Hi there! Roger from the Sunshine Coast, here. I don't yet own a Fractal product yet, but I'm on the waitlist for an FM9, and just got word that the Australian distributor will be getting their first batch around the end of January, so fingers crossed that my name is high enough to get one of the first ones.
I'm originally from the US, and was a drummer for the first 40 years of my musical life, but when I moved to Australia it would have been a pain to bring my drums, and we (my wife and I) lived in an apartment for several years, so concerns about space and volume considerations had me selling my drums before leaving the US (I'm really regretting a couple of those sales). Shortly after arriving, I decided to buy a guitar, to scratch the musical itch, and now I'm about 5 years into that journey - I'm not very good, but I'm determined, and if it takes me til I'm 60 to be "good", then I'll happily do the work rather than get to be 60 and still wish I was good at guitar.
I'm just a bedroom player right now, but hoping to do some gigging at some point - I sing well, and I'd love to put together and front a band doing SRV to Stevie Wonder type stuff.
A couple years ago I bought a Helix rack, and have enjoyed it, but I want to try the Fractal stuff out, to see if it's really that much better, so as I said earlier, when my name comes up on the list, I'll be purchasing an FM9. I'd love it if someone could point me to some Helix to Fractal videos, if such things exist!