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    Correct EQ for FRFR speakers with FM3

    Most people when they hear music through a system that is truly flat think it is thin (lacking bass) and lifeless (lacking highs). Most people have gotten used to hearing music through systems that hype the bass and treble because they sell more systems that way. If you think the music sounds...
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    Milk at Grocery Store....Why do they ask if you want in bag????

    I always have them put milk in a bag. I had one leak one time without my knowing and the milk spoiled in the carpeting. I never could get that smell out of the car.
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    Tele: to upgrade or to trade up, that is the question

    I think you should take your Tele into the store where the CS Tele is and compare them unamplified. This gives you a pretty good clue to the comparative tones of the two. The pickups are easy to replace if that is all it is. Then compare the necks and how they feel and play to you. Own the one...
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    Who use always the same IR in every preset?

    I use a Tone Factor 2x12 Greenback IR for 98% of my presets. Changing IR's seems to change the basic character of the sound and makes different presets hard to balance in the mix, and makes for too varied of a tone. I think back to the days when people only had one amp for everything live...
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    BAD Hum/Noise At Gig

    Did you try a different guitar?
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    Denoising strat - shameless request for recommendations

    If you find true singles to be a little shrill, then you might really like lower output Kinmans (there are several to choose from). Or if you don't mind moving a small notch in the HB sound direction (while still sounding 90% - 95% single coil) you might be satisfied with DiMarzio Area pickups...
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    Buzzing Noise on Guitar Tones

    It sounds like you might have a compressor in your signal chain before the amp block. If so, it will boost the output to the amp as the guitar signal decays. So, you might want to try using the compressor in the amp block, or put a compressor block after the amp and speaker and see if that helps.
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    Tonewood doesn’t matter

    I had a Warmoth build (strat) with an alder body. Played great and sounded great and got a lot of compliments on the tone, BUT it wasn't what I was looking for. I wanted more snap and definition. So I ordered a Warmoth swamp ash body (same spec's). When it arrived all I did was swap the body...
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    FM9 into Fender FR-12 video clip and initial impression

    I A/B'ed an FR12 against my CLR. FR12 sounded good, but the CLR easily won the day for me. I will stick to my CLR's.
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.05 Release

    Since I don't use all four channels of the Amp block I simply copy the channel I want to update to an unused channel. Then I reset the amp in one of them, and then bounce back and forth to copy my old settings into the reset channel.
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    Finding the right amount of mids with being honky tips!

    Try 2x12 cabs instead of 4x12's.
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    Atomic CLR's to Studio monitors

    CLR's are on sale for $899.....
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    What was your 1st amp?

    1965 Blackface Fender Twin with EV SRO speakers. Needed a fork lift to move it, so I put the amplifier section in a separate head cabinet the owner that sold it to me had made (for the same reason. That helped. Sadly it was stolen from the house I was renting.
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    Disaster at a gig last night

    I used to have this issue with my AX8. Fractal said to wait something like 30 seconds after making ANY changes before shutting the unit off. Once I started doing that I never had a problem again. Perhaps this is true of the FM3 also?
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    Fender FR-12 preamp mod : The Hissterectomy

    What about Avatar speaker cabs? Still too expensive?
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    Best noiseless P-90

    I love my Kinman P90's, but I have not tried the Fralins. Mine are the lower output ones (Sweet Neck and Clean Bridge) and I use them for P&W.
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    External switches

    The big limiting factor of the Stand-in Switches controlled by External Switches is that they cannot change their function based on the Footswitch Layout. They are Global in that they can only perform the same function no matter what Footswitch Layout you are on. I submitted a request in the FM3...
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    Suhr Thornbuckers in a PRS Custom 24

    Have you checked out Lambertones? They are specifically designed for modern worship tones. I love Thornbuckers, but find them too aggressive for P&W. I had them in my CU22, but they just didn't gel with that guitar. I replaced them with Kinman P90Buckers and those worked better in that guitar...
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    True Class A Amplifiers

    There is so much more to this than what has been discussed here. Guitar amps that are referred to as "Class A" are really cathode-biased. They also have no negative feedback. Look those two things up to gain more understanding about the two different types of popular tube guitar amps. There are...
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    In praise of LT TV Mix #2

