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  1. TG3K

    Metallica: Elton’s Funeral for a Friend

    Not a huge Metallica fan, but that rendition was lit! Gives me some ideas for my band's songlist.
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    Coffee & Guitars

    There used to be (or maybe still is) a shop in Reno NV that sells guitars and guns. A friend of mine used to shop there a lot.
  3. TG3K

    Pure volume Boost pedal?

    I use Filter blocks for that. I use one that's on a switch for an instant 3-4 db boost, and one that's on an expression pedal for a variable 0-5 db boost. The switched filter is on a per-scene basis (if I turn it on it Scene 1 it won't be on in Scene 2) and the pedal filter applies across all...
  4. TG3K

    Travel Ball insanity and Parents training their Kids to be Pros......

    Based on what I'm seeing my nephew and his wife go through with their daughter, the whole kid's beauty pageant thing is similar, except the travel tend to be cross-country by air, not just driving to neighboring states. It's a moneymaking scheme perpetuated by the organizers based on hollow...
  5. TG3K

    Live equipment list for a 4 piece band - help and advice

    Our band used a XR-18 for years with no problems. As suggested here and everywhere else, we used an external router. A few years ago we switched to a Soundcraft Ui24r (again with an external router), mainly for the better user interface (in my opinion) and the ability to record multitracks on a...
  6. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 25.00 Public Beta (Cygnus X-3)

    Be careful. After I installed the beta, my wife ran off with the mailman, the dog chewed up the sofa, and my favorite tree in the back yard blew over. And I'm not positive, but I think I'm pregnant. Coincidence? I think not. Fortunately, I have a backup wife, never really liked that sofa anyway...
  7. TG3K

    Fractal Noise Reducer vs noiseless single-coils

    Here's what I use to eliminate noise: For me, a volume pedal is the ultimate noise gate.
  8. TG3K

    Bass Synth Pedal Suggestions?

    Looking for suggestions for a synth pedal for an acoustic bass guitar. The bass player in my band has decided to give pedals a try after almost 50 years of using no effects. He got a TC Electronics Hall of Fame 2 Mini and Sub 'n Up Mini and is happy with those. He also got an EHX Bass Mono...
  9. TG3K

    Who use always the same IR in every preset?

    Same here.
  10. TG3K

    My life in Pedal Boards

    I don't have a complete photo record, but from memory... 1979-1983: Maestro Echoplex, MXR Dyna-Comp, Boss OD-1, MRX Distortion II, Ibanez Chorus, MXR graphic EQ, with everything except the Echoplex mounted in a homemade rack behind a piece of stolen aluminum street sign material. These were...
  11. TG3K

    Like A Good Neighbaaa

    My wife worked for State Farm for 23 years. She howled with laughtah when she saw this.
  12. TG3K

    Anyone using String Joy Strings?

    I'm in the same boat. I've found several brands that seem to last a bit longer than my tried and true Ernie Ball hybrid (9-46) sets, but for me, cost is more of a consideration than time spent changing strings these days.
  13. TG3K

    The importance of Mono for live guitar playing

    I run stereo to FOH, but we typically play small venues where someone sitting on the left side of the room can still hear what's coming out of the right-hand speaker, too. If necessary I can pan both channels to the middle. Also, the only time my left and right channels are different are when...
  14. TG3K

    Mateus and Matteo on Beato

    I agree. 👍🏼
  15. TG3K

    Sound Checks & Your Pre-Gig Process

    We're a 4-piece electric/acoustic classic rock (with a little country) cover band. The bulk of our shows are at small venues where we've played many times before. Guitars are direct to FOH and bass is through a 4x10 combo. There's a line out from the bass amp to the mixer, but we very seldom add...
  16. TG3K

    Tim Pierce interviewed by Mary Spender

    Yeah, it's a custom build. He called it "bespoke" and said he and Heritage worked for about a year to work out the details.
  17. TG3K

