I am looking for some additional back line sound for live, so luck would have it my local CG had both the Fender FR12 and the EV PXM12.
Let me preface and say my current monitoring solution is the Redsound Elis.8 which I love but I find outdoors next to the drummer sometimes it can feel like its on the verge of getting lost.
I brought my B rig into the shop which is a Friedman IR-D and some pedals, plugged in and was instantly pleased, I have to admit I was shocked at how good it actually sounded and how it felt, it could be placebo but it just sounded and felt far more can like than I was expecting and the external EQ was a nice addition to fine tune things to taste.
What can I say, I didn’t even get to try the PXM as I felt the Fender would do exactly what I was looking for on stage, I wanted something behind me that looks, sounds and feels like an amp, I suspect the cabinet is what it doing that over the more traditional FRFR’s.
Now for what I personally felt was the downside.
With all EQ at noon on the IR-D and the FR12 it was far to woofy for my personal taste, I am in the classic rock AC/DC kind of range of gain, it sounded big, but the bass made the detail and individual notes vanish, I then kicked it back on its fold out legs which helped bring some definition back due to more direct facing tones but still that bass when palm muting was intense.
I think the EQ would be more than sufficient to properly adjust your tone and make it sound great or dial out unwanted bass etc.
The next issue for me was the size, it’s quite big, actually I wash shocked as it was sitting next to a group of deluxe reverbs and it looked substantially larger.
Not a deal breaker but it does take away a little of the ditch the AMP for a smaller easier to manage rig concept.
As for the PMX I never got to try it as I felt at $599 for the fender, is the PMX really going to be $300 better for guitar only, plus the whole cab on stage thing has me sold.
I asked the store about the FR10 which they told me was on back order and had a waiting list of over 126 people.
I got in the car an ordered the FR10 from fender. I was also looking at the Friedman ASC10 and the Laney FR12, I opted out of the Atomic due to stories of support nightmares, and having the Elis.8 I wanted a cab like speaker versus something like the MF10.
I will update once the FR10 shows up but I am hoping it’s the Goldilocks sweet spot, less woof, more clarity, slightly smaller size and $100 less, I can’t imagine the PMX being $400 better than the FR10, but maybe?
Cheers!
Let me preface and say my current monitoring solution is the Redsound Elis.8 which I love but I find outdoors next to the drummer sometimes it can feel like its on the verge of getting lost.
I brought my B rig into the shop which is a Friedman IR-D and some pedals, plugged in and was instantly pleased, I have to admit I was shocked at how good it actually sounded and how it felt, it could be placebo but it just sounded and felt far more can like than I was expecting and the external EQ was a nice addition to fine tune things to taste.
What can I say, I didn’t even get to try the PXM as I felt the Fender would do exactly what I was looking for on stage, I wanted something behind me that looks, sounds and feels like an amp, I suspect the cabinet is what it doing that over the more traditional FRFR’s.
Now for what I personally felt was the downside.
With all EQ at noon on the IR-D and the FR12 it was far to woofy for my personal taste, I am in the classic rock AC/DC kind of range of gain, it sounded big, but the bass made the detail and individual notes vanish, I then kicked it back on its fold out legs which helped bring some definition back due to more direct facing tones but still that bass when palm muting was intense.
I think the EQ would be more than sufficient to properly adjust your tone and make it sound great or dial out unwanted bass etc.
The next issue for me was the size, it’s quite big, actually I wash shocked as it was sitting next to a group of deluxe reverbs and it looked substantially larger.
Not a deal breaker but it does take away a little of the ditch the AMP for a smaller easier to manage rig concept.
As for the PMX I never got to try it as I felt at $599 for the fender, is the PMX really going to be $300 better for guitar only, plus the whole cab on stage thing has me sold.
I asked the store about the FR10 which they told me was on back order and had a waiting list of over 126 people.
I got in the car an ordered the FR10 from fender. I was also looking at the Friedman ASC10 and the Laney FR12, I opted out of the Atomic due to stories of support nightmares, and having the Elis.8 I wanted a cab like speaker versus something like the MF10.
I will update once the FR10 shows up but I am hoping it’s the Goldilocks sweet spot, less woof, more clarity, slightly smaller size and $100 less, I can’t imagine the PMX being $400 better than the FR10, but maybe?
Cheers!
