Hi guys,
I have many amps, an FM3 and a massive pedalboard that weighs a ton. Having just joined a new band and having read about the FX8, I pulled the plug and bought one off a guitar forum here in the UK.
For this gig my Marshall JVM410H seemed like the best option, so I connected the FX8 after resetting it but initially had real problems with its series/parallel loop but after some experimentation I got it sounded pure on and bypassed with unity gain. The only other thing was having a delay or reverb added and phasing issues but that was also solved by making them kill-dry and parallel. Finally a happy camper.
Now to the gig. Easy setup with a look I built with humbuster cables and midi to control the JVM. I have 4 presets - Clean, Crunch, Dirty and Lead - and they all sounded fantastic. All of them had varying delays, drive, chorus, phaser and wah and I could not have been happier. I have 2 expression pedals, one to auto-engage the wah and the other for either volume or delay level depending on preset.
Overall then, I'm very happy and will stop rotating pedals on my heavy board. Decision made - no more GAS!
Cheers,
Jim
I have many amps, an FM3 and a massive pedalboard that weighs a ton. Having just joined a new band and having read about the FX8, I pulled the plug and bought one off a guitar forum here in the UK.
For this gig my Marshall JVM410H seemed like the best option, so I connected the FX8 after resetting it but initially had real problems with its series/parallel loop but after some experimentation I got it sounded pure on and bypassed with unity gain. The only other thing was having a delay or reverb added and phasing issues but that was also solved by making them kill-dry and parallel. Finally a happy camper.
Now to the gig. Easy setup with a look I built with humbuster cables and midi to control the JVM. I have 4 presets - Clean, Crunch, Dirty and Lead - and they all sounded fantastic. All of them had varying delays, drive, chorus, phaser and wah and I could not have been happier. I have 2 expression pedals, one to auto-engage the wah and the other for either volume or delay level depending on preset.
Overall then, I'm very happy and will stop rotating pedals on my heavy board. Decision made - no more GAS!
Cheers,
Jim