    Poll results of feature requests

    Seeing 3D knobs in Axe-Edit isn't going to make any difference to its functionality. I'd rather see the development time go into something functional, not pretty. And I'm not sure what specific graphics you'd like overhauled, but if you're talking about making them look like pictures of the...
  18. TG3K

    Poll results of feature requests

    Maybe it's just me, but when I'm trying to get a sound that I hear in my head (or hear in a recording I'm trying to emulate), I hear Fender-ish, Vox-ish, Marshall-ish, and Mesa-ish tones. We already have many multiples of each of those four basic amp types. The circuitry that gets me to one of...
  19. TG3K

    Dilemma: What to Do?

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    Poll results of feature requests

    As I said over there regarding the "more amps" request, if someone can't get the sound they're after with what's already in the box, there's probably no hope for them in the first place. It seems too many people are fixated on the names of the amp models and not on the sounds that can be...
  21. TG3K

    Airport etiquette when meeting people coming in on a flight?

    I prefer to let a simple sign do the talking...
  22. TG3K

    How many of you prefer to talk at your gigs (eg In between songs)? How many of you play straight through?

    We talk a little bit between most songs. No rock star posturing or shout-outs (Helloooooo, Cleveland!!! Are you ready to ROCK??????) No speeches or long stories, but we thank the audience for the applause, make a few self-effacing quips during quick guitar changes, or introduce the next song. At...
  23. TG3K

    Legacy Vs. Dyna-Cabs

    The vast majority of my presets are still using legacy cabs. They work and I've seen no reason to change them. My newer presets have been a toss-up...some are legacy and some are using Dyna-Cabs. I'll usually play around for a bit with Dyna-Cabs when creating a new preset, but if I can't cook...
  24. TG3K

    Question about AXE FX 2 preset conversion

    When I went from the AFX II to the III, I used Fractool to convert my presets, but none of them were really usable in the end. I just bit the bullet and re-did all my presets from scratch, but in the long run it was a good thing. It allowed me to clean up some "legacy" problems that were the...
  25. TG3K

    Looper Pedal for Playing Live?

    I use the Axe-Fx looper on one song* but when I've tried to use it to play rhythm guitar under my leads on other songs I've never been able to get the timing just right. *The one song I use it on (Sirius/Eye in the Sky) has the sequencer playing both synth blocks, and the looper is quantized to...
  26. TG3K

    When's the last time you broke a string during a gig?

    My last string break (at a gig or at home) was sometime in the 1980s. I do a lot of bends and play pretty hard with a stainless steel pick, but for some reason don't break strings. Still, I bring multiple guitars to a gig because I don't want the same sound all night. Side story...I have a...
  27. TG3K

    AFIII Kian's Song

    Just doing some learning and experimenting with Reaper...this is a very rough mix of a song that was just something off the top of my head one evening. Very quick and dirty. All the tracks are either first or second takes. All guitar (and fake bass) tones are via a Fractal Axe-Fx III. The drum...
  28. TG3K

    Mark V preset #

    Here's a good start:
  29. TG3K

    A Kind of Happy New Year to me!

    I do all the cooking in our house, so if I broke the potato masher she'd never know it, lol. It's both a blessing and a curse.
  30. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 24.03 Release

    IMO appreciating perfection is different from expecting (or demanding) it. The definition of perfection differs from one person to another. I'm satisfied just appreciating Cliff's constant drive to make improvements to an already awesome product.
  31. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 24.03 Release

    I think that's a pretty entitled attitude. Nothing is perfect. What's wrong with being happy for what we've got (which is much better than what we initially purchased)?
  32. TG3K

    Let's show some love! What is the thing about the Axe3 that made you grin recently?

