
effects are top knotch
Could replace a whole pedal board
Everything is adjustable even bias settings
No tubes, caps or fuses to change
No attenuator required to play at reasonable volume
Lots of forums, videos and chat rooms for help
Cons:
Takes some time to understand how to get “your” sound out of it
I have to program a different set of presets for each guitar I use.
Recommendations: buy one. It has inspired me, might do the same for you.