Cobrango
Power User
Hi,
I wanted to celebrate the day I've had my axe-fx for 3 years but looking at the calender, I can't
I got my axe-fx on the 29th of february 2012, but there is no 29th of february 2015 :'( only 28th. and the 1.
anyways, I'm wondering about maintenance. I've got the mark 1 or "G2 modeling technology" and not the mark II and after 3 years, is there anything I should do to
prevent something from happening to it? I mean things like cleaning the fan so that the fan does not get full of dust and suddenly stop working and then it gets too
warm and then something else fails? I think the only "problem" I've ever had was one time I flicked the switch and the screen was looking wierd so I did it again (waited those 5 important seconds) and turned it back on again and it was as if it never happened.
hell, it's been so stable that I'm even questioning my memory about it - did that failing startup really even happen? I mean it's that good. and yes, I've taken the plastic protector off.
in october 2012 I ordered a Furman PL-8 CE and have been using it with the axe-fx II since then.
Should I buy a can of compressed air and use some on the fan? do I open it? I just want to act before something fails you know?
not that I think something is going to fail, I just want to be on the safe side. The fan has started to make a different sound, I'd say it's got more top end but also a kind of ticking sound as if I can hear it spinning. it's not loud or anything, about the same volume as always just different.
I don't want to start another "how does your fan sound thread" because there is nothing wrong with my axe-fx and has never been in 3 years
but I can't find any links on maintenance. do I just wait until something goes bad and fix it then?
kind of like checking the oil in a car to see if everything is ok you know?
on a side note, what's really sad about my axe-fx is that I've only played live like a handful of times and other than that I've been using headphones! LOL! could you imagine that? "I need an axe-fx II! just listen to it!! *buys an axe-fx II and only play using headphones*" hahaha what's up with that? xD
I remember going FRFR at school for my exam and when the sound guy turned up the monitors I got hit by a punch of sound - so hard in a good way - that the only thing I can remember was going "HOLY SHIT!" the guitar responded different aswell. I guess I've been saving for an active matrix or more likely the atomic CLR but I've just never had the money (moving in with my girlfriend in a overpriced small apartment in posh neighbourhood - one of my neighbours being the king of norway (no really, the castle in the capital of norway)
I've been practicing like crazy though, now I need to write material and get a band. I miss playing live, not that I've been on a tour other than through school.
well this escalated quickly.
I wanted to celebrate the day I've had my axe-fx for 3 years but looking at the calender, I can't
I got my axe-fx on the 29th of february 2012, but there is no 29th of february 2015 :'( only 28th. and the 1.
anyways, I'm wondering about maintenance. I've got the mark 1 or "G2 modeling technology" and not the mark II and after 3 years, is there anything I should do to
prevent something from happening to it? I mean things like cleaning the fan so that the fan does not get full of dust and suddenly stop working and then it gets too
warm and then something else fails?
I think the only "problem" I've ever had was one time I flicked the switch and the screen was looking wierd so I did it again (waited those 5 important seconds) and turned it back on again and it was as if it never happened. hell, it's been so stable that I'm even questioning my memory about it - did that failing startup really even happen? I mean it's that good. and yes, I've taken the plastic protector off.
in october 2012 I ordered a Furman PL-8 CE and have been using it with the axe-fx II since then.
Should I buy a can of compressed air and use some on the fan? do I open it? I just want to act before something fails you know?
not that I think something is going to fail, I just want to be on the safe side. The fan has started to make a different sound, I'd say it's got more top end but also a kind of ticking sound as if I can hear it spinning. it's not loud or anything, about the same volume as always just different.
I don't want to start another "how does your fan sound thread" because there is nothing wrong with my axe-fx and has never been in 3 years
but I can't find any links on maintenance. do I just wait until something goes bad and fix it then?
kind of like checking the oil in a car to see if everything is ok you know?
on a side note, what's really sad about my axe-fx is that I've only played live like a handful of times and other than that I've been using headphones! LOL! could you imagine that? "I need an axe-fx II! just listen to it!! *buys an axe-fx II and only play using headphones*" hahaha what's up with that? xD
I remember going FRFR at school for my exam and when the sound guy turned up the monitors I got hit by a punch of sound - so hard in a good way - that the only thing I can remember was going "HOLY SHIT!" the guitar responded different aswell. I guess I've been saving for an active matrix or more likely the atomic CLR but I've just never had the money (moving in with my girlfriend in a overpriced small apartment in posh neighbourhood - one of my neighbours being the king of norway (no really, the castle in the capital of norway)
I've been practicing like crazy though, now I need to write material and get a band. I miss playing live, not that I've been on a tour other than through school.
well this escalated quickly.