    What is the thing about the Axe3 that made me grin recently? Turning it on. It makes me grin every time, knowing what's coming my way.
  33. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 24.03 Release

    Anyone who has experience with the real art of discussion knows that yelling at the person who is responsible for the best modeler on the planet will seldom get you the results you're seeking.
  34. TG3K

    New Year's Resolution

  35. TG3K

    Kemper Player is out, so pretty much all the competition now has a mini 3 button product… still no Fractal FM3 Lite???

    IMO if you can't get the sound you're after with one of the 326 amp models in the AFX III you're not going to find it, even if you can get that elusive profile of someone's Sealclubber 3000 XLS. I pay little to no attention to the names of the various amp models. I just care about getting the...
  36. TG3K

    Kemper Player is out, so pretty much all the competition now has a mini 3 button product… still no Fractal FM3 Lite???

    Your "5 or 6 classic/must have" amps, effects, or cabs will be different from the next guy's "must haves".
  37. TG3K

    Can I skip to FW. 24.02

    Be sure to backup your current presets and system setting before doing the upgrade. (This is especially true when upgrading to a beta version.) That way you can always roll back to an earlier version if need be.
  38. TG3K

    AXE 3 as a plugin - best thing for the environment

    Cliff has already said multiple times that it's not happening and has named his reasons why. Since you apparently have all the answers, feel free to develop and market your own software. And your "carbon footprint" comments are laughable and nothing but virtue posturing. The carbon footprint of...
  39. TG3K

    Upgrading advice needed

    Welcome to the club. Enjoy!
  40. TG3K

    Genre snobbery? rant warning lol

    I can understand hip-hop getting some grief on guitar forums since there's seldom any guitar involved in hip-hop. But country? I'm generally a rock player, but can't deny there's some pretty great playing currently going on in the country market. Hell, there's a lot of crunchy rock guitar sounds...
  41. TG3K

    Shunting a preset for an acoustic guitar?

    Last time I was in a studio we decided to add a last minute acoustic part. The engineer was trying to decide which preamp plugin he wanted to run the direct guitar through, and I told him I could dial up something quick and dirty with my Axe-Fx. He'd been impressed with my electric presets...
  42. TG3K

    AXE edit

    Yes. It's not a problem...I do it all the time when I've got gigs coming up but don't want to update firmware or Axe-Edit quite yet. Just close any dialog boxes that ask if you want to update Axe-Edit or your firmware version and proceed as usual.
  43. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 24.00 Public Beta #1

    And don't forget to back up your presets and system/global blocks/FC files BEFORE you install the new firmware.
  44. TG3K

    Rig setup inc midi

    Are you using this live or in the studio? I'm pretty sure the Axe-Fx-3 can do everything the TC Electronic, Marshall, and Boss units offer.
  45. TG3K

    Meteor Shower!!!

    Unfortunately, it's cloudy and windy here. Otherwise I'd be out tonight trying to get some photos of it.
  46. TG3K

    Small practice amp for my wife

    Reading the post heading, I though you were looking to trade. I have a Roland Micro Cube, but I'd need to see pics of your wife first. 🤣 Kidding aside, I have a Micro Cube as a workbench amp and it has some surprisingly decent tones. Picked it up at a pawn shop a few years ago for about $50 as...
  47. TG3K

    Boss IR-2 - Fractal Killer?

    Cooper's Master Classes are some of the best money you can spend on your musical journey. (Second only to purchasing the Fractal unit itself.)
  48. TG3K

    5150 Presence Knob

    As someone who's never used the real-life amps in question, I was leaning ideal, but after reading the comments I feel authentic would be better in the long run.
  49. TG3K

    Help Identifying a Preset

    I know this might be a reach, but I stumbled upon an old ambient clip I posted on Soundcloud a few years ago, and I have no idea what preset I was using. I'm certain it's not one I created. It's either one of the factory presets or it's from one of the several guys here who generously share and...
  50. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.04 Release

    Santos Pelotas de Caca would be a great metal mariachi band name. 🤣
  51. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.04 Release

    https://www.fractalaudio.com/downloads/firmware-presets/axe-fx-3/23p0/axefxiii_dsp_rel_23p02.zip
  52. TG3K

    The future of amp modeling and Fractal?

