That must be one of the most compact, yet overly complete rigs anyone can dream of. In what way do you feel that the music you play or the sounds you are after require the added effects from the Eclipse and the Strymon pedals in conjunction with the onboard effects of the Axe-Fx? From my perspective and experience I couldn't think up a situation where I'd need that much power, so I'm really curious to know whether this is actually a little overkill for you aswel or you really put everything to use?
Eclipse: formant filter (I like it more than the axefxs), crystal and shimmer effect (on a few axefx preset that hit the CPU limit if I use the axefxs).
blog sky : spring reverb, also learning how to create the more exotic verbs on the axefx,.
mobius: rotary, destroyer, and quadrant urge. I like the rotary better and the other 2 are harder to achieve on the axefx.
timeline: different flavor of ice cream than the axefxs delay, but doesn't get use much.
fuzz: real fuzzes react to the guitar better and I love the way those fuzzes sound.
pog: the axefx cannot do what the pog does without artifacts.
By the way, I think overkill is underrated
I have quite a lot of gear, I try to use it where I can. To learn, experiment, and play. If you saw the rest of my studio, you'd say that rig is conservative .
as far as complexity, now that it is hooked up and programmed, every thing switches and routes at the press of a button.
