psychodave
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I have a few Boss GE-10 GEQ's and they also sounded phenomenal with the triaxis preamps. Add a rack drawer and boom!!! They blew away the Mesa GEQ pedal they put out a few years ago.
Triaxis and 2-ninety??? Is it any good??
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peterc52
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WOW! Nice!
Do you know how the ++ mod was done? You're pushing me into buying the thing
Sick Michael
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Killer, Killer rig. All sorts in there, I dig the Pseudo Recto tones (Red), Mark I Cleans + Lead II yellow.
The Tones are top drawer for Cleans, Blues Tones, Fusion, Metal. Only thing you might not get is the British style crunch, but I guess you dont buy it for that.
The Tones are top drawer for Cleans, Blues Tones, Fusion, Metal. Only thing you might not get is the British style crunch, but I guess you dont buy it for that.
psychodave
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I don't know how to do it. It was done at Mesa Boogie. One was done by Mike B, the other was done by John Marshall. It adds in a lot of gain. Mike B might tell you since you are in another country.WOW! Nice!
Do you know how the ++ mod was done? You're pushing me into buying the thing
Racerxrated
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That price alone dictates that you should buy it. That’s a pre Covid price; even cheaper actually.
mentoneman
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you win for solving the crappy dynamic voice internal eq with that cool custom dual graphic deal!
had the DV sounded as good as the classic mark series graphics, with midi control, i may have kept my triaxis.
mentoneman
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i’d imagine the newer source audio or boss digital eqs with midi would work nicely if the sound wasn’t too compromised digitally nor hampered by the triaxis output level into the pedal.
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TheGreatGreen
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Here's something neat. It's expensive... but cool. It's an analog EQ, but digitally controlled. This means you have all the advantages of digital (programable, presets, etc) but no DA/AD conversion.
https://www.freethetone.com/en/products/detail18/
Youtube demos show that you can only boost or cut in 1 db increments from -12 to +12, so its resolution isn't as fine as most standard analog EQ's. I guess that's the drawback. Still, cool pedal.
https://www.freethetone.com/en/products/detail18/
Youtube demos show that you can only boost or cut in 1 db increments from -12 to +12, so its resolution isn't as fine as most standard analog EQ's. I guess that's the drawback. Still, cool pedal.
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Jack Luminous
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True that lead 2 yellow is perfect solo tone to my ears. Fluid, liquid awesomeness !
I have the Free The Tone above and currently use it with my SLO. It sounds great. I'm not sure resolution is 1dB though because there are 128 values for each slider.
edit : I just checked and only the output level has 128 values, the eq sliders have 1db resolution. I never really noticed it when tweaking so it's not that bad to my ears.
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psychodave
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I agree that a midi eq pedal would be killer with it. I basically set it and forgot it when using the triaxis. I did create a few presets that would engage the onboard EQ so I didnt have to touch the custom GEQ.
I had a source audio EQ2 and I hated it. I tried to use it to push a stock Marshall and it failed miserably. I made a video and source audio contacted me. Evidentially I found a massive flaw in it.... this was a few years ago so I don't know if they fixed it.
Fret-Shredder
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One of my biggest regrets was selling my Triaxis/ 2:90 So dynamic and flexible. The Triaxis and 2:90 were made for each other. Half , Modern and Deep modes on the 2:90 were awesome. And the Triaxis itself could deliver just about any tone I wanted. Here is an example I recorded 12 years ago on a cheap digital camera ... me messing around with a tone I dialed in. And I already know I'm playing the Master of Puppets riff wrong. 
skoora
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One of my biggest regrets was selling my Triaxis/ 2:90 So dynamic and flexible. The Triaxis and 2:90 were made for each other. Half , Modern and Deep modes on the 2:90 were awesome. And the Triaxis itself could deliver just about any tone I wanted. Here is an example I recorded 12 years ago on a cheap digital camera ... me messing around with a tone I dialed in. And I already know I'm playing the Master of Puppets riff wrong.
I just really appreciate that someone with a user name Fret Shredder can actually shred frets..lol
How many frets could a fret shredder shred if a fret shredder could shred frets
ultimatemetalguitartones
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I had this combo many times, but I've come to the conclusion that the triaxis is not for me. Too compressed sounding. The mesa quad preamp I had after I sold my 1st triaxis would put it to shame. More raw and open sounding.
Nevertheless, 1K for both units is a steal. One trick that does help is to use an external EQ
Nevertheless, 1K for both units is a steal. One trick that does help is to use an external EQ
Yes, the 2:90 with the Triaxis V2 no fat mod is definitely killer. I had V2 2 with the fat mod and sent it to Mesa to get it taken out and it was well worth it. It really made Lead 1 Red useable.
My favorite combo for metal tones was Lead 1 Red for rhythm (without the fat mod) and Lead 2 Red for leads. It was almost (although not quite) like having a Recto for your rhythm tone and a Mark III/IV for your lead tone. I used the DV with both channels and it really helped with the tone.
My favorite combo for metal tones was Lead 1 Red for rhythm (without the fat mod) and Lead 2 Red for leads. It was almost (although not quite) like having a Recto for your rhythm tone and a Mark III/IV for your lead tone. I used the DV with both channels and it really helped with the tone.
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Achilles
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From a price standpoint, it seems like a good deal but it's an old unit and reliability and mentainance isues will arrive sooner or later. The price is an illusion really.
I jumped off the rack thing years ago, as it was money and time consuming but most importantly, the tone was not there.
You're better off with a Mark V and whatever multieffect unit suits you best. Problem free rig with great tone and all the versatility you'll ever need from a Mesa Mark sound. Add a recto reborn later, as I did and you're pretty much done with the Mesa sound.
Off with a Marshall afterwards
I jumped off the rack thing years ago, as it was money and time consuming but most importantly, the tone was not there.
You're better off with a Mark V and whatever multieffect unit suits you best. Problem free rig with great tone and all the versatility you'll ever need from a Mesa Mark sound. Add a recto reborn later, as I did and you're pretty much done with the Mesa sound.
Off with a Marshall afterwards