    It doesn't, but if you dig deep enough I'll bet you can find a financial connection between that article and Fender. 😉
  53. TG3K

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLIFF!

    Late to the party, but I used AI to make you a cake...
  54. TG3K

    To live is to die, clean

    Several years ago I used a variation of the Warped Vinyl preset for the first part of Wish You Were Here. One night we were playing a casino gig and they had their own sound engineer running FOH. I remember starting the song and looking out to the FOH desk to see the engineer scrambling madly...
  55. TG3K

    Dweezil pimping UA now...but man that tone is terrible...

    Do you really expect to be able to discern tone from an Instagram video? I'm betting if this was on Fractal's Insta page (if they even have one) people would be tripping all over themselves about how great the tone is. 🙄
  56. TG3K

    Practice Chair

    I use one similar to this one...it has served its purpose well, both as a practice chair and a work chair at my desk: https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/7678230/RS-Gaming-RGX-Faux-Leather-High/
  57. TG3K

    Notaklon (by JHS Pedals)

    If I wasn't completely satisfied with what the Axe-Fx brings to the table, I'd be all over this kit. I like the easy DIY concept. I never really understood the infatuation with the Klon pedals, but after Cliff added his take of it into the AFX, it's become my most-used drive block. Prior to...
  58. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.03 Beta #1

    The default values for the parameters in question (Speaker Drive and Speaker Thump) are the same across all the models. Cliff indicated earlier that setting these new values in existing presets would be the same as a reset, although he also advised to "use your ears"...
  59. TG3K

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.03 Beta #1

    Are the new values for speaker drive and thump the same across all of the amp models? In my case it seems it would be faster for me to just change those two values than to do a block reset and have to re-adjust the parameters on the Tone page. (Or would that not be the correct approach?)
  60. TG3K

    Adventures in Accuracy

    The "ancient Chinese secret" is in humorous reference to an old TV commercial...a reference Cliff has jokingly used himself. He was not talking about an actual Chinese secret. 🙄
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    Does anyone else find it funny

    I jumped on the 5.1 bandwagon in the late '90s. I had a decent home stereo setup already with Teac 12" 3-way speakers, so I just added a 5.1 receiver and grabbed some other spares speakers I had on hand. I used the Teac speakers in front, a pair of Bose 501s in the rear, a 10" 3-way in the...
  62. TG3K

    Movie Review: Blue Beetle

    We had "High Flight" and/or "St. Francis of Assisi at prayer, over 700 years ago", followed by the National Anthem.
  63. TG3K

    Clean slate and a fresh start.

    New gear makes a great motivator and can ignite a spark to make playing fun again. Keep in mind that your tone most likely won't sound like the tones you're hearing on YouTube videos. Commercial presets are often a good starting point, but there are too many variables (guitars, pickups, playing...
  64. TG3K

    Who else never really uses the drive block(s)?

    I mainly use the amp gain, but with the introduction of the Klone drive I've added it to a few of my presets. I don't delve into the high gain stuff nearly as much as the metal players do, though.
  65. TG3K

    Axe-Edit III 1.13.08

    Thanks! Installing now. 👍
  66. TG3K

    Regression of old songs while learning new.

