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Recent content by Promit

Why Steve Vai 'Wasn't a Big Fan of the Marshall Sound'.How Carvin Made His 'Favorite' Amp

I had a Legacy 3 and I noted two things. First, that like many amps it has its own opinions about how to be dialed in properly and can end up sounding weird if you don't get the knobs right. Second, it came to life with the kind of hot bright pickups that Vai favors that can also sound weird on...
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- Post #15
- Feb 15, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
G3’s opinion on amp modeling

Respectfully, it's condescending to write this sort of thing from across the internet about someone with Vai's experience - particularly without knowing additional context. Not only is Vai a very long time Fractal user (the Fractal Legato model is his personal amp for crying out loud!), a recent...
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- Post #15
- Feb 15, 2024
- Forum: The Lounge
Opinions on lightened / chambered body guitar

My experience has been that lightening produces a slight shift upwards in the resonance of the body, while chambering produces a substantial one. Lightening is very hard to hear. While the guitar may sustain longer or louder in the chambered case, I don't like the almost "honky" tone that can...
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- Post #19
- Feb 15, 2024
- Forum: Guitars
Looking for a vanity car....Porsche, BMW, etc.

If it were my money, I'd buy a Porsche: Wait, it was my money. Wait, that wasn't a Porsche. Damnit!
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- Post #51
- Sep 16, 2023
- Forum: The Lounge
Bareknuckle pickups worth the cash ?

I'm deeply conflicted about this. They make a lot of really great pickups, handwound in the UK by (I hope) reasonably paid first world labor. That's worth supporting more than ever these days. But if you're going to press me on, are you getting incredible innovative pickups that do something...
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- Post #10
- Apr 8, 2023
- Forum: The Lounge
Axe-Fx Firmware Version 20.05 Public Beta (Beta 1)

I meant to say exactly what I said. My honest feedback to Fractal is that the world has hundreds of notable tube amps that I would have rather added before an SV20H. Dev time is finite, why spend it here? Maybe an artist really wanted it or something.
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- Post #49
- Sep 24, 2022
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx Firmware Version 20.05 Public Beta (Beta 1)

I love it, but I am so so confused about the decision making process of what amps get added as new models. I'm sure the SV20H is cool and all but there are so many legendary amps out there and we got another Marshall? It's just not what I would have picked.
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- Post #21
- Sep 23, 2022
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Alex Lifeson of Rush with his FM9

He has roadies to ziploc it up for him between shows.
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- Post #20
- Sep 11, 2022
- Forum: News
Announcing FM9 Turbo

This might sound slightly insane but if I have an FM9 in my hands and plugged into USB, how do I figure out if it's a Turbo?
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- Post #364
- Sep 8, 2022
- Forum: FM9 Discussion
FM9 and USB Cable

I've been using Amazon Basics USB A-B "printer" cables and they've worked great so far.
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- Post #3
- Sep 5, 2022
- Forum: FM9 Discussion
Too Obsessive About USB Choices?

Audioquest is flatly a ripoff no matter what you are doing. USB 2.0 is not anything fancy anyway. As far as Axe Fx cables, my primary concern is robustness. Monoprice and Amazon Basics cables have worked out well for me so far.
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- Post #8
- Sep 4, 2022
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bands that epitomize a certain amp’s sound

Gotta say Slash and the Silver Jubilee.
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- Post #25
- Sep 3, 2022
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
How to keep Scenes open after using tuner with OMG9?

This layout link glitch should be fixed in the next FM3 update - I remember because I'm the one who reported it. It was fixed on the FM9 but I don't think the 3 has seen a new update yet.
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- Post #8
- Sep 3, 2022
- Forum: FM3 Discussion
Fm-9 with a built in Wah/Vol Pedal? any thoughts?

I'm being serious when I say the Helix is right around the virtual corner if this makes a big difference for you. But I also feel there is a good reason none of the other competitors in the professional floorboard category have gone with this design.
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- Post #10
- Aug 31, 2022
- Forum: FM9 Discussion
5153 so easy to get a good tone, feels like cheating!

The 5153 50W Blue is my default amp, and would probably be in real analog form too. I prefer it through a Creamback M/H mix as I find that suits the character of the amp better than the V30 and the EVH/Greenback speakers are a little fuzzy for my taste.
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- Post #14
- Aug 22, 2022
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion