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    Wish Remember/Snapshot Footswitch

    Description: A way to use footswitch that will hold a snapshot of your current settings I find myself adding effects or control switch combinations that aren't necessarily saved in a scene (because I'm improvising) and when I change the scene or preset to go to another tone, I'd like to be...
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    Elevated Jam Tracks - YouTube

    I'm sure most have discovered these backing tracks and videos. Without a doubt these videos have educated my playing 1000%. I haven't learned much if any music theory. But learning the different scale modes, using these videos and backing tracks, I believe I've inadvertently learned what I...
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    Running With the Dweezil

    Has anyone else bought his Van Halen podcast? It's pricey at $50, but for me it was a well spent $50. I'm totally entertained. He and each guest break down the albums and go into deep dives about the nuances of Eddie's playing, equipment, etc. If you're a VH fan that has read all the books...
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    Seymour Duncan Frankenstein Custom Shop

    I pulled the trigger on one to replace the JB I have in my Charvel USA HSS. The guitar comes stock with a Super Distortion. I love the the pickup in my EVH Frankie replica but couldn't figure out if this the SD Custom Shop pickup is the same that's in the EVH. I emailed the question and YES...
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    EVH Flanger setting

    For "Unchained", I was wondering how Eddie is able to make it always go 'up' on the first click on and then back down for the 2nd click. The flanger never starts a down swell on the first 'click' on. It's like it resets after the down swell. Or maybe it's visa-versa (down then up?) I'm...
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    Turn MIM Strat (90's purchase) into the real deal

    I have a MIM Strat that I bought in the mid 90's. The pickups must be hot and the pots are crap and the bridge is crap. I'm thinking of sinking some light $ into rebuilding it into what a Strat "should" be. The pickups will most likely be the most important factor and I've received a lot of...
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    New Speaker Breakup Parameter

    I didn't see a thread on the topic, so I thought I'd kick it off. I'm finding that that for my JB pickup, I like the Speaker Breakup set to Hard. It also plays nice with my low output single coil in the neck because it helps it stay a bit cleaner. I'm using a greenback imp. curve and cabs...
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    Guitar Pick - Good for Pick Slides/Scrapes

    I've used 1.0mm blue Dunlop tortex picks for the last 20 years or more. The thicker pick has never produced a good pick slide/scrape and recently my wife bought me some EVH .60mm nylon picks. They're soooooo light but kind of fun to tinker with especially playing a guitar with 9's and they do...
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    NGD....tomorrow - buyers remorse today

    I have serious buyers remorse and the thing hasn't arrived. In a moment of weakness I bought the EVH Frankie relic. I don't need another guitar, man... And I hate 9's!!! What was I thinking? I'm dialing in my flanger, phaser and echo tonight in anticipation. I'd post a pic but we all know...
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    Cleaning up tone with guitar volume

    My main presets are built around the idea that I can go 'clean to mean' by switching pickups and a flick of the volume knob. Of course the spectrum on each changes depending on the guitar or more specifically, the pick up combination. My HSS guitar has a low output single coil neck p/u with...
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    Implemented Implemented: Input Level ‘follower’ (like pitch follower)

    I haven’t tweaked around with the pitch follower yet but watched and bookmarked one of @2112 videos where he gets his gain and delay to increase as the pitch of the note increased. I’m not sure what the Ax3 term is so I called it a pitch follower. I’d love to see a input signal follower. I...
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    Dialing in Speaker Resonance

    I'm trying to determine the best approach to dialing in the resonance or oomph in my FRFR set up. I get the oomph I want the closer I get to an A chord. As I get closer to the E chord the oomph is missing. Would the best way to attack this be to widen the Q (curve) on the speaker resonance...
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    NGD? Not Day....maybe weeks or months

    It's my first Warmoth build. I have no idea what I'm doing, so I'll probably have the dude at the repair shop I prefer put it together for $200. Thanks to @Randall d for babysitting me through this. He's done about 7 builds. I think I have the same specs as the Pete Thorn Signature Suhr...
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    Swapping out a Dimarzio Super Distortion for a Duncan JB

    Why? Because I'm bored...lol. I have a Charvel USA Select, made of Alder that has the Dimarzio HSS set up. Great playing guitar and real versatile. I've always wanted to play a JB just to see what the fuss is about (for high gain p/u's. - 80s metal). What I'm wondering is if I'll need to...
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    Anyone know how to turn a 4x12 4ohm into an 8ohm or 16ohm?

    I have a cab that’s 4ohm but my amps are 8ohm. I’m itching to hear my Axe3 thru a 4x12. I know I can rewire it to stereo and do 8ohm to each jack. But the amp is a Marshall DSL and I’ll be using it as an extension speaker, and run the Axe3 thru the FX in.
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    Ted Templeman's new book

    ..is out. I got it on Audible. It's really good! I'm almost through it at the 5150 time period. He goes into a lot about the Van Halen era and really loved those guys. He said that when Eddie came to the studio for VH1 he asked if he could borrow Ronnie Montrose's head because he loved the...
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    I think my Les Paul is a dud

    It’s a beautiful guitar. It sounds good amplified but when I play it I get a feeling that there is a dead spot on the neck or the neck is constantly warping, leaving me with a perception they it needs an adjustment. I just took it in and the guy measured and said it was fine. It’s a Custom...
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    3 weeks in....working on my go to Marshall tone

    I had the AX8 for a little over 2 years and got to a point where I had my tone dialed in and then didn't tinker anymore. I just played. With the AxeIII I'm starting over, still tinkering. My core tone is a Marshall that cleans up with the volume knob, especially on lower output p/u's. I'm...
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    Question(s) about speaker impedance curve

    The default cabs have a narrow LF Res Q and the Cab Resonance defaults at noon which shows a couple of 'spikes' in the graph. Is there a general consensus on what sounds best? When I drop the LF Res Q closer to 0.5 which broadens the frequency hump and nudge the LF Res Freq to around 132ish...
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    Deep Tweaks for the Axe-Fx III

    I'm at a point where I've created a good tone, certainly suitable to anyone who hasn't been seeking it for most of his life. I've been searching the Axe III forum for the advanced tweaks but finding them has been like looking for a needle in haystack. With the Ax8 I was able to use Cliff's...
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    Got a $100 bucks...should I....?

    Get AB's Naked amp pack or Cooper Carter's master class? I'm coming from 2 years experience with AX8 and had AB's Naked Amps for the AX8. I tend to live around one or two amps and 3 or 4 core 'sounds', being crunch, highergain or lead, clean (jtm or fender) and clean ambient. I've got those...
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    Is Input EQ the greatest tone shaping tool?

    I’m a week in to Ax3 ownership and am starting to dabble in the advanced parameters. On my AX8 I added a PEQ block with a mid boost prior to the amp block in my Marshall preset. I used the tip from Cliff’s tech notes. I set out to start sculpting my tone and realized the input EQ basically...
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    Panic Attack!! I just clicked pay.

    :oops: I couldn't stand the wait for the FM3 and the AXIII/FC6 combo was on sale. My impulsiveness got the best of me. I just put up my '73 Marshall for sale and will be putting my AX8 up as well. Gulp.
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    Compression after the Cab?

    In this video Rhett Shull shares a few tips to make his modeler (Helix, Kempler). One of the tips was to add compression after the cab, to give the setup a more realistic tube amp feel. I was wondering if anyone had tried this or used a different method to achieve this?
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    Advice on selling my '73 50 watt Marshall

    I think I'm gonna sell my baby. I read the news about the delay on the FM3 and figure I can sell the Marshall and my Ax8 to fund the AXIII and hopefully a FM6 (may need some scratch of my own to get there). The last time I played the amp it was a little weaker or less loud than I thought it...
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    Classic Songs whose mixes still hold up this day

    So I recently purchased a new vehicle that sports a killer sound system. And I'm still in awe of certain classic songs or albums that just got the mix right. I bought an Audi and apparently it's got 15 or 17 speakers or something ridiculous. The more modern mixed songs has a bit too much bass...
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    New 5150 Deluxe - Old Kramer throw back?

    I caught a look at these this morning. I’ve held off buying one of the new EVH’s because I didn’t like the body and stubby headstock design. But I’m tempted to buy one of these except they seem like they are just Charvels (same colors) with the banana headstock. I know EVH & Charvel are put...
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    Another should I sell my....

    I've got an old 1973 50-watt Marshall 1987x that I've had since the early nineties before they were vintage. It is my benchmark of tone. Unfortunately it doesn't get any play. I think I'm coming up on a year and half since I've last fired it up. There's a sentimental part of me that says...
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    Harley Benton?

    I'm guess I'm late to the party but lately have been seeing HB gear on the web for dirt cheap. All kinds of goodies like cool guitars that are cheap enough to modify but have a lot of the goods I'd already want. They've got a 2-12 v30 cab for about $185. I understand you get what you pay for...
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    Input Jack stopped working

    I can get a connection by pulling up fairly hard on the cable to force a connection (yeah I know, not recommended). I did search but didn't see any quick fixes. Tried the support channel and that was not very user friendly. I could've sworn I'd seen other threads with same problem but can't...
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    Top Wrapping??

    Any top wrappers out there? I top wrap my Les Paul. I get less string tension and to my ears a bit more brightness and sustain. I've never been much of a drop D or C tuning guy but playing around more with it now that I've grown an interest in King's X. I think the lower tunings may not work...
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    Perceived phase issues

    Im partial to an cab block I’ve set up with two IR’s (57 & 121). So far it’s been the clear winner. But some times or some days it sounds out of phase or boxxy thru my Xitone. I can’t figure out if it’s real or my ears are deceiving me. I’ve experienced this with other IRs, particularly...
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    Looking for ideas on gain boost for low output single coil lead

    I'm set up with a hot HB and a low output single in my neck. I love being able to clean up with the volume knob even when a drive pedal is on. But I also want to get that juicy single coil lead sound for legato and so I need a 2nd gear. I'm looking at maybe a control switch or expression...
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    Using Output 2 Echo for monitoring

    This probably belongs in rigs and routing but sometimes the responses don't come as rapidly as they would here. If I'm reading the manual right I should be able to run Outputs 1 L&R to my DAW to mix with track and output 2 for monitoring, allowing me to adjust volume at with the knobs on the...
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    Austin Buddy’s Brown Sound

    I was listening to Van Halen’s 5150 album yesterday morning. Really just the song '5150' and ‘Good Enough’. The tone on that album gets a lot of thumbs down from the VH tone hounds. But I’ve always like both songs and the sound on those tracks. I think Eddie started getting into the...
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    Got me a Fractal Audio T-Shirt......

    I'm gonna sport it up to the local music store first chance I get to see if I can draw a debate out of some of the 'experts' working the cash register. You know the guy who tried upset me a $14 set of strings.... Nah, I really got it so Biship5153 will spot me in the crowd and throw me a...
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    Interface or mixer to switch sound from studio monitors to PA monitors

    Should I use a small mixer for this or are there better ways to do this? I'm considering the Mackie pro8vfx... It's got USB, aux out and main outs. I guess I'm unsure about using the Aux out is a stereo signal or a mono signal. Or is the old fashioned way (plug & and plug the speakers...
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    Another Stereo setup question(s)..

    I've searched the threads and yeah, I know the answer is somewhere in the posts, the manual and Yek's guide. But at the risk of being flamed, here goes anyway :confused: I've been running a single mono setup to my Xitone and so the I/O output option has been L-R output. I've also been...
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    Best Apple AirPod Alternatives

    Anyone have suggestions? Most reviews say the Apples can’t be beat.
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    Dumb question setting up in stereo

    If I’m using two FRFR monitors (Xitone, DXR10) should I choose two different IRs for for stereo cab setup so the signal isn’t redundant? I’ve always played mono because it’s simpler and truer to a traditional amp guitar setup. But I’d like to try to get a large stereo sound for fun. I...
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    AX8 Owner- One Year Anniversary

    It just dawned on me that it's been one year since I've joined the Fractal community. I was sifting through my old posts, reading some of the newbie questions I had - we all have had. One year later I'm very happy with the small amount of presets I have created and use. And I feel that I have...
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    Question for Dolken/Lynch serious fans...

