Not to be ugly, but the Axe 3 is miles ahead of Axe 2. I have had both. No comparison. My Axe has always worked flawlessly. Some minor tweaks that I never used anyway, but the add Amps, effects, and ease of use updates is what I am spoiled with. Whey you bought the Axe 2 it was the same, always adding new amps, effects and making improvement. I use huge presets that I could never load with the AXE 2 and tons more IRs. Don't get me wrong, the Axe 2 is great, but the Axe 3 is a different animal. I would probably say the FM3 will be better than the Axe 2 also except you can do but one amp, but you have four Channels, I use 4 amps on every preset. The FM3 and the FC 12 Controller is going to be a big thing because it call all go on one pedalboard and be an Axe 3 min a little DSP and only use one amp.