grogthecaveman
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All signs point to me upgrading from a GSP1101 to a brand new Axe FX II XL+ when I get my tax return. Can anybody convince me to NOT buy the Axe FX?
Can anybody convince me to NOT buy the Axe FX?
if you can afford a guitar, you can afford a case. If you can afford a modeling amp, you can afford a foot controller. Is that the kind of stuff you're getting at?I hope your tax return will also cover all the other stuff you need to take full advantage of it.
The smart thing to do would be to use it towards getting closer to paying off any debts (car, house, ect.). You'll save money on interest by shorting the term.All signs point to me upgrading from a GSP1101 to a brand new Axe FX II XL+ when I get my tax return. Can anybody convince me to NOT buy the Axe FX?
The Axe FX has saved me well north of $10,000 in amps I *would* have bought because I was convinced that 'This is the last one...'
So see? You're SAVING money.
After I pay off my credit card, I'd buy myself an Axe FX to reward myself.The smart thing to do would be to use it towards getting closer to paying off any debts (car, house, ect.). You'll save money on interest by shorting the term.
Probably not what you want to hear.
My wife said I should buy it!Your wife will not understand. She will be pissed.... if you are married. Unless she likes guitar music... then she will dig it.
I'm playing through one channel of a 1000w/channel solid state power amp into a 4x12 Mesa cab. I'll try out the GCP since I already have it. I've read success stories online where people remap PC signals from the GCP to scenes in the Axe FX. If that doesn't work, I'll sell an amp and get an MFC101.What do you play your GSP 1101 through? A cab? monitors?
To make use of scenes, you will need a smart midi controller, and it's hard to beat the MFC. I tried using my Ground Control, but it was not up to the task.
Pretty much that's all you really need. - a good FRFR output (unless you do the amp/cab thing) and an MFC or something to control it with.
With this in mind:
If you are impatient, have trouble learning new gear (this thing has a LOT going on inside), or don't really have an ear for tone or don't care about it... I dunno... it might not be for you, but even the presets are great and it's fun being able to just play around with 200 amps and a zillion cab choices, plus the effects. I've never even scratched the surface of it all.
If you play professionally at all, (as in gig for $) or record guitars (any genre), then this thing is soooooo worth every penny. You can record guitar at 2:00AM in an apartment with headphones and get the same results you would get miking up a Marshall cab in a studio turned up to 10. There is NO recording solution like it out there in my opinion. Nothing on the market, software or hardware, come this close to absolute tonal reality.