ethomas1013
Fractal Fanatic
Last report from me on this.
I spent a couple hours playing a Tech 21 Liverpool and the Joyo American with the FX8 in comparison to similar amp models in the the AxeII. There really wasn't as much difference between the Joyo and T21 as I expected. Both sound somewhat like the amps they are mimicking. But taking those tonal differences aside, both exhibit the same characteristics - Both are too "in your face", brash, harsh, with no real dynamics. Both will respond somewhat to dynamics, but there's no subtlety or nuance to the tones when you back off the picking and volume.
Really no surprises here. This is what I expected when comparing the two pedals with the AxeII models. Maybe it works for some people, but in comparison to the Amp/cab modeling in the AxeII there's no way I'm going to use one of these pedals for my amp sounds. I could pursue this further by looking into one of the tube based amp pedals mentioned in this thread, but I'm going to pass. My FX8 will stay paired with my amps and I'll continue to cart around the AxeII/rack/midi controller rig for direct use. Once the AX8 is available I'll be getting one of those to simplify my direct rig.
I spent a couple hours playing a Tech 21 Liverpool and the Joyo American with the FX8 in comparison to similar amp models in the the AxeII. There really wasn't as much difference between the Joyo and T21 as I expected. Both sound somewhat like the amps they are mimicking. But taking those tonal differences aside, both exhibit the same characteristics - Both are too "in your face", brash, harsh, with no real dynamics. Both will respond somewhat to dynamics, but there's no subtlety or nuance to the tones when you back off the picking and volume.
Really no surprises here. This is what I expected when comparing the two pedals with the AxeII models. Maybe it works for some people, but in comparison to the Amp/cab modeling in the AxeII there's no way I'm going to use one of these pedals for my amp sounds. I could pursue this further by looking into one of the tube based amp pedals mentioned in this thread, but I'm going to pass. My FX8 will stay paired with my amps and I'll continue to cart around the AxeII/rack/midi controller rig for direct use. Once the AX8 is available I'll be getting one of those to simplify my direct rig.