StevenMcNulty
Member
I've had my Axe-FX II for a bit over a year now, and since I got it I've been having to monitor it for the most part through headphones and less-than-ideal computer speakers. (I can hear you all cringing from miles away) However, tonight I finally arrived home to the new gear that has been sitting, waiting for me for several weeks. My setup is finally complete.
It consists of a Schecter Guitars Hellraiser C-7 FR with Seymour Duncan Pegasus and Sentient pickups going into an Axe-FX II, a Matrix Amplification GT800FX power amp, and finally a Port City Amplification 2x12 OS Wave cabinet loaded with Celestion Speakers V30s.
This is all controlled by a Behringer FCB1010 modded with a EurekaSound EurekaPROM 2 chip and my own custom labels.
Unfortunately I've only been able to play through this setup for about an hour tonight at a relatively low volume, but my god; the dynamics and low end are incredible. I jammed mostly on the Friedman HBE, Mesa Mark IV and Fender Twin Reverb models and they were all just stunning without tweaking anything away from default settings. The cab has a very balanced and full character without being boomy or shrill in the high end. With the speaker page's low frequency resonance tweaked to what others have found to be correct for this cab (85.3Hz), the attack and response feels incredibly connected to your picking hand and volume knob in a way that is hard to explain. I can't recommend these cabs enough, and Daniel from Port City is great to deal with. Hopefully tomorrow I will get a chance to crank the volume a bit and rebuild all of my patches from scratch around this new setup. I would also like to get some UltraRes IRs shot of this for you all and myself to use as a direct out to a PA in live situations when I have the chance and means to.
That uncontrollable feeling you get when your tone is perfect to you and you are so inspired to play is my favourite feeling in the world, and I am sure as hell feeling that right now with a huge smile on my face. I can't wait to try out the upcoming G3 update through it! Thanks to Fractal, Matrix and Port City for creating this amazing gear.
It consists of a Schecter Guitars Hellraiser C-7 FR with Seymour Duncan Pegasus and Sentient pickups going into an Axe-FX II, a Matrix Amplification GT800FX power amp, and finally a Port City Amplification 2x12 OS Wave cabinet loaded with Celestion Speakers V30s.
This is all controlled by a Behringer FCB1010 modded with a EurekaSound EurekaPROM 2 chip and my own custom labels.
Unfortunately I've only been able to play through this setup for about an hour tonight at a relatively low volume, but my god; the dynamics and low end are incredible. I jammed mostly on the Friedman HBE, Mesa Mark IV and Fender Twin Reverb models and they were all just stunning without tweaking anything away from default settings. The cab has a very balanced and full character without being boomy or shrill in the high end. With the speaker page's low frequency resonance tweaked to what others have found to be correct for this cab (85.3Hz), the attack and response feels incredibly connected to your picking hand and volume knob in a way that is hard to explain. I can't recommend these cabs enough, and Daniel from Port City is great to deal with. Hopefully tomorrow I will get a chance to crank the volume a bit and rebuild all of my patches from scratch around this new setup. I would also like to get some UltraRes IRs shot of this for you all and myself to use as a direct out to a PA in live situations when I have the chance and means to.
That uncontrollable feeling you get when your tone is perfect to you and you are so inspired to play is my favourite feeling in the world, and I am sure as hell feeling that right now with a huge smile on my face. I can't wait to try out the upcoming G3 update through it! Thanks to Fractal, Matrix and Port City for creating this amazing gear.