Hugomack
Experienced
Back to basics:
1.Axe FX is supposed to sound best with a totally non-flavoured, FRFR amp/cab/speaker that faithfully reproduces everything the Axe generates.
2. From there, everyone has debated which specific brand sounds best, a large section agreeing that the most expensive ones sound best.
3. Others (Lightning Boy for example), have sought alternatives, which is where we come to FRFR's that are specially oriented to the guitar.
This logic then loops back to Number 1; that Full Range, Flat Response is what's required....
Number 3. is what this thread is about - eg trying to understand what this specificity actually is, in the three products being put about as the best "FRFR" solutions. Maybe FRFR isn't after all what's required?
1.Axe FX is supposed to sound best with a totally non-flavoured, FRFR amp/cab/speaker that faithfully reproduces everything the Axe generates.
2. From there, everyone has debated which specific brand sounds best, a large section agreeing that the most expensive ones sound best.
3. Others (Lightning Boy for example), have sought alternatives, which is where we come to FRFR's that are specially oriented to the guitar.
This logic then loops back to Number 1; that Full Range, Flat Response is what's required....
Number 3. is what this thread is about - eg trying to understand what this specificity actually is, in the three products being put about as the best "FRFR" solutions. Maybe FRFR isn't after all what's required?
Aka: We don't need anything below 80Hz, making it easy to make a diminutive Thiele-Small vented cab like the new Matrix coming soon.
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What are your thoughts about running bass guitar through for example the CLR (or the other small FRFR cabs)? When I play bass, it hasn't been possible to match drummer volume using the same cabs as with guitar. The EVMs sound great, but can't handle the bass at the same volume. Instead, I use (with my MAtrix GT800), two 2x12's loaded with E120's, through the horn unit crossover I made to enable my EVM's to make cab sims sound good.