RationalRocker
New Member
I bought my Axe FX 3 June 2023 and I wish I had joined this forum earlier. It's obiously a very fertile place for information.
I still consider myself still very much a noob using this unit. Before this I have owned only 2 amps (including my very first tiny practice hand-sized amp). So my amp usage history only owning one proper amp combo, then using a few plugins, to the Axe FX, which is pretty much 99% of what I use now.
When I watched reviews about the Axe FX, people would say the most difficult thing about using the unit was the manual controls. Honestly I was able to use then fairly well (at least on my basic level) after about a day, yes they are frustration, but that's not the hardest thing. For me the most difficult thing is still being able to pair amps with the right cab, even with Yek's guide, FAS Amp Galllery, and the wikis.
I recently tried the tonex plugin demo. The best thing about it was that not only were amps and cabs automatically paired for you as a starter but more importantly there is a table showing the real amp model and the default cab match next to each other in a table. You'll find a PDF of it if you google for "TONEX v1.1.4 Tone Models". Thing is, I started using their document with the FA Amp and Cab wikis and I got great sounds immediately from the Axe FX. Sometimes I get frustrated thinking "there must be something wrong with my unit", but no, it's always something like, I'm using the wrong amp altogether or not using the best cab for that amp, or something like that.
A document like the Tonex one that starts you off on the right track, the current FA guides don't give you this immediate "default" match. By far the most amount of time I spend is frustratingly scrambling around matching amps to cabs.
The Axe FX presents you with such bewildering choices and possibilities, it's so easy to get lost and frustrated. Helpful starter documents like the tonex one go a long way indeed.
I still consider myself still very much a noob using this unit. Before this I have owned only 2 amps (including my very first tiny practice hand-sized amp). So my amp usage history only owning one proper amp combo, then using a few plugins, to the Axe FX, which is pretty much 99% of what I use now.
When I watched reviews about the Axe FX, people would say the most difficult thing about using the unit was the manual controls. Honestly I was able to use then fairly well (at least on my basic level) after about a day, yes they are frustration, but that's not the hardest thing. For me the most difficult thing is still being able to pair amps with the right cab, even with Yek's guide, FAS Amp Galllery, and the wikis.
I recently tried the tonex plugin demo. The best thing about it was that not only were amps and cabs automatically paired for you as a starter but more importantly there is a table showing the real amp model and the default cab match next to each other in a table. You'll find a PDF of it if you google for "TONEX v1.1.4 Tone Models". Thing is, I started using their document with the FA Amp and Cab wikis and I got great sounds immediately from the Axe FX. Sometimes I get frustrated thinking "there must be something wrong with my unit", but no, it's always something like, I'm using the wrong amp altogether or not using the best cab for that amp, or something like that.
A document like the Tonex one that starts you off on the right track, the current FA guides don't give you this immediate "default" match. By far the most amount of time I spend is frustratingly scrambling around matching amps to cabs.
The Axe FX presents you with such bewildering choices and possibilities, it's so easy to get lost and frustrated. Helpful starter documents like the tonex one go a long way indeed.
