intelligible mix....... That would be the end all....... If I had time to get to the venue and had 2 hours to myself and the sound man, I could get the AFX to FOH to sound awesome everytime...
SLAP SLAP...........Sorry I was dreaming..
Anyway back to reality. The AFX is many....who uses 10,000 amps and cabs....Nobody.....They find the 1-3 they like and done with it......
The last three shows and large venues, I went FOH only.... Sounded amazing from crowd perspective and responce.. Believe me, I always ask some peeps afterwards... I listen to video and although I liked my sound, The other guitar player sound I liked more. CARVIN 100 Tube amp....
I use IEM's....90% of venues wedges are hammerd and sound like crap......I would perfer FOH and live cab, but why?
Hey, the AFX II is amazing in almost everything it does. The FX are outstanding the cabs and amps are stellar......The ability to have that many options in one box..Priceless.....
It is still a line level piece of equipment...Therefor, what ever you use to amplificate it mattters.........To me, so far, it it a tube power amp.
Shoot, Even Matrix puts orange LED's in there amps to look like tube amps from a distance...lol.hehehe
My backs last hope..CLR
I am still going using the AFX II, in some form or another....It just to good at a lot of things.........
intelligible mix....... That would be the end all....... If I had time to get to the venue and had 2 hours to myself and the sound man, I could get the AFX to FOH to sound awesome everytime...
SLAP SLAP...........Sorry I was dreaming..
Anyway back to reality. The AFX is many....who uses 10,000 amps and cabs....Nobody.....They find the 1-3 they like and done with it......
The last three shows and large venues, I went FOH only.... Sounded amazing from crowd perspective and responce.. Believe me, I always ask some peeps afterwards... I listen to video and although I liked my sound, The other guitar player sound I liked more. CARVIN 100 Tube amp....
I use IEM's....90% of venues wedges are hammerd and sound like crap......I would perfer FOH and live cab, but why?
Hey, the AFX II is amazing in almost everything it does. The FX are outstanding the cabs and amps are stellar......The ability to have that many options in one box..Priceless.....
It is still a line level piece of equipment...Therefor, what ever you use to amplificate it mattters.........To me, so far, it it a tube power amp.
Shoot, Even Matrix puts orange LED's in there amps to look like tube amps from a distance...lol.hehehe
My backs last hope..CLR
I am still going using the AFX II, in some form or another....It just to good at a lot of things.........
Clarky,
I have tried what you have mentioned...just better with a tube power amp..If I have the real thing why try to copy it.. I am not that lazy...lol..I could spend hours dialing, then save it a under "venue name" but more easy to mic my cab and therefor more consistant..
I am dreaming of glowing hot power amp tubes.......Do they make a 1x12 powered by tubes all in one?
my axe II sounds best through my Mesa Combo (Lonestar). Especially high gain stuff. I have a decent monitor setup as well but always prefer the amp. Had Atomic amp cabs and wedges as well but wasn't satisfied. I'll stick to my Mesa and Axe II - ultimate versatility, best sound I ever had (both the mesa preamp with FX AND modeled Preamps)! And I had MANY amps... For recording I'll never touch a real amp and cab anymore though... The axe is perfect for that. Without a million dollars in studio, mics, preamps, console etc... why??? Axe direct sounds like a million dollars recorded. however a real amp in the room is a real amp in the room. a burger doesn't taste good if it doesn't smell...
Funny that you mention all of this. I'm one gig away from selling my Axe FX rig and going back to my 112 combo and pedals. I've discovered that while I enjoy the Axe FX and completely understand why it's such a useful tool, that I am more creative and productive when I have a 2 channel tube combo amp, Parallel FX loop, delay and a wah. I've got tons of pedals that I can throw in if I need them but I just don't think I need to. I've been trying to make the Axe work for me but I think I'm just done with it at this point. It needs to go to a better home with someone who will appreciate it's abilities more than me![]()
I just purchased a REAL Friedman HBE 100, and do you know how long it took me to get a jaw dropping sound out of it? About a minute and a half. I've literally spent 40-50 hours tweaking my Axe, trying to get decent FRFR sounds.
just use the axe fx for effects only, like Vai, Petrucci.
The problem is reality. I ran several of my presets and even my favorite axe exchange preset (metropolis) through 3 seperate power amp sections..2:90, Engl SE and the Mark V. Without tweaking anything they ALL sounded incredable in their own way... Ran same presets through the Q12A, the Q12 and Matrix 1000, FOH at studio and "let the tweaking begin."
The AFX II is awesome...To me it need to be backed by a tube amp power....
Come on peeps--reality--- is there any famous, well sought after, big artist endorced, expensive SS amp..... ????????
Anyone speak russian= RnR Sound......
But there in lies the issue. Your "incredable" sounds are all power amp/cab - your not so great, are all FRFR. You just cant compare them. You need to compare SS amp with cab - and be prepared to tweek your presets.