Karl Houseknecht
Power User
Well, let me tell you. I recently acquired a new BE100. Plugged it in, turned it on, set the knobs where I'd set them on the AX8...and it was an anti-climactic moment from the first strum. Sounded exactly like I'd expected it to sound based on years of playing the modeled amp. Not "oh, the real thing is so much better" or "oh, the model is better". Nope. Exactly the same.
That's not saying the BE100 isn't a great amp. It totally is. Best modded plexi type amp I've played. But I've played and owned other amps that either didn't live up to or surpassed my expectations based on the Fractal models. Not this one. I had extremely high expectations based on the models and wasn't let down.
Friend of mine that's also an AX8 owner, after telling him I just got a BE100, said he'd love to play one in person. I told him, "you already have".
This does absolutely nothing to quell my new GAS for Friedman amps. The Dirty Shirley now has my eye...
That's not saying the BE100 isn't a great amp. It totally is. Best modded plexi type amp I've played. But I've played and owned other amps that either didn't live up to or surpassed my expectations based on the Fractal models. Not this one. I had extremely high expectations based on the models and wasn't let down.
Friend of mine that's also an AX8 owner, after telling him I just got a BE100, said he'd love to play one in person. I told him, "you already have".
This does absolutely nothing to quell my new GAS for Friedman amps. The Dirty Shirley now has my eye...
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