so got my XL last year , my wife was preggo and I was losing my music room to be the babys room so of course I told her I needed an axe fx as I cant play my amp at home anymore
since I got the XL almost 12 months ago my dual recto has sat in the corner of my bedroom not turned on once.Havent jammed with the guys since . my daughter is 5 months old now and finally have some flexibility to get back in with the band. our drummer moved overseas about when my wife got preggo so we are jamming with a new drummer next week. cant wait.
I like the XL allot and have been figuring it will become my live rig in the long run in some form . but first time jamming with a new guy and at a new stuido where i'm not sure what the PA will be like decided I'll take the mesa and some pedals just for familairty . havent been playing that much since the baby came so better to go with what I know I figure
so anyway last night my wife took the baby out for an hour and I thought I'd crack a beer and dig out my amp and pedal board and plug it in and make sure a tube hasnt dided or something while it sat there
I was curious to see how I felt about playing the amp. so I plugged it all in and...
....was really fun actaully . It def made me appreciate having limits . a 3 channel amp and a few pedals you have to use what you have and you get it done . been playing exclusivly through my studio monitors and was great standing in front of a cab even though it was no where near loud enough for the amp to be at its best .It actually made me really curious about trying the axe fx into my mesa 2 x 12 . next time I have the space and time I'm going to try the XL into the recto powersection just to see what its like
so anyway no real point to my rant other than
tube amps are still super fun even if you love the fractal and I'm really looking forward to cranking that damn recto next friday
since I got the XL almost 12 months ago my dual recto has sat in the corner of my bedroom not turned on once.Havent jammed with the guys since . my daughter is 5 months old now and finally have some flexibility to get back in with the band. our drummer moved overseas about when my wife got preggo so we are jamming with a new drummer next week. cant wait.
I like the XL allot and have been figuring it will become my live rig in the long run in some form . but first time jamming with a new guy and at a new stuido where i'm not sure what the PA will be like decided I'll take the mesa and some pedals just for familairty . havent been playing that much since the baby came so better to go with what I know I figure
so anyway last night my wife took the baby out for an hour and I thought I'd crack a beer and dig out my amp and pedal board and plug it in and make sure a tube hasnt dided or something while it sat there
I was curious to see how I felt about playing the amp. so I plugged it all in and...
....was really fun actaully . It def made me appreciate having limits . a 3 channel amp and a few pedals you have to use what you have and you get it done . been playing exclusivly through my studio monitors and was great standing in front of a cab even though it was no where near loud enough for the amp to be at its best .It actually made me really curious about trying the axe fx into my mesa 2 x 12 . next time I have the space and time I'm going to try the XL into the recto powersection just to see what its like
so anyway no real point to my rant other than
tube amps are still super fun even if you love the fractal and I'm really looking forward to cranking that damn recto next friday