    Are these IR's still available? If so, where?
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    Atomic CLR - Issue Resolved

    Blue Loctite.
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    Wish Ability to change external switch functions per layout

    This request seems like a fairly simple one to implement in the programming and would make the FM3 so much more powerful given it comes with only three switches. I am really surprised it has not been adopted. Perhaps because Fractal would just prefer we buy an FC6, but that is a lot more to...
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    Slightly muffled open high E on my EJ strat

    Sounds like the nut slot is the problem. Take your fingernail and shove down on the string in the slot and see if the tone changes. Pushing down behind the nut doesn't always reveal a nut slot problem (for example if the nut slot angle is wrong due to wear).
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    FRFR sounds great. FOH sounds bad.

    When I loaded it in my FM3 I got the Pignose cab IR. Is that correct? That cab has no brightness to cut through a mix.
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    FRFR sounds great. FOH sounds bad.

    A few more enemies to cutting through a mix: Too much reverb or delay, and too much gain. Distortion gets lost in the hash of all of the instruments. If your sound is mostly distortion, it will have a hard time cutting through, especially if there is another guitarist or keyboard. Another thing...
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    FRFR sounds great. FOH sounds bad.

    Also, it is important to adjust your tone at stage volume in the context of the band. Every band is different with the different tones being produced that can mask your tones. You have to find your niche of the frequency spectrum and as much as possible just use tones in that frequency range...
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    ISO "I'm The Only One" electric guitar tone

    There is more than one electric guitar track in that song. She says she used her 82 LP on that song. Both track's amp sound British in nature. The clean one sounds very Voxy. The dirty ones sounds like there is a dirt box on it.
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    80s pop guitar tone

    I believe Dann Huff may have used a Peavey Classic 50 for Danger Zone. Perhaps with a Boss SD1 to push it a bit and shape the tone.
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    FM9 not allowed?

    One option I have heard people do is to take a DI with you. Then let the sound tech put a mic in front of your FRFR. Then when they aren't looking, unplug the mic (but leave it in place) and plug it into your DI (with your Axe running into it). The DI gets the output down to a level they are...
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    Wish New 'Scene Volume' block/model

    Or it might be easier to just have a scene level page right in the Amp Block that controls the Amp Level per scene.
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    Level Scenes

    You can assign Scene Levels to knobs on the Performance View and that helps with leveling Scenes at a gig.
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    FM3 Firmware Version 6.01

    That is because you have the Hold function enabled, so the change happens when you let off the switch, not when you press it down.
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    Warmoth guitar bodies - top wood options?

    Same.
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    Should I buy a '65 Fender Strat ?!

    It can be a perilous journey to buy a vintage strat. First of all you need to make sure it is not a fake. There are a ton of facsimiles out there. And of the ones that are the real deal, there are a fair number of duds. Quality at that vintage was hit and miss. Buyer beware!!!
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    Kinmans are only dead silent when I'm touching metal on the guitar

    I am talking about RF, not power issues. Tons of lights with old dimmers and you have a LOT of RF flying around. And your guitar makes a good antenna.
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    Kinmans are only dead silent when I'm touching metal on the guitar

    Perhaps it depends on your "everyday circumstance".
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    Kinmans are only dead silent when I'm touching metal on the guitar

    As noted on the Kinman site, it is important to note the difference between hum and noise. Kinmans are not noiseless pickups, they are hum-free pickups. Humbucker pickups also are hum-free, but no conventional magnetic pickup is noiseless. Calling a magnetic pickup "noiseless" is a misnomer. You...
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    FS Pickup and pedal purge

    Updated with lower prices.
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    Gain Tone and Feeling

    I don't see what you are listening to the IE's with at home. Direct out of the Axe? I also would like a better description of what you perceive to be the effect of lower gain. Less distortion? Less sustain? Perhaps the IE's are compressing (or the system you have them plugged into. Compression...
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    Reverb holdover issue

    Yes. I updated and still had this issue this morning.
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    Reverb holdover issue

    @Admin M@ This continues to plague me. Is this something that has been looked at by the Fractal team?
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    FS Pickup and pedal purge

    I am finishing up the selling of Wildwind's (RIP) equipment for his family. Here is what is left for sale: (2) DiMarzio DP416AW Area '61 pickups (aged white) - Sold (1) DiMarzio DP409W HB2 Heavy Blues 2 (white) - Sold (1) DiMarzio DP420W Virtual Solo (white) - Sold (1) DiMarzio DP223FBK PAF...
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    Fundamental of one note on one string decays more quickly

    That pickup looks pretty close to the string. If the neck pickup is the same perhaps it could be a magnetic damping issue?
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    Jcm 800 mini game : helix or axe ?

