TSJMajesty
Fractal Fanatic
So I've had mine for a full 6 months now, and I play it every single day, at least for a couple hours (much to the detriment of other things), and I'm still so content with how it sounds to do much more than find a factory preset I like, tweak it maybe just a little, play that for a few days, find another, lather, rinse, repeat. Jeez this is an absolutely amazing piece of gear!
My guitar playing has improved more in that time than in the last 10 years, I'm quite certain. I'm working on building some cabs for the Celestion F12-X200 speakers, and once they're done, I truly expect to sell my Mesa amps & cabs and the other misc effects I have. It is that satisfying.
The effects give me the fullest, most spacial, stereo experience I've ever heard, and the various amp tones are so diverse & full-bodied..., there's just not enough adjectives in my limited vocabulary to describe how tickled I am with owning a piece of gear like this!
If ANYONE is on the fence about buying one, stop contemplating, and go read the reviews on their website. If that doesn't get you to fork out the 3 grand for it and an FC controller and an expression pedal, then go watch some videos while considering this: Just one, high-end amp of the caliber in the Axe Fx III can easily set you back that amount, and even if it's a great, versatile, channel-switching amp (which it should be for that amount of money) that can get you all the tones you want, you still won't have any effects, let alone studio-grade ones, and a lot of those amps' versatility can still only be tapped by twisting knobs or changing EQ's, so you'll still be limited to whatever the footswitch that comes with said amp can do, in a live setting. Which means its versatility is still light years behind the Axe Fx III. AND, you'd still need aNOTHer amp to play in stereo!
For these reasons, this is not only the most inspiring music gear I've ever purchased, it's also actually the cheapest!! To me, it's a no brainer! GAWD I LOVE this thing!!!
My guitar playing has improved more in that time than in the last 10 years, I'm quite certain. I'm working on building some cabs for the Celestion F12-X200 speakers, and once they're done, I truly expect to sell my Mesa amps & cabs and the other misc effects I have. It is that satisfying.
The effects give me the fullest, most spacial, stereo experience I've ever heard, and the various amp tones are so diverse & full-bodied..., there's just not enough adjectives in my limited vocabulary to describe how tickled I am with owning a piece of gear like this!
If ANYONE is on the fence about buying one, stop contemplating, and go read the reviews on their website. If that doesn't get you to fork out the 3 grand for it and an FC controller and an expression pedal, then go watch some videos while considering this: Just one, high-end amp of the caliber in the Axe Fx III can easily set you back that amount, and even if it's a great, versatile, channel-switching amp (which it should be for that amount of money) that can get you all the tones you want, you still won't have any effects, let alone studio-grade ones, and a lot of those amps' versatility can still only be tapped by twisting knobs or changing EQ's, so you'll still be limited to whatever the footswitch that comes with said amp can do, in a live setting. Which means its versatility is still light years behind the Axe Fx III. AND, you'd still need aNOTHer amp to play in stereo!
For these reasons, this is not only the most inspiring music gear I've ever purchased, it's also actually the cheapest!! To me, it's a no brainer! GAWD I LOVE this thing!!!