    My band is called OCDC and we don't take ourselves very seriously. I honestly think we'll pick up a few of these for all the people who ask us to play some ACDC. 🤣
  67. TG3K

    New Gear Approach

    For a good number of us, the tweaking is pretty minimal. I very seldom go beyond the basic gain and BMTP knobs. If I can't get the sound I'm after in just a few minutes, I'll try another amp model or a different speaker IR.
  68. TG3K

    Eye drops for dry eyes

    Old Yeller also works for us older guys.
  69. TG3K

    Music Radar - list of best amp and effect modelers

    Naive perhaps, but you aren't wrong to expect integrity. Unfortunately it's a commodity that's becoming more and more rare.
  70. TG3K

    Looper Quantize

    I had the same problem with the quantized looper until I learned this tidbit: Set up the Record and Play footswitches so they only have a Tap function and it should take care of your problem.
  71. TG3K

    Music Radar - list of best amp and effect modelers

    It shouldn't be surprising. Virtually every magazine, newspaper, and website on the planet is the same way. "Review" websites are among the worst. There's no such thing as unbiased commercial media these days. They are either pandering to their advertisers, or they are presenting controversial...
  72. TG3K

    How much should the singers be paid?

    Our band is a relatively compact 4-piece. We all get an equal cut of the pay. Two guitarists using modelers only, a bass player using a 4x10 combo amp, and a drummer with a very sparse kit. Everyone sings except me. (I do a fair amount of the talking between songs. Everyone moves and sets up...
  73. TG3K

    Music Radar - list of best amp and effect modelers

    When I was in the software business, good ratings in magazines for our products in various "best of" lists and software review articles were directly proportional to the amount of money we spent on advertising in those magazines. In today's online world, I suspect it's still the same if not...
  74. TG3K

    Annular Eclipse Composite

    A couple of weekends ago I shot a bunch of photos of the annular eclipse. Where I live was directly in the path of the eclipse, so I was in a perfect location for photos. Bought a cheap eclipse filter for my 600mm zoom lens and put it on my Nikon. Last night I finally made the time to put this...
  75. TG3K

    Music Nomad F-One oil = REGRET!!!

    I seriously doubt you're using real lemon oil. Most likely it's mineral oil with a bit of lemon scent added. I use the same thing, although straight unadulterated mineral oil will also work just as well.
  76. TG3K

    Collecting old rack gear...What to get?

    Sold my MP-1 a few years ago because my Axe-Fx negated the need for it anymore. (Actually, I hadn't used it since I first discovered modeling with the POD kidney bean.) Still have my Quadraverb, a DBX compressor/limiter I picked up in the '90s for home recording, and a patch bay in a rack in...
  77. TG3K

    How many of you are volume pot riders?

    I've got guitars that are 40+ years old with the original (well-used) volume pots. Haven't worn them out yet. And why do you think the volume pot on a guitar is any more likely to wear out than the pot in a volume pedal?
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    Was the Fender TMP the impetus for Cliff producing gap-less switching?

    Yeah, I saw that. Perhaps I should have phrased it to say he's not shown signs of worrying about such things, or used a "not withstanding" disclaimer to keep the pedants at bay. My points still stand.
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    Was the Fender TMP the impetus for Cliff producing gap-less switching?

    I find it interesting how many people worry about how well Fractal Audio competes against other brands. In the ten or so years I've been a loyal Fractal customer, I've not seen any comment from Cliff regarding market share or growth. He's not trying to get his products on store shelves or in...
  80. TG3K

    Update on My Teaching Gig

    Sounds like an awesome experience, not only for you but for the kids. 👍
  81. TG3K

    Software/Native Plugin Capability

    That's the same argument that was used when Napster came along. We all know how well that worked out for the record industry.
  82. TG3K

    Bloom Reverb w/Pitch Shifting = Interstellar

    Beautifully done, Cooper!
  83. TG3K

    Special FC-6 Setup

    Last weekend I was asked to make a guest appearance at a friend's 40th wedding anniversary party. I sat in for one song with my old keyboardist's band to play Comfortably Numb, which was the first song the happy couple danced to 42 years ago. I was playing in that band 42 years ago, as was my...
  84. TG3K

    My dream rig is now complete

    For some reason Interstate Love Song didn't go over that well for our crowd. I was bummed, because I liked playing it.
  85. TG3K

    My dream rig is now complete

    Nice rig, and I like your setlist. It's cool to see another band that plays Love Shack. (Stupid song IMO, but it fills a dance floor.) Playing three sets a night is the norm here for me. But we only play a couple of nights per month these days. We used to do 4 sets/night, 6 nights a week. I'd...
  86. TG3K

    Fractal Audio Fake alert.