    I don't know if it is just me, but Line 6 products typically sound like the distortion is somehow layered in after the fact and somewhat lying on top of the tone (somewhat detached). I hear that in the first clip. A soon as I heard it (before I heard the B clip) I immediately said to myself...
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    Is it me or are others in the same boat?

    If you think about it you will realize this makes perfect sense. A guitar cab/speaker doesn't reproduce most of the highs and lows that get louder with the FM effect. A FRFR that is tuned to a lower volume will not sound right when turned up because the highs and lows get louder proportionally...
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    Another USA Strat or a Gibson Les Paul Custom used?

    How often do you break strings? If this is a regular occurrence, and you are being paid to play, then I would say you need a guitar that will really act as a backup. Maybe get the Strat and put a HB in the bridge for some additional versatility? Or if you think the LP will be something you could...
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    You guys who are running your own sound…..

    Unless I missed something, you haven't told us your application: Style of music, size of venues etc. For what it is worth, I really hate systems with 15" mids. It leaves a big hole in the sound between the woofers and the horns. You can think it will be fixed by EQ, but it really doesn't fix it...
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    Strat ground issue-Surprise! SOLVED-Thanks to Forum!

    There is a coating on the housings of potentiometers that make it very difficult to solder to them. You think you have soldered to them, but if you take a tool you can pry the solder right off. It it is properly soldered you cannot pry it off. I use a file to scrape the coating away from an area...
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    Strat ground issue-Surprise! SOLVED-Thanks to Forum!

    All need to be connected to "ground": the trem claw, all of the pot casings, any shielding (tape or paint), all of the pickups (follow the pickup instructions), and the sleeve of the output jack.
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    Front Panel editing question

    Thanks!
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    Front Panel editing question

    Is there a way to copy a Scene to another Scene location via the front panel. I can't see a way to do it.
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    FM3 purchase intention

    You can use any generic switch. There are actually two jacks for external devices. Each jack (via TRS jacks) allows two external switches, or one expression pedal. So, you could have up to four external switches, or two external switches and one expression pedal, or just two expression pedals...
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    Help with a CLR repair

    It sounds like the woofer is no longer working. I would open up the back and check all the connections (especially between the amp module and the woofer (speaker)).
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    FM3 DI Troubleshooting

    The problem is that Online Double Conversion UPS are expensive. That is why I suggested a test using a standard UPS. Just charge it up and then unplug it from your power source. Plug your FM3 into it and try the FM3 running off the UPS unplugged from the wall. If that fixes your problem you will...
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    FM3 DI Troubleshooting

    Based on the content of both extensive threads on this, coupled with the efforts that Fractal has put into this, I am inclined to think the problem is the power at his house. If he will follow my advice and at least borrow a UPS and follow my instructions, I think we can get to the bottom of...
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    FM3 DI Troubleshooting

    There are different types of UPS. The most common and cheapest one is Offline. It simply passes your home power through until there is a power failure; then it switches to the battery (and the circuitry converts that to AC). You could borrow one of these and use it to test if your power is the...
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    FM3 DI Troubleshooting

    The Furman is just a filter. It is not an entirely new and isolated source of power. An Online UPS is a separately derived power source created from your power source, but completely isolated from it. This eliminates noise and harmonics that could be existing in your power which could be causing...
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    FM3 DI Troubleshooting

    One possible solution would be to try a UPS that is always running off the battery. Or in other words an "online UPS". This is isolated from the original AC power source.
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    Level knobs change.

    Put glow in the dark stickers on them with a permanent marker line for the marker.
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    Trigger finger?

