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  1. Alex C

    At the gig last night…

    This is great. This guy clearly paved the way for The Driving Crooner.
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    This is more on the metal side, but it seems jazzy enough to still be considered fusion, and it blows my mind every time I watch it. This is Fredrik Thordendal (a guitarist from Meshuggah) performing on Swedish public access TV with Morgan Agren (of Mats Morgan Band, among other projects).
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    I also don't see any recent activity and it looks like he might have left the forum. Hope everything is ok.
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    :)
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    Joel Paterson - Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar

    Good call; I discovered "Hi-Fi Christmas Guitar" a few years ago and it quickly became one of my top holiday albums ever. Very tasteful arrangements and great playing. Great to learn that there's a part 2!
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    Stepping in to save this thread before a full month goes by without a new post:
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    Strings & corrosion

    All of these pesky counterfeiters are a lot like clusterflies; this time of year is bad, and there is little we can do - but swat them. @iaresee
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    Which humbucker would you choose to coil split?

    Here's how I dealt with this a few years ago, and what I've also implemented in a few other guitars since then. (But now I see that you were involved in that original thread, so maybe you've already seen this.)...
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    Things Everybody Plays Wrong

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    Things Everybody Plays Wrong

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    Things Everybody Plays Wrong

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    Not sure if this "counts" as fusion or if it's just blues rock with some tasty fusion influence, but I quite enjoy it and it seems worth passing along here.
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    Was the Fender TMP the impetus for Cliff producing gap-less switching?

    Not sure if this was the direct inspiration for the gapless switching or if this is how it was ultimately implemented, but I would like to acknowledge the contributions of forum member @BobXX ...
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    I think this demo is great. Well done Mr. Kingman

    I agree; Burgs just might be a bit too talented and tasteful to be a realistic reference for how things will sound under the fingers of a mere mortal. :)
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    A few years ago I discovered the jazz pianist Cameron Graves and promptly acquired both of his CDs. His 2017 album is piano/drums/bass with Kamasi Washington on sax and is quite tasty. His 2021 album "Seven" is prog metal-influenced and he cited Meshuggah as a strong inspiration.
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    This is so good, thanks for sharing.
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    Virgil Donati, Brett Garsed, Derek Sherinian were all involved in this album: (A few tracks have Allan Holdsworth contributing a guest solo.)
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    Good stuff, thanks for the Protocol suggestions. I recently checked out Protocol V and enjoyed it, and I've been meaning to go back to investigate the older stuff. My mind was blown a few years ago when I discovered that Andy Timmons played on a Simon Phillips live album called "Out of the...
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

    Thanks for your posts as well; this thread has introduced me to some great groups that were previously unfamiliar to me.
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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

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    Ultimate Fusion Collection (FAS Community Edition)

  32. Alex C

    Looking for Guitar Pick Suggestions

    Dunlop Carbon Fiber Max Grip Jazz III https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/471P3C--dunlop-471p3c-carbon-fiber-max-grip-jazz-iii-black-guitar-picks-6-pack I discovered these 5 or 6 years ago and now they're all I use, even on acoustic and bass.
  33. Alex C

    AFIII Awesome Greenback Tones with the York Audio KW 412 M25 IR Pack

    Your playing is really enjoyable to watch/listen to. Great tones, nice guitar collection, and great playing.
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    Unique guitars

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    Unique guitars

    Kawai Moonsault (Not my picture.) I saw this model in a guitar magazine 20 years ago and it has always stuck with me. https://www.vintageguitar.com/3366/kawai-ms-700-moonsault/
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    Drift Lab - Matteo Mancuso

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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    Another year, another Christmas bump. :)
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    Acoustic song identification

    Not sure if anyone else was curious, but I managed to find it. It's "Those Who Wait" by Tommy Emmanuel from his 2000 album "Only".
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    Van Halen: The Early Years

    The title of the Youtube video is "Van Halen Story: The Early Years (2003) | Full Movie", so it looks like it's almost 20 years old at this point! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392884/ But in any case, it looks interesting; thanks for posting.
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    Acoustic song identification

    There's an instrumental acoustic song that I used to hear a lot on a Pandora station around 2008, but I can't remember the artist or the track name. A family member recently had some old friends over and recorded some audio of their teenage son playing the guitar, and it happened to be a nice...
  41. Alex C

    How boutique is boutique?

    Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy seeing tube amp chassis gut shots, and this guided tour was great.
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    Famous Musicians You’ve Met?

    I saw Yngwie Malmsteen at a grocery store in Los Angeles years ago. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he...
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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    Time again for the annual bump.
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    AFIII One of my favorite lead tones so far for neck pickup

    Very nice! I think I'm hearing some Satriani influence; some elements of the solo section reminded me a bit of "Raspberry Jam Delta-V" from Crystal Planet (some of the legato, whammy, and tapping, along with the upbeat feel of the backing band), but not to the point of being derivative or...
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    Prince

    When growing up, I heard his 80s radio hits (Kiss, When Doves Cry, etc.) and never looked into his work any further. Then in the 2000s I saw his performance on Saturday Night Live and it changed my perception of him. He was much more of a guitarist than I realized, and he pulled off the...
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    AFIII Legend 100, holy $*%#!

    Lovely tones and beautiful playing; thanks for sharing.
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    Watching the feed from NAMM - Van Halen 1978 performed at Melbourne Guitar Show 2019 - SIMON HOSFORD

    Incredible; thanks for posting. I was almost laughing at how good this sounded and how accurately and effortlessly the guitarist played everything. Wonderful stuff!
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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    Annual bump!
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    Judgement on covid goes heavy metal

    Very enjoyable, thanks for sharing.
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    AFIII 5 Modern Metal/Rock Riffs You Should know on 6 string guitar + Axe Fx III presets

    Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy watching you play. Both hands are so clean and efficient.
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    The Pedal Movie

    Thanks for posting; I hadn't heard of this. I got into electronics in high school via various DIY pedal forums in the early 2000s, and even though the Axe-Fx is my main rig now, I'll always have a soft spot for the magic of through-hole components, Hammond enclosures, and solder smoke. Seeing...
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    Amazing female vocals on Dream Theater-ish prog metal

    This is like Dream Theater with a powerful female singer, and her voice is just incredible. The riffs are proggy and melodic and I really like the musical side of this, but I keep coming back for that voice and I can't stop listening. I love DT, but I can't help feeling like this is what "The...
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    Max Ostro

    Thanks for sharing; I hadn't heard of him. This is crazy good. 15 years old?! The speed and technique is incredible, and he seems to have dynamics and feel too. Picking, tapping, legato, everything is so clean. Here's another one:
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    CABBAGE Tuning

    It looks like that list left out one of the classics:
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    So I tried an Ibanez guitar.....

    Yeah, it took about $200 and a decent amount of work replacing or modifying the pickups, tuners, nut, string trees, selector switch, and volume pot in order to get it playing and sounding like I wanted, so it's more like a $399 guitar now. :) Interestingly, I was expecting the frets to be...
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    So I tried an Ibanez guitar.....

    Some of us are playing a $199 Ibanez. :) https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/mother-and-daughter.136461/
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    Right handed playing a lefty guitar!

    The idea of retraining the brain to keep the fundamentals and just apply them in a different direction reminds me of the "backwards bicycle" - a bike modified to steer in the opposite direction from where the handlebars are turned.
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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    It's that time of year again.
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    Ghost

    Here's a thread from when the Nameless Ghouls started officially using Fractal gear (in 2015): https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/ghost.105843/
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    Name of guitarist who looks like this action figure

