Thenewexhibit
Experienced
This might be an open ended question; if so, I apologize.
How are your tones sounding? I was scrolling through some different amps, and I feel like a lot of them have strange artifacts. For example, the Friedmans (HBE v2 in particular) at times almost sounds like I have an octave fuzz on when doing leads. It also sounds like it’s collapsing on itself on the neck pickup. I’m not using crazy amounts of gain; around 5-6, bass down to around 3.5, depth down to around 2.5. I remember the neck pickup sounding cool and tubular on a friedman, but it seems more muddy and “tone knob rolled off” sounding.
Also, the PVH Block letter really sounds like an octave fuzz at times on the high strings, on the high e and b strings around the 10-12th frets ish. No extreme settings going on, but sounds “cocked wah” ish / octave fuzz ish.
The other strange things I find are in the super reverbs for example; if you use an overdrive pedal, at the beginning of every note, the best way I can describe it is it sounds like a laser beam—a phasey laser beam. I’m looking at the head room of most amps, and they pretty much just max out almost all the time; even on the super reverbs, if I turn down the volume to like .5, it’s still almost out of headroom according to the meter. At that point it sounds like garbage though. Not sure if this has anything to do with it or not, but doesn’t remind me of my real super mic’d up and hit with an overdrive at all. Weird phasey laser beams on the attacks of the notes. It makes those super reverbs with an overdrive completely unusable for me because it sounds like the amp is shorting out at times; not collasping on itself, but shorting out. Almost as if when you put a tube amp into standby or turn it off and you’re still playing, it’s reminiscent of that character baked in. Once again, no extreme settings.
I also notice this on a lot of the Plexi amps; when playing on the G and D strings around the 3rd fret (pentatonic type stuff), there’s weird inconsistent phasey laser beam type sounds on the attack of each note. Sounds weird, I know, but it’s the only way I can describe it.
Has anyone noticed anything like this? I even tried a different guitar and different cable; same outcomes. I’m on version 2.01. I’m going to try this on my Axe FX iii to see if it’s the same (I think I’m still on 16.04 on the Axe iii). I really don’t think I’m just tripping. Stuff just sounds weird. And I haven’t noticed it until really deep diving with different amps, as I have a main preset I use 99% of the time.
EDIT: Just checked out my Axe Fx iii on version 16.04. While the characteristics of what I’m talking about with all of these amps is still there, it’s not NEARLY as apparent as with the FM9 on 2.01. Almost dynamically exhibiting these characteristics in a musical way. Also, all of the plexi amps are awesome!!! And really fun to play. Everything on my Axe iii feels more “bouncy” and responsive and giving if that makes sense. Even the Friedman seems clearer on the neck pickup. I don’t know if this is the way the modeling is now regarding the FM9 2.01 and Axe iii 19.06, but I do know the Axe iii on 16.04 doesn’t exhibit these strange qualities that I’m noticing on the FM9. I’ll check more tomorrow, and I’d like to update to the current firmware of 19.06 to see if things change. What has been your guys’ findings in these regards? It’s almost as if the amps feel less giving and stiffer on the FM9 with 2.01 vs my Axe Fx iii with 16.04. I’m also monitoring with headphones through both units. I don’t know if that has anything to do with it??
How are your tones sounding? I was scrolling through some different amps, and I feel like a lot of them have strange artifacts. For example, the Friedmans (HBE v2 in particular) at times almost sounds like I have an octave fuzz on when doing leads. It also sounds like it’s collapsing on itself on the neck pickup. I’m not using crazy amounts of gain; around 5-6, bass down to around 3.5, depth down to around 2.5. I remember the neck pickup sounding cool and tubular on a friedman, but it seems more muddy and “tone knob rolled off” sounding.
Also, the PVH Block letter really sounds like an octave fuzz at times on the high strings, on the high e and b strings around the 10-12th frets ish. No extreme settings going on, but sounds “cocked wah” ish / octave fuzz ish.
The other strange things I find are in the super reverbs for example; if you use an overdrive pedal, at the beginning of every note, the best way I can describe it is it sounds like a laser beam—a phasey laser beam. I’m looking at the head room of most amps, and they pretty much just max out almost all the time; even on the super reverbs, if I turn down the volume to like .5, it’s still almost out of headroom according to the meter. At that point it sounds like garbage though. Not sure if this has anything to do with it or not, but doesn’t remind me of my real super mic’d up and hit with an overdrive at all. Weird phasey laser beams on the attacks of the notes. It makes those super reverbs with an overdrive completely unusable for me because it sounds like the amp is shorting out at times; not collasping on itself, but shorting out. Almost as if when you put a tube amp into standby or turn it off and you’re still playing, it’s reminiscent of that character baked in. Once again, no extreme settings.
I also notice this on a lot of the Plexi amps; when playing on the G and D strings around the 3rd fret (pentatonic type stuff), there’s weird inconsistent phasey laser beam type sounds on the attack of each note. Sounds weird, I know, but it’s the only way I can describe it.
Has anyone noticed anything like this? I even tried a different guitar and different cable; same outcomes. I’m on version 2.01. I’m going to try this on my Axe FX iii to see if it’s the same (I think I’m still on 16.04 on the Axe iii). I really don’t think I’m just tripping. Stuff just sounds weird. And I haven’t noticed it until really deep diving with different amps, as I have a main preset I use 99% of the time.
EDIT: Just checked out my Axe Fx iii on version 16.04. While the characteristics of what I’m talking about with all of these amps is still there, it’s not NEARLY as apparent as with the FM9 on 2.01. Almost dynamically exhibiting these characteristics in a musical way. Also, all of the plexi amps are awesome!!! And really fun to play. Everything on my Axe iii feels more “bouncy” and responsive and giving if that makes sense. Even the Friedman seems clearer on the neck pickup. I don’t know if this is the way the modeling is now regarding the FM9 2.01 and Axe iii 19.06, but I do know the Axe iii on 16.04 doesn’t exhibit these strange qualities that I’m noticing on the FM9. I’ll check more tomorrow, and I’d like to update to the current firmware of 19.06 to see if things change. What has been your guys’ findings in these regards? It’s almost as if the amps feel less giving and stiffer on the FM9 with 2.01 vs my Axe Fx iii with 16.04. I’m also monitoring with headphones through both units. I don’t know if that has anything to do with it??
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