    Yeah, I have had several trigger finger release surgeries. All very successful. Not a huge deal. Recovery time has varied. The last one took a couple months to be totally normal. The others were just a couple weeks. Good luck!
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    Something strange is going on with my sound

    The voltage is not the only thing the Online UPS gives you. It gives you completely isolated high quality power. Isolated from the power source is the key. If the power there is "noisy" then it eliminates that. This is worlds better than just filtering. It completely eliminates ground loops...
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    Who Is On Your Mt. Rushmore Of Guitar Players?

    Gary Moore Michael Schenker Neil Schon Dann Huff Honorable mention: Hendrix, Clapton, Blackmore, Nuno.
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    Something strange is going on with my sound

    I suggest an Online UPS to resolve this. An Online UPS is one that the power coming into it is converted to DC and this DC is used to charge the battery. The battery then supplies power to a voltage converter that converts the DC back to high quality AC at a constant and correct voltage for your...
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    Something strange is going on with my sound

    If when he unplugs the guitar and guitar cable from the FM3 the noise stops, it probably isn't the FM3.
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    A Thing To Check.

    Or just put a tiny dot of blue using a toothpick.
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    Can't nail AC/DC tone - help is appreciate

    It is important to note the difference between Angus' and Marcus' tone., and then the two mixed together. Two very different guitars/pickups.
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    Need my Kemper sound on Fractal. Will pay $$

    https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/axe-fx-iii-clean-amp-sounds-compared-to-kemper-cleans.151497/page-5#post-1804532
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    How do I fix the action of a specific string on a telecaster?

    If I understand your issue correctly, it sounds like the slot in the nut for that string has worn down and is too deep. Since this caused the string to buzz, they raised the height of the string at the bridge to compensate. Sounds like you may need a new nut. The way to check the nut slot depth...
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    How to recreate the famous Dookie modded Marshall amp?

    To answer the OP question about jumpering: Cascading is running the two preamp channels in series, or in other words, running the guitar signal into one channel of the preamp tube and then running the boosted output of that into the front of the other channel of the preamp tube. Jumpering is...
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    Dummy Coils / Air Coils

    Have you tried looking at Kinman pickups? Hum-free and very very close to true single coil sound.
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    How to jump from the SuperStrat to the PRS wagon?

    Personally I am a big Melancon fan. Here is a nice one on Reverb: https://reverb.com/item/54041423-melancon-custom-artist-w-piezo
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    How to jump from the SuperStrat to the PRS wagon?

    Being more of a Strat and Super-strat guy myself, I found it tough to bond with a PRS. I found a used one at a store that I really liked (a CU22) and bought it, but I still have never really bonded with it. PRS is just a different animal. Some people LOVE them, and others like me just don't...
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    Reverb holdover issue

    Just wondering if we have ever received a reply from Fractal on this issue. It is no fun to have the "reverb explosion" happen in the middle of a quiet moment in the church service when changing scenes.
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    Why does the sound of a modeler have to be "the sound of a miced amp" instead of "the sound of an amp"

    If this were the day and age when guitarists just threw an amp on stage and blasted it into the audience with no help from the FOH PA sound system, then there would be more logic to wanting it to sound like an amp in the room as heard by the player's and audience's ears (though this is virtually...
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    Axe-Fx III Firmware Release Version 19.05

    How is Scene Ignore any different than having the same channel of the Amp block selected for every scene?
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    FS For Sale Mackie DLM8 powered speaker

    Price drop to $500 USD.
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    Seriously impressed with Charvel...

    I still have my '87 Charvel Model 5 in Pearl White. Great guitar with a lot of miles on it.
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    FS For Sale Mackie DLM8 powered speaker

    I am selling this for the family of a friend who passed away and was a member of this forum. The speaker is in very good cosmetic shape and is fully functional. It is basically a 12 inch cube that packs 2000 watts and a tweeter and 8" woofer. It has a built-in tip back stand as shown in the...
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    Booster Pedal

    Layout Links on the Footswitch setup page in FM3 Edit.
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    Booster Pedal

    I would recommend that you use an external switch (such as a Boss FS7) to switch between Scenes. That leaves your FM3 switches free to do your preset switching. Or you can do what I do: Once I have used a FM3 switch to select a Preset, I have the FM3 automatically switch to Scenes Layout that...
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    Wish Make changing between scenes seamless (no gap)

