After some slight technical problems the first couple of days from being a new user to equipment of the AxFX universe, I've gotten everything setup where I'm was able to test out the AxeFX II.
First off, I spent making my own patches of amps that I always wanted to play...Diezel, Marsha, Cameron etc. And what I found out is I have no idea how to make those amps sound good :lol So I started using patches from users on this forum, and they sound amazing.
Then I started making patches with amps I am very familiar with, the Dual Rectifier and the Mark IV (Im a Mark V owner). I found it interesting that adjusting the virtual tone knobs affected the guitar tone in a very similar way to the actual amp tone knobs do. My early impressions are that the modeling is very, very close to a tube amp. So close that only people extremely familiar with a specific amp could tell the difference, the average person definitely would never know. I think the modeling will eventually get there, but right now this is pretty damn close.
The way I look at the modeling versus a tube amp is similar to the old argument of Vinyl vs CD's. Maybe, its more like a record player versus a CD changer. The record will arguably sound better, but the convenience of having multiple music sources can somewhat outweigh the slight sound improvements. (I don't want to start a Vinyl vs CD thread
) For me, I would love to have many different sounding amplifiers, but my bank account can not afford having 5-6 amps at $3-4k per. Now I have access it a wide variety of amps, effects, mics and speaker cabs.
I will still be keeping my Dual Rectifier and my beloved Mark V amp, but I can see me using the AxFX 90% of the time.
First off, I spent making my own patches of amps that I always wanted to play...Diezel, Marsha, Cameron etc. And what I found out is I have no idea how to make those amps sound good :lol So I started using patches from users on this forum, and they sound amazing.
Then I started making patches with amps I am very familiar with, the Dual Rectifier and the Mark IV (Im a Mark V owner). I found it interesting that adjusting the virtual tone knobs affected the guitar tone in a very similar way to the actual amp tone knobs do. My early impressions are that the modeling is very, very close to a tube amp. So close that only people extremely familiar with a specific amp could tell the difference, the average person definitely would never know. I think the modeling will eventually get there, but right now this is pretty damn close.
The way I look at the modeling versus a tube amp is similar to the old argument of Vinyl vs CD's. Maybe, its more like a record player versus a CD changer. The record will arguably sound better, but the convenience of having multiple music sources can somewhat outweigh the slight sound improvements. (I don't want to start a Vinyl vs CD thread
) For me, I would love to have many different sounding amplifiers, but my bank account can not afford having 5-6 amps at $3-4k per. Now I have access it a wide variety of amps, effects, mics and speaker cabs.I will still be keeping my Dual Rectifier and my beloved Mark V amp, but I can see me using the AxFX 90% of the time.
