My JCM-800 was modded to sound like a high gain Fender Bassman. Not on purpose but that was the result of messing with the tone shaping. If I remember it was only 3 caps that were changed.Because the "BRIT 800" in the AFX sounds just like both of my real JCM-800 2204 50W heads before I modded them lol...shrill and icepicky ...treble-peaking circuitry to the max....among other things.
How do we know the amp models are very accurate?
I think a more illuminating question will be: why do we care that they are very accurate? Not to ask in a facetious way, but I think it's important to understand. Especially when the measurements of the characteristics of the models are within the margins of error of the differences in actual hardware, then we can call them "accurate enough" and now we can get into the whole reason the amps and modelers exist in the first place, which is to get a guitar tone that fits the song, part, mood, whatever, and most importantly sounds good.
We want these models to be accurate because we like the sound of the actual physical amp being modeled. If the AxeFX can produce a guitar tone that we like just as much as a physical amp, for the same reasons, then what does it matter if it's 80% accurate, 90% accurate, 95% or 100% or whatever. Or even if it's a sound we literally cannot make with a physical amp. The end goal is a guitar tone. Get there however you desire, but focusing on whether or not it's identical to a physical amp is not seeing the forest for the trees.
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I think it absolutely matters that amps are moving toward 100% - close is not good enough - which is what drives Fractal it seems. We can like many tones, sure, but if one is after a specific tone, from a specific real world amp that Axefx models, then 80/90% accurate is no where near close enough. This is born out again and again in threads where hairs are split on the specifics of given target tone by those who came to Fractal for the drive toward 100% accuracy on tones they know well from the real amp equivalent, or who have to reproduce those tones for those who know well - 80/90% close or an alternate sound that sounds great but is not the target tone won't due for many Fractal customers I suspect.We want these models to be accurate because we like the sound of the actual physical amp being modeled. If the AxeFX can produce a guitar tone that we like just as much as a physical amp, for the same reasons, then what does it matter if it's 80% accurate, 90% accurate, 95% or 100% or whatever. Or even if it's a sound we literally cannot make with a physical amp. The end goal is a guitar tone. Get there however you desire, but focusing on whether or not it's identical to a physical amp is not seeing the forest for the trees.
Hey, I resemble that remark. LoLdrives me bonkers to hear the phrase "just use your ears
It drives Fractal because that's what customers are asking for.which is what drives Fractal it seems