    Is ‘Under Lock & Key’ slightly out of tune from Eb? This album and the Robin Trower songs I want to jam to are just slightly sharp or flat.
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    Using my studio monitors for TV speakers while also having a recording/playing....

    I currently have a Scarlett 212 and use Logic for recording. I have studio monitors as well as FRFR speakers. I’d like be able to have everything set up so I can easily choose which speakers to use OR use them all. And would like to run my TV’s sound as well. I was looking at the Mackie 8...
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    AX8 - Finally got some ‘to do’ items done!

    I finally made time with no one at the house to distract me to accomplish my following to do list: -create a SRV patch (went back to Tyler Grund’s video even tho it’s for AX FX2) -add a strymon type multi-delay block to my library. Based on an Andy’s Timmons type sound. I Copied a block from...
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    Recording Backing Track Audio from YouTube

    Is there a way to do this on a Mac? I’ve googled and just get 3rd party software download links that look suspicious. I just wanna record myself jamming to a backing track and am too lazy to create my own. Plus I like other folks tracks because it’s out of my comfort box. Also some of...
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    AX8 Demo for buddy

    First video ever created for me. I made one for a buddy to show the versatility of the AX8, particularly how it cleans up like a real tube amp on the neck pickup and how the cleans were a foot stomp away. He's a Metallica fan so I butchered Masters of Puppets a bit. You can hear my parrot...
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    Feedback, finger squeel and sensitive settings

    I was talking with another Fractal brother who brought up to topic of controlling finger noises on certain presets. For me the preset tha lt does it is a Marshall Plexi. I have a control switch that toggles on the fat boost and increases the drive block’s volume. Is there a way to tame an...
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    Eb tuning is such a pain in the...

    it’s so frustrating try to play through my current iTunes playlist and have to switch guitars for the tunes in Eb. Pretty much all metal in the 80s and SRV. I’m currently going through and building a separate one for each. I’m stuck with Journey, Dio or anything with keyboard for one. Then...
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    XiTone arrived today...shoot out against my DXR10

    ...and the winner is..... Ahh you guessed it - the XiTone! I ran the DXR for a good 5 minutes getting a good vibe and real happy with the tone then switched to the XiTone. The difference was the fullness of the XiTone and it’s really clear on both ends. It’s a 12” speaker so I expected the...
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    Man Cave/Studio ...from the ground up!!

    We're buying a house that has an unfinished room on top of the garage. The wife has given me the green light to do what I want with it. I've been googling how to sound proof it and she and her brother work for a dry wall interior build-out company so materials would be cheaper for me. I just...
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    Jamming to backing tracks or mixes

    I have a hard time bringing the whole mix through my monitor to jam with because I feel I need a separate signal. I typically will monitor using my FRFR speaker and jam the bass/drums/backing through another speaker system. I've yet to buy studio monitors but I'm sure I will soon enough. How...
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    Treble bleeds...

    Love em?? Hate em??? I've got an old Ibanez RG550 that I bought in '87. I installed Duncan Distortions in the bridge and it's just an incredibly versatile guitar. The thing I've always loved about it was the way it cleaned up using the volume knob on my Marshalls and of course my AX8. I'd...
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    Searching for a pristine Fender clean

    Maybe my impatience has gotten the better of me but I'm not really finding the chime, bell tone like clean with the Fender models. They all break up and have some dirt, or at least when I give it a quick run through. I've been able to get a cool clean from the Matchless model and of course the...
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    Two different FRFR speakers for stereo?

    Do any of you guys use different speakers together? I currently have a Yamaha DXR10 and a Xitone coming. Would using both deter from the tone? Or would a better application be to use the DXR as a wet only speaker?
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    Scene Controller set to turn on amp's 'boost' (Plexi) clips when 'ON'

    I'm having a heck of a time trying to figure out how to turn on the Plexi's boost in a preset. When I use a scene controller it clips badly. The settings show 'ON' and 'OFF' rather than 'Min' and 'Max' so I'm assuming it's the right application. Is there a value that the boost built into the...
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    I’m embarrassed to ask- Changing Strings

    What’s the trick to gauging how long the strings should be before starting the winding? I’ve been at this for almost 30 years and still end up with a short wind or a wind that’s too long. Don’t judge..
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    Jumping on the Xitone Bandwagon....

