Big Joe Daddy
Experienced
I've had the Axe II for almost a month now. Day by day I'm becoming more and more pleased with this black box. Last week I had the good fortune to spend two long days+ with Scott Peterson in an intense one-on-one training session that covered a long punch list that I'd put together in an effort the tame the beast. Now keep in mind, much of the training we went through covered issues that would be considered basic for some of you. But it my case, as a rookie, the help that Scott provided was superb. As mentioned, we spent two days+ going over everything from Axe Edit, setting up templates, dialing in cabinets and mics, scratch building presets, configuring expression pedals, programming the MFC-101, balancing preset levels, complete review of the I/O menus, saving effects blocks, and on and on..... In addition to the desktop monitors, we had the luxury of auditioning all our work through the PA system as well, since our entire PA is setup in my rehearsal room at my house.
Eventually, I ended up with my rig tweaked and dialed in to a turn and burn state. Absolutely lovely. A couple days after Scott returned home, I rehearsed with my band with the new setup (last Wednesday). I let our other guitar player run with my Ultra while I played through my II. We had a ball. I think I've made a convert out of the other guitar player. He loved the Ultra with his Strat.
More importantly, I want to tip my hat to Scott Peterson. He is a HUGE talent and was really a pleasure to work with. He's great teacher, patient, thorough, generous, and sooooooo skilled at that black box. His experience as a professional musician along with his 'techno' skills was a perfect recipe. He enabled me to 'fast lane' the learning process to the point that what I learned in two days would have taken me weeks or months to learn on my own. Now I can get back to playing guitar.
Scott, along with a lot of other generous souls here on the forum, have been a big help to me and I thank you. I also want to publicly thank Scott for all the work he invested in me and for being the great person that he is. He's the 'genuine article' as he calls it. Just a great guy. We really hit it off in the couple of days we spent together. It's a privilege to call him my friend. Many, many thanks Scott.
Now let's rock!
Eventually, I ended up with my rig tweaked and dialed in to a turn and burn state. Absolutely lovely. A couple days after Scott returned home, I rehearsed with my band with the new setup (last Wednesday). I let our other guitar player run with my Ultra while I played through my II. We had a ball. I think I've made a convert out of the other guitar player. He loved the Ultra with his Strat.
More importantly, I want to tip my hat to Scott Peterson. He is a HUGE talent and was really a pleasure to work with. He's great teacher, patient, thorough, generous, and sooooooo skilled at that black box. His experience as a professional musician along with his 'techno' skills was a perfect recipe. He enabled me to 'fast lane' the learning process to the point that what I learned in two days would have taken me weeks or months to learn on my own. Now I can get back to playing guitar.
Scott, along with a lot of other generous souls here on the forum, have been a big help to me and I thank you. I also want to publicly thank Scott for all the work he invested in me and for being the great person that he is. He's the 'genuine article' as he calls it. Just a great guy. We really hit it off in the couple of days we spent together. It's a privilege to call him my friend. Many, many thanks Scott.
Now let's rock!
