Did we forget to celebrate the 6-year anniversary of the Axe-Fx III in January?

[iaresee]

Wild. I think it doesn't feel real because of all the updates -- it certainly seems like 10x the product I bought 6 years ago!

 

[REDD]

I celebrate it everyday! Tomorrow is my Axe-FxIII shirt wearing day. I choose Friday so it coinsides with any possible updates that might happen.

 

[aens]

I remember I was on a holiday in Indonesia when the III announce came out of the blue. I panicked and rushed to get myself in the waiting list.

 

[Greg Ferguson]

Did we forget to celebrate the 6-year anniversary of the Axe-Fx III in January?​

Because 6 years is a loooooong time!

Yes… sigh… Dammit. <hanging my head>…

Now I'm gonna have to stay around the house all day clearing out my "honey-do" list then dress up and take it out for a nice dinner.

 

[Greg Ferguson]

Wild. I think it doesn't feel real because of all the updates -- it certainly seems like 10x the product I bought 6 years ago!

It's the very best example of "The gift that keeps on giving", except it wasn't a gift. "The purchase that keeps on giving" doesn't have the right ring to it though.

I was just wondering how much other gear I'd have purchased chasing sounds if I hadn't moved to Fractal. I figure I'm way ahead as a result of doing so.

 

[unscarred]

Dang my 1st gen Axefx III is old lol

 

[Velokki]

Whaaat? 6 years? WTF. I thought it was like 2-3 years.

Damn. Like... DAMN! How can time fly so fast?

 

[ApocalypticKatana]

They grow up so fast

 

[spagthorpe]

Whaaat? 6 years? WTF. I thought it was like 2-3 years.

Damn. Like... DAMN! How can time fly so fast?

Covid man. I swear it was like a 3 year black hole of time. At least that's what I'm blaming it on.

I bought my house like a week before the lockdown, so coming up on 4 years here, and it feels like I've been here a year. This is also why I still haven't done half the stuff I said I would do when I moved in.

 

[Beecher]

I was a year behind the release. Got mine in 2019. Will always love it. I’ve never considered other gear since then. Except mor FAS gear of course.

 

[iaresee]

This is also why I still haven't done half the stuff I said I would do when I moved in.

That’s just home ownership.

 

[Larzz]

Best Gear purchase ever, and it ain't even close. Thanks Cliff and all y'all's Fractal for, uh, well, you know, uh,... EVERYTHING!

 

[Zedhed]

I was so happy when I first purchased my III that I bought another one & I'm as happy now as I was then.

My twins are six...I can hardly believe it!

Best gear purchases I have ever made.

 

[Adman103]

My fractal gear is the only gear I have that gets consistently better as time goes on. Consider how rare that is- a piece of consumer electronics that six years after it's introduction is much more capable than the day it was introduced-
it's pretty extraordinary, and one of the biggest (but not the only) reasons why I'll continue to buy fractal products. My Axe 3 is the best gear purchase I've ever made, and I felt that way about my old II, and my old Axe Fx Standard before that. It's ridiculously useful- at church, I play it straight in, and it sounds great, reliable, easy to tweak... then at home, I can play it into my studio monitors or headphones for amazing tone at any volume... or I can hook it up to my w/d/w Swart rig as a monstrously capable pedalboard (it is impossible to describe how huge that rig sounds), or I can run it with my Tucana 3 in 4CM as a compact mono rig that can go anywhere and do anything spectacularly well... I love my Axe 3, and when the 4 is introduced, I really doubt I'll get rid of my 3- it's just too useful!

And of course, if I'm lazy, the FM9 does all the same stuff just as well! We're spoiled!