    Mick put the hard sale on me. Basically said he'd break both my legs if I didn't buy. I've been bullied all my life and figured why take a stand now..... so I'm on the wait list.........WHOOOHOOO!!!!! My Yamaha DXR10's fan stopped working and I took it to a Yamaha service guy who's had it...
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    Yamaha DXR 10 - question about fan

    i left my DXR10 on overnight and went to turn on my AX8 this afternoon and no sounds. The protection red light was on. So I’ve since turned it off and let it cool and am able to get sound back on. But I’ve noticed the fan isn’t turning. Do any of you fellow DXR owners notice if the fan is...
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    Where to EQ - new guitar & pickups

    I'm stoked about the new guitar I picked up - It's one of the new Charvel USA Select HSS guitars. They come with Dimarzio Super Distortions which sound much fuller or bassier than my other guitars, which had either Duncan's or a 57 classic plus. The Duncans have a midrange bump and my presets...
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    Just bought used Charvel made in Japan - sight unseen (Yikes??)

    I'd been looking for a super strat and visited a local store that had some of the new Pro-Mods (Pink & Lime) and had one Warren D Snakeskin. The Pro Mods felt OK. I'd always heard about Charvel's necks being to die for but wasn't that impressed with the Pro-Mod. The Warren D model felt...
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    Houston - Looking for someone to work on my Les Paul

    Anybody from Houston know of any good techs? Specifically, my Les Paul doesn't clean up well using the volume knobs. I've had it in to a local shop and asked them to check the pots and re-wire to 50's wiring. They were supposed to call to let me know the values of the stock pots before...
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    Trying to get a Stryman Timeline dual delay ‘wash’

    I’ve been trying to get a dual delay wash effect like Andy Timmons, Pete Thorn or Steve Morse. They all use an expression pedal to blend the delay in. I’ve tried the mutlitap but I’m not able to get it to sound like a huge reverb like they do. Plus their core tone still sticks out. I know...
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    Suggestions to soften the low end tone when Pwr Amp is set to off (Sag 0)

    I'm running into the FX return of a Marshall DSL 40. It's EL34 based and LOUD!! And that's a good thing. The amp is notoriously bright, but now that I'm able to replace the pre-amp section with anything I can dream of... ala the AX8, I'm still having a hard time to get the low end to get more...
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    Recommendation for a Pre-Amp to use to send to FX Return on my combo amp

    Do any of you guys with experience in running the AX8 into a FX Return of their tube amp have a modeled amp recommendation? This would be an AX8 pre-amping a Marshal DSL40 with a Creamback. I will eventually try the 4CM method but I figure I need to find a pre-amp tone or two from the AX8...
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    Question about dialing out brightness when rolling guitar volume down

    Newbie question: Is there a way to dial down the brightness that occurs when I roll back the guitar volume? The lower the pickup output the crispier the sound on all pickups. It’s usually something I want in a tube amp but I’m finding it’s a bit more than I’d like.
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    Is it possible to get output tube’s harmonic overtone

    I don’t know if I’m describing the ‘phenomenon’ technically correct. When my tube amps have been cranked and the tubes are hot I get these overtones that I’ve yet to really hear in any of the modeler clips. Just wondering if that’s possible.
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    Finally had time with my new Ax8 ..... thoughts & questions:

    I finally was able to have the house to myself for about 4 hours today. I tested two setups. The first was into a Alto TS210 powered monitor. The 2nd was into the FX return of my Marshall DSL 40C. I got a chance to go through the Fractal presets a few nights ago at lower than TV levels...
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    Should I dive in without hearing or playing the AX8?

    I'm pretty sure the majority will say yes and that it might be the last piece of gear I buy/need. I currently own a 1973 50watt Marshall, a 5watt Blackstar and a recently purchased Marshall DSL 40C - modified with Creamback and swapped the c-19. The idea was to buy the DSL for flexibility...
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