trouble letting go...

Paul Bradshaw said:
What the FM3 has done however is make me play a lot more guitar, try out different tones, it's what i use with the band, and has stopped me spending money on pedals and even amps as 'i don't need/or will use them' , looking at other guitars on the other hand is tough :D
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^^^ Right here, this is the biggest benefit of owning a FAS product and for me the number 1 reason I don't miss amps or pedals!
 
AtomicJeff said:
This.
Some of these latest pedals are getting ridiculous with their prices. Makes one understand what a bargain the FM3 is.
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I cant believe some of these $700 Reverb pedals.....

I build a lot of pedals, so that is just part of the fun. I have built around 100 pedals. They really aren't worth anything, so I keep them, and rotate them in from time to time.
 
yea, I have a handful of pedals that I particularly like for some reason. I don't need any of them, but sometimes it's nice to play around with them. A few of them are unique for some reason (the Shallow Water and Meet Maude) or do things that are complicated enough it's too much of a pita to try and set up in the Axe, even though it's probably possible (the Microcosm). I have a few other pedals I just like with my Swart amps, cause they just fit the vibe well (a few fuzzes, and my Volante).
 
I still have my original Boss Chorus and Boss Compressor, my Boss GX700 (copper front plate looks so cool)and an 8 band EQ pedal. I see no reason to sell them but I have not used them in many, many years!
 
Admin M@ said:
DEFINITELY, and it is purely emotional. I need to read me some Marie Kondo or whatever.

PS: I have the same problem with analog synths, many of which I have not touched in 10+ years.
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Marie Kondo liked to practice on others without their consent... Love her book, but don't let her near my gear! 😂
 
bebaldwin said:
Another thought is that in the unlikely event that your FM3 needs to be serviced at least you would still have your pedalboard until the FM3 was repaired and returned.
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This is a very practical and good reason to keep them.

Of course there are some things I have laying around that don’t have much meaning to me, but the hassle of selling them doesn’t seem worth the effort. I also have some self made pedals that are highly customized that I will never sell. Also built a “to spec” UniVibe with all the best components and tweaked the photo resistor section of the circuit to work great. That one will always stay.

Plus I often wonder if the dude from Rush’s 2112 that found the guitar with a bunch of fx pedals too wouldn’t have been so despondent when those nasty priests told him to get lost.😜
 
I had a tube amp (JCM800 2203) and just a few pedals (Boss SD-1, Ibanez Chorus, Ditto looper, Polytune). I had not played guitar for a number of years, but was getting back to it. In the meantime my musical tastes had changed and so I was looking at new gear.

I had always played a Strat, but added a Tele to the mix. The Marshall really wasn't the right amp for me anymore so I was looking at a Fender Princeton or Deluxe Reverb. I was also considering a ToneKing Imperial 2, MESA California Tweed and many others which are not available to try locally. Add to that a pedal board with at least reverb, tremolo, overdrive(s)/fuzz, and delay. After looking into and pricing out all of this gear I started to consider modelers instead. Part of the attraction to modelers was that I could try out models of different amps and effects to get to know what I really wanted and then would be in a better place to start selecting "real" gear. It would be a learning platform to help me figure out what I need/want.

Once I got my Fractal (AxeFX3) I stopped even considering buying amps and pedals etc. I sold my amp and have never been happier. As it turns out, many of the things I thought would be must haves in a new rig I don't bother to use in the modeler including dual amps, stereo signal chain, harmonic tremolo, compressors, stacked boost/overdrive(s), etc. The more time I spend with Fractal the simpler my signal path seems to get - mostly just amp, cab, reverb, tremolo and occasionally a drive or delay. Very glad I didn't waste the time and money to build out some monster pedalboard with every option under the sun only to find out I don't use most of it.

I still have my few pedals (except the looper which I sold) tucked away in a box for no good reason. I'll never use them again.
 
I let go of all my amps pretty much right after switching to Fractal gear but have kept the pedal collection.

A long time ago I moved on a lot of pedals after shifting to a multi-effects unit and really regretted it.

After a few years with Fractal gear I very rarely break out the pedals, usually only when I have the itch for something really niche.

I generally have a much better experience using all the drives and effects that are in the FM3 and AXE-FX III, but I still struggle to let the pedal collection go.

I am getting really, really tired of moving/storing it all though so their days are likely numbered.
 
I still enjoy outboard pedals (mostly od/ds) used in conjunction with Axfx, but am less and less attracted to non midi based pedals due to the inability to automate / sync specific outboard pedal settings changes with Axfx patch changes, even if those non-midi pedals sound great - so my current fav outboard drive pedal is strymon riverside - not giving that one up.
 
how many reverb and delay pedals can one keep?

on my list of pedals to keep:
Seymour Duncan Silver Lake
Seymour Duncan Dark Sun
Strymon Big Sky
Boss DD-200

I've also got a flash back 2 and a hall of fame 2 that I wouldn't mind letting go, but don't because they are compact and staples on my board that goes with my tube amp.

tough tough decisions and I haven't even started looking at my drives and fuzzes. :(
 
accuser said:
how many reverb and delay pedals can one keep?

on my list of pedals to keep:
Seymour Duncan Silver Lake
Seymour Duncan Dark Sun
Strymon Big Sky
Boss DD-200

I've also got a flash back 2 and a hall of fame 2 that I wouldn't mind letting go, but don't because they are compact and staples on my board that goes with my tube amp.

tough tough decisions and I haven't even started looking at my drives and fuzzes. :(
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Sell them all. Fractal can pretty much cover all those effects :)
 
I have two drawers with pedals in them. One drawer is the ones I would sell if selling wasn't such a PITA for low-dollar items, and the other is the ones I have built or bought and will keep. I open both occasionally and look at them, and wish I could empty the one drawer....
 
I sold the rest of my analog stuff in 2020 and never looked back.
My last amp was a Recto Reborn stack, a few pedals and gadgets like a voodoo lab switcher, a ton of patch cables and so on.

I do own more guitars now 😁
But i dont have an actual amp and no pedals etc.

For me, the FAS units are a blessing.
Every now and then some of those ”analog warriors“ try to convince me otherwise, but it usually just bores me and i dont engage in those discussions anymore.

Yay FAS!
 
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