One thing I'm finding with my real amp and my fm3 through a digital amp and then through a different combo speaker / cab is that the real amp is super helpful for comparison purposes.
I can create a tone through the fm3 and it sounds good. Then I switch to the real amp and I like that better. So then I keep tweaking the fm3 until I get sounds I like better.
Without the comparison I might not have the direction that helps me figure out what I'm looking for.
To be fair while the fm3 through this setup can produce sounds that start to get at the same level as my Tone King it is much easier to get them with the amp at the moment for me.
I suspect that a more neutral amp / speaker setup for the fm3 would even that out and I would have better results with stock and other presets.
The variety of sounds I can get with the fm3 is definitely much broader.
That said I'm playing the FM3 through my marshall jcm900 combo and for the most part I prefer the fm3 into that cabinet then playing through the jcm900 amp at any volume I can stomach in my house.
My Tone King doesn't have an effects loop so I can't really use that speaker conveniently with the fm3.
I can create a tone through the fm3 and it sounds good. Then I switch to the real amp and I like that better. So then I keep tweaking the fm3 until I get sounds I like better.
Without the comparison I might not have the direction that helps me figure out what I'm looking for.
To be fair while the fm3 through this setup can produce sounds that start to get at the same level as my Tone King it is much easier to get them with the amp at the moment for me.
I suspect that a more neutral amp / speaker setup for the fm3 would even that out and I would have better results with stock and other presets.
The variety of sounds I can get with the fm3 is definitely much broader.
That said I'm playing the FM3 through my marshall jcm900 combo and for the most part I prefer the fm3 into that cabinet then playing through the jcm900 amp at any volume I can stomach in my house.
My Tone King doesn't have an effects loop so I can't really use that speaker conveniently with the fm3.
Last edited: