Tubed to Life
Inspired
Seems my main 'local' music store guitar guys haven't heard much about the AXE. At least up to a couple months ago.
Brought mine in to GC to try out speakers. Two guys who worked there came over very excited!!! One had an Ultra, the other had a II.
Yesterday I told a band member that I was contemplating to sell my tube rig and he thought it was blasphemy. He doesn't believe that you can get a tube-like response from the Axe. I haven't tried mine on high volumes yet, but I fear that because he has already made up his mind, he will always try to hear a difference.
A crowd gathered like it was some celebrity player and guys were grabbing guitars and waiting in line like kids at Disneyland. I wish I had my video camera to record some of the reactions.
I get the blank look a lot as well as "I can't keep up with all the new gear that comes out every day". I explain to them that it's like a Pod HD times a thousand, but I doubt that gets them shopping. In 5–10 years, their wallets are really gonna hurt when their tube amps aren't worth much :?
I wouldn't be surprised if studios are one of the more regular customers for FAS. If I had a pro studio, I'd surely have one racked up for customers.