Axe-Fx II or AX8 for band practice and live shows?

Paulinfl said:
It is a custom made breakout/patch panel from VFAM sound. I'm not sure if they make them anymore, as I believe the owner had medical issues or is no longer with us.. and shop is closed -someone else will likely confirm this. However, I picked another up from Reverb used (looks like to be user built), and am tweaking it for my III right now. You might want to check Bestronics as well.
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Yes, sadly Hans passed away several years ago. He was a really cool guy that did excellent work at a very reasonable price.

VAFAM Sound website is no longer up...

You can also design your own panel here - it's probably what I would do if I decided to get another one:

https://www.redco.com/Advanced-Custom-Panel-Designer.html?type=3
 
unix-guy said:
Yes, sadly Hans passed away several years ago. He was a really cool guy that did excellent work at a very reasonable price.

VAFAM Sound website is no longer up...

You can also design your own panel here - it's probably what I would do if I decided to get another one:

https://www.redco.com/Advanced-Custom-Panel-Designer.html?type=3
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Vafam made me several panels while they were a going concern. I was always happy with their work.

Thanks for the link to the Redco site. I wasn't aware they existed.
 
Colorado Axeman said:
I currently don't own a Fractal product, and almost pulled the trigger on a Helix the other day before realizing the error of my ways. The last two live shows I went direct into the PA using a Joyo Ameican Sound pedal (Deluxe Reverb amp) coupled with a Mooer Radar pedal (cabinet sim) into a direct box... and I liked it so much that I decided to look into one of these.

I'll check out the available presets. I play mostly classic rock (Stones, Beatles) and would also need a good 80s clean guitar tone with the chorus or Dimension D/compression. Lots of the 80s guitar was heavy with delay/reverb and other effects too.
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My gut feel is that you could be quite happy with an AX-8 given your musical preferences and experience. BTW, I really like that you've gigged with a stripped-down two-pedal rig into a DI. :)

Maybe this becomes an aspirational question for you to answer. As in: what *else* do you think you might do, musically, over (picking a number...) the next five years? In your position, if I really dug what I'm doing now *and* anticipated doing more of the same, I think I'd consider it a mistake (again: imagining myself in your shoes; just putting this out there for your consideration...) to tie myself down with the larger unit. You can throw the AX-8 in a bag (there's a WorldTour brand that makes bags in a wide range of sizes; I've been using them for years) with a power cord and two instrument cables and be ready to play any venue that has a decent PA. It's literally a no-brainer: the AX-8 goes at your feet. Done.

With the II+MFC, you have more to carry; both bulk and weight. Just one more cable, true, but now you have to figure out where to put the rack case *and* the MFC. If you always play venues with real stages, that's not going to be a problem. If you play dive bars or other venues where the "stage" is a corner of the room, maybe space should be a consideration...

Again, just food for thought... Hope this helps.
 
I bought the AXE-FX2 + MFC-101 from on Saturday at what I think was a very reasonable price... he was asking $450 more for the package but I made him a lower offer which he accepted. I also picked up a Gator GR-3S 3U case for it, which should be arriving shortly.

One noob question so far... is there a way to browse through the presets on the MFC-101 without making a program change? When I use the Up and Down buttons it changes to the next preset in the series immediately. and I'd like to be able to browse to find the next one I want first without making any changes to the one I was previously on.
 
Colorado Axeman said:
Thanks - I did read the manual thoroughly but didn't seem to find an answer, so I guess it's not possible.
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Did you check the Wiki on it? I don't know if that's possible either (I have an MFC) but I'd kind of be surprised if it was though there is a different bank select mode which the Wiki covers.
 
Colorado Axeman said:
One noob question so far... is there a way to browse through the presets on the MFC-101 without making a program change? When I use the Up and Down buttons it changes to the next preset in the series immediately. and I'd like to be able to browse to find the next one I want first without making any changes to the one I was previously on.
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What are your Bank Size and Bank Style settings on the MFC?

See pages 17-18 in the manual.
 
unix-guy said:
What are your Bank Size and Bank Style settings on the MFC?

See pages 17-18 in the manual.
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Yeah, that looks like the hot button. Setting BankStyle to "None: The change loads nothing, showing the newly selected bank number or song name in the display until a preset is selected via footswitch."

Thanks much!
 
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