HuskyInfantry
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I'm coming up on a month of owning the AxeIII. My pedalboard has gone from being plugged in and ready by my feet under my desk, to it's current location crammed in the corner of my closet.
I spent a long time and a lot of money curating this pedalboard. I still love looking at it. There's just something so appealing about a well put together board and looking at all the great craftsmanship put into each pedal. Part of me wants to keep them, but the other part of me realizes it's a massive waste to have ~$2k just going unused, gathering dust in my closet.
I try to justify keeping some, but the Fractal easily replicates every single one of these pedals. I for sure thought the Dimension C would be special. But nah, Fractal easily scratches that itch. Surely there's no way the Fractal could replace my Freeze though, right? Nah, wrong. What about the Strymon Big Sky shimmer effe-- wrong. There's literally nothing special about my board that I can't achieve now.
I'll be plopping these bad boys on reverb/CL to be enjoyed by their next player, eventually funding my FC12 purchase. I'm sure similar stories have been shared here before, but I thought I'd post my take. I'm downright in love with my Fractal, but it's certainly a bittersweet moment as I sit here taking apart my once cherished board.
For the sake of discussion, did anyone here hang onto some special pedals? Do they get any love or are they mostly decoration in your studio space? I'm certainly guilty of taking the Leon Todd route and hoarding guitars mostly to just hang on my wall.
I spent a long time and a lot of money curating this pedalboard. I still love looking at it. There's just something so appealing about a well put together board and looking at all the great craftsmanship put into each pedal. Part of me wants to keep them, but the other part of me realizes it's a massive waste to have ~$2k just going unused, gathering dust in my closet.
I try to justify keeping some, but the Fractal easily replicates every single one of these pedals. I for sure thought the Dimension C would be special. But nah, Fractal easily scratches that itch. Surely there's no way the Fractal could replace my Freeze though, right? Nah, wrong. What about the Strymon Big Sky shimmer effe-- wrong. There's literally nothing special about my board that I can't achieve now.
I'll be plopping these bad boys on reverb/CL to be enjoyed by their next player, eventually funding my FC12 purchase. I'm sure similar stories have been shared here before, but I thought I'd post my take. I'm downright in love with my Fractal, but it's certainly a bittersweet moment as I sit here taking apart my once cherished board.
For the sake of discussion, did anyone here hang onto some special pedals? Do they get any love or are they mostly decoration in your studio space? I'm certainly guilty of taking the Leon Todd route and hoarding guitars mostly to just hang on my wall.
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