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    Matte Jazz III picks

    Dunlop Carbon Fiber Max Grip Jazz III https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/471P3C--dunlop-471p3c-carbon-fiber-max-grip-jazz-iii-black-guitar-picks-6-pack https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MXE4JU I discovered these 5 or 6 years ago and now they're all I use, even on acoustic and bass...
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    Audacity question

    https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_vocal_removal_and_isolation.html
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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    Bump for Christmas weekend in case anyone missed it the first time. I've been listening to this a few times a day this whole month and still really enjoying it.
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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    Here's a thread from a few years ago where this was discussed, with a preset too: https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/anyone-had-any-luck-replicating-the-pog.44405/#post-583926 However, that's focused on single-note stuff, and I'm under the impression that the POG does a better job than the...
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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    To me it sounds like a an Electro Harmonix POG or HOG. (But I've never played either, only heard clips online and on some studio recordings.) EDIT: Maybe something like this: (timecoded link to 65 seconds)
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    Neat Christmas cover: rock version of Mr. Grinch

    Great vocals on this.
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    Short scale?

    Here's a link to a post I made a few months ago reviewing the Ibanez Paul Gilbert Mikro short scale (22.2"): https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/mother-and-daughter.136461/#post-1668468 I'm still enjoying it a lot, and still find it seamless to transition between it and my Kiesel 7-string.
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    Random Guitar Player List

    I saw some Blues Saraceno posted above. I've always enjoyed this video:
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    Is This The End Of Solid State?

    Encroachment into a personal residence is a Class A misdemeanor.
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    Is This The End Of Solid State?

    I think this situation can be explained by frustration related to being the backup quarterback. - Always on standby - Talent scouts only rated him "B+" - Couldn't get decent grid(iron) blocking - The team nutritionist had him on the "starved plate" diet
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    Jason Becker

    "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet" is a solid documentary that tells the story of his childhood, big break, illness, and what he's doing these days. http://www.jasonbeckermovie.com/ Amazon link
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    [NGD] Kiesel...But Pickups Sound Terrible! Help!

    I have a Kiesel DC727 with what my sales guy called late-stage prototypes of the Lithium pickups; I think the design was finalized and named just a month or two after my purchase. There has always been a bit of a nasal or honky quality that I've never been thrilled with, especially on the...
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    Yngwie at Sweetwater

    I feel like he's capable of being "musical" and not just mindlessly shredding, and I think he was in his element when accompanied by the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra. The "crazed virtuoso" thing suits him in this context and his classical influences serve him well here.
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    Mother and daughter

    I ended up buying a PGMM31 Paul Gilbert Mikro of my own and I wanted to update this thread and share my experience with it. Out of the box, I would rate this guitar at something like 3.5/10. It came with 0.010 gauge strings and had pretty poor tuners, and it was nearly impossible to get the...
  75. Alex C

    Advice on selling a PRS with damaged tremolo knife edges

    Thanks for all of the responses. This is exactly the kind of info I was looking for.
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    Advice on selling a PRS with damaged tremolo knife edges

    I'm planning to sell a 2002 PRS Swamp Ash Special, natural finish, PRS tremolo bridge, no birds. I'm the original/only owner, and I got this guitar when I graduated from high school in 2003. Around that time, in a moment of youthful folly while attempting to lower the action, instead of...
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    Is there a name for this common D-chord thing?

    I don't know the right terms to use here, but there's a D chord "enhancement thing" that is used in a number of popular songs and is usually played by an acoustic guitar. That thing where you hold a D chord shape and add and remove the 4th and 2nd (pinky and middle) fingers. One way of writing...
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    311 Flowing Intro sound

    I think a starting point could be a filter block controlled by the sequencer, as seen in this video starting around 9min 30sec:
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    Best way to setup a volume pedal pre everything

    I know the first block in the grid is after the input noise gate; is the global "input volume" before or after the noise gate? EDIT: After checking the manual I still can't tell. It says: 5.35 Input Noise Gate Every Axe-Fx II preset includes a “built-in” Noise Gate connected directly to the...
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    Mother and daughter

    Thanks. This aligns with a few other reviews I've come across as well. Part of the fun Mr. Gilbert seems to be having in the video posted above is due to the ability to do bigger bends than usual. I'm assuming that he's using the 9-42 strings that he normally uses on his full size PGM models*...
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    Mother and daughter

    This looks like a lot of fun. How does it play? I've seen a few reviews that mention intonation or tuning issues, but it's hard to tell how qualified the typical reviewer is when it comes to guitar setup and adjustment. I'm seeing a price point of US$200, which seems great if this is a...
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    Mother and daughter

