Not blasting or trying to start any arguments but what song requires more than 12 switches or scenes? The intricacies of the song or set list must be demanding. Lots of detail and accuracy.
BTW I play mostly classic, hard, southern Rock with the occasional country.
I use one preset for each set that I play vs preset per song. This is due to the fact that I am playing different songs each week in my situation. We are pulling from a song catalog of more than 2000 songs. Having a preset for all of those gets old!
A typical 5 song set will require the following sounds.
5 levels of gain, clean to mean!
All of those 5 gain levels will need to be accessed while using any of the following FX:
1. 1/8 note delay high and low mix
2. Dot 1/8 delay high and low mic
3. 1/4 note delay high and low mix
4. Dual delay 1/8 and Dot 1/8
5. Dual delay dot 1/8 and 1/4
6. Reverb boost
7. Plex delay for swells
8. Volume boost for solos
9. Tuner
10. tap tempo
11. Octave pedal (adds one up and one down)
12. Wammy bar sim.
13. Univibe
14. Reverse delay
15. Slap back delay
16. Golden delay
So that could all be used during a typical set.
If I did program per song (which would be necessary with the FM3 CPU) I would need the following.
1. 3 levels of gain
2. A primary and secondary delay subdivision
3. A delay boost
4. A plex delay for swells
5. A reverb boost
6. A volume boost for solos
8. An additional effect bypass.
Could I access all of that with 3 switches? Probably but it would not be a pleasant experience like it was on the Ax8.
The obvious choice would be to add the FC6 on a permanent board. I decided to get an Axe FX iii instead.
