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Inspired
Dear Brothers and Sister of the Fractal church,
Yesterday I finally said goodbye to tubes. My beloved and trustworthy Peavey 6505 is now officially sold. I loved that amp to death, but lately I had been using my Axe II through it's power amp and to be honest my rig was getting too big and heavy. I have 1U left in my 4U case so I think I'm going for the GT1000FX!
Is the Matrix still the best option money/sound-wise? I'm looking for a light and roadworthy power-amp (since I always take my Axe from and to rehearsals). Yesterday I was talking gear with our other and we were wondering what makes the Matrix so special compared to other and cheaper transistor power amps (Behringer etc.). We always thought a transistor amp was just used to get louder, not to add color to the sound. And since the Axe is endlessly tweakable, you could dial away the coloration the cheaper amps add?
Yesterday I sold my 6505 during rehearsal, so I had to play a set only using my Axe, going through our mixer into our monitors. We were pleasantly surprised by the sound (only quickly added a cab block). So this made me seriously think about FRFR... At the moment I use a Laboga 412 V30 and the sound of the cab is perfect for my band, but since the Matrix and Axe are stereo, I was thinking about going 1/2 cab, 1/2 FRFR. If I'd buy a good passive wedge, I'd be able to use that for all my wet sounds and usage of different amp sounds. If gig at a decent venue, I could just bring my Axe and own wedge as monitor (and use the provided monitors as bandmix)... What do you think about this option?
Thanks everyone!
Yesterday I finally said goodbye to tubes. My beloved and trustworthy Peavey 6505 is now officially sold. I loved that amp to death, but lately I had been using my Axe II through it's power amp and to be honest my rig was getting too big and heavy. I have 1U left in my 4U case so I think I'm going for the GT1000FX!
Is the Matrix still the best option money/sound-wise? I'm looking for a light and roadworthy power-amp (since I always take my Axe from and to rehearsals). Yesterday I was talking gear with our other and we were wondering what makes the Matrix so special compared to other and cheaper transistor power amps (Behringer etc.). We always thought a transistor amp was just used to get louder, not to add color to the sound. And since the Axe is endlessly tweakable, you could dial away the coloration the cheaper amps add?
Yesterday I sold my 6505 during rehearsal, so I had to play a set only using my Axe, going through our mixer into our monitors. We were pleasantly surprised by the sound (only quickly added a cab block). So this made me seriously think about FRFR... At the moment I use a Laboga 412 V30 and the sound of the cab is perfect for my band, but since the Matrix and Axe are stereo, I was thinking about going 1/2 cab, 1/2 FRFR. If I'd buy a good passive wedge, I'd be able to use that for all my wet sounds and usage of different amp sounds. If gig at a decent venue, I could just bring my Axe and own wedge as monitor (and use the provided monitors as bandmix)... What do you think about this option?
Thanks everyone!