    I thought of that, but thought it might be more effective (to mitigate the dip) if there was a parallel block always on.
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    Wish Make changing between scenes seamless (no gap)

    Try running a block in parallel with your compressor block. One of the most respected compressor pedals; the Barber Tone Press does this to retain the attack of the note, while still sustaining. You can also make the parallel block something that you can control the output of (like a GEQ) in...
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    Critique my preset :)

    Clean tones usually cut through a mix a LOT better than overdriven tones. I.e. Less distortion = cutting through the mix better. I find what sounds good on its own at home is usually too distorted in a mix. Listen to the amount of distortion in a solo'ed track of one of the tunes you are...
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    FS Misc. Pedals for sale

    Bump
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    Dad Jokes

    Asked my therapist about my re-occurring nightmare of riding in a carpool to work and getting stuck in a tunnel. She responded: it is pretty common, it is called Carpool Tunnel Syndrome.
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    Dad Jokes

    What do you call a man sitting next to a bear in the woods? Claude
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    Some help to get this Marshall rock punch (not metal chug)

    You can tell these guys are hammering on those strings pretty hard. That is definitely a component of their tone.
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    FM9 MKII

    What about the FM9 do you wish were different that you are hoping a MKII will improve upon? What feature doesn't it have that is important enough to you to be willing to wait a year or two for? You mentioned more memory; do you think you will need more memory? A touch screen can be nice, but...
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    Tone of Kings model does not sound like the real pedal

    I think it would be beneficial to the community if there was a repository or a library of people's settings to emulate different pedals and pedal modes using the existing options in the Axe.
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    FS Misc. Pedals for sale

    Bad Monkey is sold. All others still available. Price drops: Fulltone Full Drive 3: $85.00 Line 6 M9: $175.00 Boss SD1: $35.00 (4) Boss FU5: still $20 each.
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    Dear Cliff

    Mounted to a piece of Lexan. Same exact footprint as my AX8 with exp pedal. Better tone, and more flexible. Prewired so it is the same amount of hookup as the AX8 was. Also had the benefit of having room to mount the exp pedal on a slight angle for easier use.
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    OMG 7???

    I am using only 2 external switches and one expression pedal, but I get everything I need out of it. I have access to 6 presets in each bank and instant access to 4 Scenes in each preset. Here is my setup: External switches (I use a Boss FS7) Switch 1: Tap: Layout 1, Hold: Bank dec/inc +1...
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    Reverb holdover issue

    I have tried waiting for over 10 seconds completely silent (volume block before it with pedal all the way to zero), but when I switch back to it I still get a loud "sprong".
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    Reverb holdover issue

    Yes!!!!
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    Reverb holdover issue

    I have run into this problem several times and have never figured out a solution. In a preset with the Reverb block that has Channel A set to a Cathedral Reverb with like a ten second Time setting, and the Reverb block Channel B with say a Spring Reverb with a short (say a couple seconds) Time...
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    Backline Advice with AF3 / FM3

    4x12 = four 12" speakers CLR = one 12" speaker Are you expecting one 12" speaker to move air like four 12" speakers do?
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    FracTool - for power users only

    Is there a way to grab a single preset out of an FM3 bank save file (used Fractal Bot) and convert it to Axe III without the FM3 present?
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    FM3 Firmware Version 4.00 beta 1

    I have run into a strange problem. After loading in 4.00b1 the lower-right LED for switch #1 (if illuminated) stays green. No matter which color I switch it to, that one LED stays green. I tried rebooting and no difference. I tried re-loading the firmware and the problem persists. But if the...
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    Cygnus Buttery very different from Ares version?

    I am a fan of the Buttery model, and am concerned about the fact that Cliff totally redid this particular model in Cygnus. I would have liked it if he would have left the old version (and given it a FAS name) for us that liked it; but since he didn't I am wondering how different the new modeled...
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    Switch/Preset/Scene Setup for Noob

    You can copy and paste Scenes within a Preset, but you cannot copy a Scene to a different Preset. Scenes are just a "snapshot" (not to be confused with Line 6's use of that term) of the status of all the Blocks in a Preset (engaged/bypassed, channel A,B, C or D). When you move to a different...
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