Creating an Axe FX rig for a banjoist

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Anyone here ever done an electric banjo rig with their Fractals?

I drifted into a situation where I'm demoing my Axe FX II to a professional level banjoist on this weeks Sunday. Trying to introduce him to the Fractal world and possibly selling my Axe FX II rig if he's impressed.

He's doing an "electric banjoland" tour and album with few of the best musicians we have in our country. The songs are mostly Hendrix and other 70's prog rock. That stuff is amazing...

Any tips anyone? I'm trying to keep the rig as "simple as possible" so he doesn't space out with all information since he's new to digital stuff...

This is what he uses at the moment:

Amps:
Vox AC-15
AER acoustic amp (best clean sound according to him)

Pedals:
Whammy 5
Bad Horsie wah (looking for a better one atm)
DS-1 (modded)
Strymon Flint
Strymon El Capistan

And here is the rig I'm planning to try out with him:

Cabs:
No IR
Null IR with preamp
ML Sound 4 x 12 (newest pack just for the sake of trying)

Amps:
Vox AC-15
Morgan AC-20
Tube Pre (neutral preamp)
Marshall JTM45/Plexi 1969/Plexi JTM 1981 (he loves Hendrix)
Fender Bandmaster/Bassman (for the sake of trying if we're not happy)

Effects:
Pitch: Whammy
Wah: Clyde / Cry Baby
Compressor: Optical / pedal / studio
Drive: Micro Amp / RAT / FET preamp / Fuzz
Phaser: Vibe / Small stone
Flanger: Dod flanger emulation
Tremolo: Strymon Flint emulation / trapezoid type
AMP
CAB
Delay (stereo): Tape Echo / Vintage digital delay / BBD
Reverb (stereo): spring / plate / deep space
PEQ: solo boost

EDIT: oops, noticed I posted this on the III forums. I use the III currently and since it has almost the same features, things also apply here.
 
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That's how he got interested when I mentioned him using the Fractals.

Does anybody know him so I could get his patches before Sunday? :D
I had a nice conversation with him last winter when the Flecktones played at GroundUp Fest in Miami Beach, but he didn’t give me his contact.........,
 
Does @Admin M@ have any pro-tips? Just to avoid spending the whole evening trying out the endless amount of "different stuff" and sounds and end up with... different kinds of cool sounds and stuff.

KISS (keep it simple stupid) would be the term to keep in mind I think.
 
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