jesussaddle
Power User
Because folks on here have been saying for years that the Axe was 95-98% there. Even going back 7 years to the Ultra days.....
Cliff even said recently enough "there is no difference between the G3'd amp models & the real tube amps".
Now we have Quantum.........are we 10-20% realer than tube amps now? lol
"Sound" is really a misnomer. Music is more than sound. It involves perception at a level where hearing and responding belong in the same chain somehow. So, when you add in this response factor, you can see why '98% there' can now seem like 70%, even 40%, I don't recall anyone saying that owning an Axe FX is undetectably the same as owning another piece of gear, cuz reproducing feel involves so, so many factors. However....the new firmware is experienced, commonly by the look of it, as reacting a bit more close to EXACTLY like certain experiences; These give a great FEELING; whatever the hell they are. I am not qualified to say what they are, except in my estimation the "feeling" of low end harmonics and break up is really similar to memories of being inspired by plugging into a friends quality gear for the first time. It IS like a bounce. That really hit it on its head. Like harmonics bouncing gracefully on a trampoline. The fun factor is improved. Please don't expect our right brain quantifying of a left brain experience to be literal. That is if the brain is modeled 100% exactly by now. Maybe there is also a "dark side" to it. (There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact its all dark).
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