I don’t have my FM3 anymore but I never had a problem with it. I don’t have a problem with the FM9’s either but that doesn’t mean it is or isn’t different—I just don’t have the ability to compare.Do you notice a difference between FM3 and FM9? (for scene switching).
I'm sure there are things you can't quite do on the Fractals but I haven't run into any that are showstoppers. In fact I feel that in terms of tone and rig building, I'm really only limited by my creativity. If I can imagine a rig, I can pretty much build it inside the unit. Phenomenal.
What are your go-to amp models for your Strat stuff?This, x1000.
When people ask if they think a Fractal unit is “too much”, especially when they add on ”I’m just a bedroom player”, I never get it. The space you play in doesn’t dictate what you should or shouldn’t use and even if you’re only into one genre now, there’s nothing saying you won’t be into others down the road and want access to more tones. Get it all now!
I was never really interested in classic Strat tones until after I got the AxeFX, now it’s what I play 95% of the time. It’s made me want to learn other styles of music just so I can dig into the tones.
What are your go-to amp models for your Strat stuff?
This last year I decided to quit gigging and focus more on my family, so I've become a bedroom player. Since owning the FM9, I can say that believe it or not my playing has improved and I have more fun playing.This, x1000.
When people ask if they think a Fractal unit is “too much”, especially when they add on ”I’m just a bedroom player”, I never get it. The space you play in doesn’t dictate what you should or shouldn’t use and even if you’re only into one genre now, there’s nothing saying you won’t be into others down the road and want access to more tones. Get it all now!
I was never really interested in classic Strat tones until after I got the AxeFX, now it’s what I play 95% of the time. It’s made me want to learn other styles of music just so I can dig into the tones.
Every time I start exploring I find more I love, but the bigger ones-
JTM45
Bassman
Superlead
FAS Hot Rod
Brit 800 Mod
Toucana Clean
THe JTM45, Superlead and Brit 800 Mod are this week’s favorites. I have a ’Strat Marshall’ preset that goes up in gain stages with those amps and they sound killer on their own or throwing pedals in front of them.
This is a little couch noodle with the Bassman and a couple dirt pedals, coming out real cabs. The camera doesn’t pick up the low end all that well, but that’s one of my favorite things about those amps; that deep low end thump that is present even at apartment volumes.
I just got onto the Brit 800 Mod last night and man, that thing rips!
The Les Paul looks very JP with the uncovered bridge pup. Wired JP style I assume?Ok. Initial review: Holy ****. I’m in love.
I wired up and fired up the pictured rig. I’m running an XLR to TS cable from Output 1 L to the 6L6’s FX return and Output 1 R to the Stealth’s FX return. The I disabled cabinet modeling and left power amp modeling on.
I haven’t even connected it to FM9 edit yet (in fact I haven’t even installed that yet, oops). All I’ve done so far is start going through factory presets (some but not all of the scenes in each preset). I think every preset I tried (only up to 27 so far) is usable depending on what you’re playing. that’s super cool imo.
Running this through the EVH FX loops is stupid good. The setup is dead quiet. Seriously no hum, no hiss. I love playing through a real tube power amp and cab. With my old AxeFX II I tried a solid state power amp into real cabs and it just wast quite the same. With that said when I play my FM3 (loud) through the HS7s it’s also exceptional. I haven’t used the FM9 through them yet but obviously it’ll sound just as awesome. But going through the amp FX loops and real cabs just blows me away. I’m not sure I could ask for a better rig for what I want.
Interestingly I have yet to get into any dual amp presets. The ability to run dual amps is a big reason I wanted this unit to exist so I’m excited to do so. Right out of the box though I’m feeling like my initial impression from when it was announced—that the FM9 would be absolutely perfect for me—was spot on.
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Sounds great man! For Strat style clean stuff I end up gravitating towards Mayer stuff so I end up using the Two Stone, the SSS "trick", or one of the Fender models. Actually I often blend a couple of those. But I've also noticed I can get a great clean out of many of the models. I also saw a video yesterday that discussed a few tweaks I want to experiment with in the amp block.
That was a Seymour Duncan DDJ. It was my Adam Jones/Tool guitar. I've since sold that guitar because it was a lot of money wrapped up in a guitar I wasn't playing very much. I basically replaced it with an Epiphone Adam Jones sig.The Les Paul looks very JP with the uncovered bridge pup. Wired JP style I assume?
Oh yeah, I'm getting great cleans already. My Fender JM sig is amazing. So is my partscaster tbh. And the Strandbergs...and the Teles...lol.Man, I’ve ignored the Two Stones quite a bit, I don’t think I’ve tried one since I got a Strat, or maybe just once trying to go for an EJ rhythm tone because he was using Two Rocks for a little while. I’ll have to give them a shot.
Getting great cleans should never be a hard thing to do on a Strat, so I hope you’re getting some great cleans! I really dig setting the amp so when the guitar volume is full up, I can smack the strings and get some break up, but rolling the knob down to 8 cleans it right up, from there I’d rather stack drives in front to work my way up in gain. I’m currently figuring out which amp I want to buy to do exactly this with. I’ll check this vid out tonight for sure!