cordelero68
New Member
I received my FR-12 a couple weeks ago, plugged in my FM3, and was completely disappointed. The sound was muddy and sounded heavily compressed relative to the same basic Fender BF Deluxe patch through monitor speakers or headphones. The patch is basic, Amp and Cab blocks only. I used the stock cab with 57 mic (turned off the 121 to get rid of unwanted bottom end). I have the Output 1 of the FM3 on 12:00, the output set to +4, and tweaked the cab setting to cut below 80 Hz and above about 6500 Hz. On the FR-12, I had all the knob at 12:00 except Bass (10:00) and Cut (9:00). I watched a lot of YouTube videos and read posts here to try to help me dial this thing in. Last night I took the rig to rehearsal with my classic country band, thinking that maybe the change in room and volume would help, but unfortunately no dice. The volume at 12:00 was not very loud either. The drummer is a finesse guy who I often have to tell to hit harder so I can hear the snare (they exist!). Do you all think that I may have a bad FR-12? The FM3 sounds amazing in the studio (where I also have an AXE FX III). I was so hopeful that I could use the FM3 live to replace my amp, but it really didn't work for me. Thanks in advance.