    I will openly admit to having a friend make me a pair of vinyl Fractal logo window decals (for free) for the rear side windows of my 4Runner, primarily because Fractal does not offer such a product. But I would never even think of trying to sell such a thing.
  87. TG3K

    Finally got my guitars re-stringed

    I always take all of my custom vintage guitars (like the '49 Les Paul and the '37 Stratocaster) to the fellas over at Discount Tire when I need the strings rotated and balanced. They seem to know what they're doing, and it only costs me $132 USD for each guitar. Nut Sauce is extra, of course...
  88. TG3K

    Any of you make a part time living gigging on Twitch.tv?

    There are lots of cameras that would work. But I'm pretty sure none of them are called "camcorders" or "movie cameras". Hence my LOL.
  89. TG3K

    set Song Tempo for each song – overview – and a brand new solution

    In my case, our drummer uses a metronome to set the tempo for each song. Even on a song where guitar starts alone, he checks his metronome and then he'll count off four beats (or whatever's appropriate) quietly before I start. (He could use a click but he doesn't want it in his ear. He's the...
  90. TG3K

    Nut sauce

    I just put a mini-drop on the slot and put the string in it. I'd imagine you could also use a short offcut of an old string to do the same.
  91. TG3K

    Any of you make a part time living gigging on Twitch.tv?

    LOL at "camcorder or movie camera". It's not the '90s anymore, man. Maybe one of your "hot models" will buy you one.
  92. TG3K

    Bob Barker, Longtime 'The Price Is Right' Host, Dead at 99

    Yep, you're right. Lotta brain cells have died since then, lol. It also proves my point about being old. 🤣
  93. TG3K

    The soundtrack to your life?

    The music my parents played around my house as a kid ranged from Johnny Cash and Tennessee Ernie Ford to Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass. The one Christmas my sisters and I got a Sears record player that included 100 random 45 rpm singles. (Including one by Little Stevie Wonder.) My parents...
  94. TG3K

    Fun News Item Of the Day

  95. TG3K

    Bob Barker, Longtime 'The Price Is Right' Host, Dead at 99

    I'm old, so most of my memories of Bob are from when he was on Let's Make a Deal.
  96. TG3K

    Do you think Metallica is using Dyna-cab live?

    I find I spend as much time moving a mic around in Dyna-Cabs as I do scrolling through static IRs. I can generally create a new preset faster with one or two of the IRs I'm already familiar with, i.e., Leon's TV Mix 2. But then again, I don't spend months obsessing about microscopic details in...
  97. TG3K

    AFIII 1980's STUDIO RACK CLEAN TONE (w/ free patch!)

    2 1/2 years later and YouTube just now suggested your video for this preset to me, and the description led me to this thread. Great tone...I'll be putting it to use for sure. Thanks!
  98. TG3K

    Any of you perform at private parties , wedding etc? I have some questions!

    In general, audiences want to hear songs they are familiar with. Unless you are playing to a musicians-only crowd, I think you'll get a lot more playing opportunities with covers than with originals, especially at parties/weddings/etc. Solo instrumental acts are a hard sell in the first place...
  99. TG3K

    Trying to cancel Sirius/XM

    I have to contact them once a year via chat to "cancel" my subscription until they lower the price back to the "New Customer" level.
  100. TG3K

    When changing guitars during a performance.....

    I just checked our latest setlist for a 3 1/2 hour show and I switched guitars 12 times for that show. I have a single wireless transmitter and I keep it in my back pocket. When it's time to change guitars, I kill the guitar signal with my volume pedal and hit one footswitch to change to the...
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