ax8 backup emergency amp

ucnick said:
FR5 Cali on a Metro 20 pedalboard with a TC Electronic Corona, an AMT Japanese Girl mini-wah, a mini Turbo Tuner, and a Dunlop DVP4 mini-volume pedal, which runs into a Fender mini DI box for split to monitor and PA. Runs from a old Pedal Juice battery, with a 9V to 12V converter I built to provide power for the FR5 Cali.Small, light, and sounds great. I also use it (usually with a Quilter MicroPro Mach 2 12" combo) for open mics or grab 'n go jams where the AX8 is overkill.
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How do you like the Cali , and do you use a strat ?
 
Maxxblade said:
I have a Kotzen Fly Rig in my guitar case
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The Kotzen and the Cali are the 2 pedals I'm considering for my backup with my strat. I haven't been anywhere to audition them , so I have no idea. I own the original flyrig , and it doesn't play well with my strat. I have high hopes for these other 2 models however.

( BTW , my amplifire pedal backup was good enough to let my rhythm guitar player use full time )
 
To the OP. I already have my iPad on stage, in case of emergency I grab a Line 6 Sonic Port VX, plug it in the iPad and fire Bias FX. No load to carry
 
1poorplayer said:
How do you like the Cali , and do you use a strat ?
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I tend to lean more towards Tele body shapes, some with SCs, some with HB and P90 pickups. Almost all my Strat-types and Super Strats have HSS (albeit with bridge pickup split). Also like to play Les Pauls and semi-hollows, also with HBs and P90s. Love the FR5 Cali!
 
I'm so confident about fractal stuff that I have a cheap backup, please don't lynch me!

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20 euros second hand, is a clone of Tech 21 GT2, believe me or not this little thing can give you a credible Marshall tone in XLR balanced format. The trick is lower treble and bass for rising the mids and use less gain than you thought you needed.
 
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Sixstring said:
I'm not a huge pedal user but why would you need it? couldn't you just put the delay pedal after the Firebox?
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If you are going straight from its DI xlr to PA, the delay would have to go before and then it would not sound good with it as a distorted amp.
 
fireheart7 said:
If you are going straight from its DI xlr to PA, the delay would have to go before and then it would not sound good with it as a distorted amp.
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I see... I suppose things would get a little convoluted if you had to use a DI to convert back to instrument cable for the delay then again back to XLR.
 
fireheart7 said:
If you are going straight from its DI xlr to PA, the delay would have to go before and then it would not sound good with it as a distorted amp.
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Isn't that how almost every delay pedal in the world is used?
 
ETOLKIEN said:
I'm so confident about fractal stuff that I have a cheap backup, please don't lynch me!

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20 euros second hand, is a clone of Tech 21 GT2, believe me or not this little thing can give you a credible Marshall tone in XLR balanced format. The trick is lower treble and bass for rising the mids and use less gain than you thought you needed.
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No judgement here, lol. I am actually planning on getting one to run my analog pedals through as a backup.
 
fireheart7 said:
No issue when the amp is clean. just when distorted.
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And yet, if you're not using a modeler, delay-before-amp is your only option live, so it's what most players do. You can get good results that way, even if it's not ideal. It's a good choice for a backup rig.
 
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