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    Crackling sound in the tail off

    Does it sound like what can be heard on the intro of "Drop Dead Legs" as the notes ring out? Or on this amp demo starting around 3:00 (link below should be time-stamped) There have been some threads on the forum in the past about this "ghost fizz", and the conclusion seems to be that...
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    14 Heritage Guitar Workers off the job as company heads in new direction

    I think we're on the same page; I should have clarified that in my previous post. The "man" in the quote is the worker who has done things by hand for decades and is resisting technological advancement (and improved efficiency, consistency, etc.) because he fears that he could find himself out...
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    14 Heritage Guitar Workers off the job as company heads in new direction

    "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair (sources because quotes on the internet are usually wrong: 1, 2, 3)
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    CAPS LOCK MADNESS & WHAT'S YOUR DAY GIG?

    ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, BABY, YEAH!
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    How does one find the various frequencies that make up a complex waveform?

    @Stratoblaster recently shared a really good math/science Youtube channel and included the following excellent video as an example:
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    Clean tones without a cab?

    There was a thread with a similar topic a few weeks ago that has some more examples and additional thoughts. https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/using-clean-amps-without-a-cab-good.134834
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    NUX Cerberus - Multi-function effects pedal with presets and IR loading

    Does anyone have any experience with this? I just learned about it and can't quite tell if it has been fully released or where it could be purchased (it's out of stock everywhere I've seen, or maybe not yet in stock). Overdrive, distortion, tremolo/phaser/univibe, mutliple chorus types, delay...
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    Here's a make you feel old post for the old guys...

    "I don't feel tardy."
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    Small request for Guthrie Govan Charvel owners

    This looks like a useful thread: http://www.dimarzioforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6294.0 Someone on there wrote: "Now that I own a Charvel Govan, I can say with certainty that the guitar’s “single coil simulation” is achieved by having a .1uf metal polyester film cap along each shunted series...
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    12 year old with AX8 playing Petrucci!!!

    Yes, this is fantastic. Great tone and incredible, smooth, clean playing. Thanks for sharing.
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    Using clean amps without a cab = good?

    I've heard/read many times that the guitar on "Under the Bridge" by RHCP was recorded direct (through a compressor first).
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    97% CPU and Getting Static

    There's a nice wiki page on CPU usage here: http://wiki.fractalaudio.com/axefx2/index.php?title=CPU_usage It includes a section with suggestions for reducing CPU load.
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    Video: Petrucci - Dream Theater guitar tones history

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    Headrush FRFR $349

    The seemingly-equivalent Alto has a version with Bluetooth for $349, so maybe Headrush will have a model with that option for that price as well. https://www.amazon.com/Alto-Professional-TS210-Loudspeaker-Integrated/dp/B018W31TM4
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    Any Meshuggah or Fredrik Thordendal fans out there??

    This "Nail the Mix" video features engineer Tue Madsen demonstrating the mixing process for the guitar tones on TVSoR. This interview with drummer Tomas Haake gives some good background on their approach to recording this album...
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    Any Meshuggah or Fredrik Thordendal fans out there??

    Here's the "Meshuggah tonematch extravaganza" thread from @Guitarjon https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/meshuggah-tonematch-extravaganza.88840/
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    Any Meshuggah or Fredrik Thordendal fans out there??

    Here's the Koloss making-of documentary (with time-stamped link to the Axe-FX mention). "We play through Axe-FX. To get a digital signal out via S/P-DIF. Then into Cubase. In Cubase we use a plugin (VST Amp Rack) where we set up pedals, amps, cabinets, effects and microphones manually...
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    At first I thought this was stupid...

    I wonder how similar this is to the Stewart MacDonald Black Ice: http://www.stewmac.com/Pickups_and_Electronics/Components_and_Parts/Black_Ice_Overdrive/Black_Ice.html It's a passive circuit that seems to be composed of clipping diodes to ground, and is intended to replace the capacitor on the...
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