I had an amber axis that looked amazing...it was a dream guitar for me...unfortunately, the narrow neck and the small guitar body was not for me...(big guy with big hands)
When you started the demo, what was obvious was the difference in power tube biasing...
The cold biasing results in this crossover distortion (metallic-sterile)...
When you said about volume difference it is clear...its the biasing...
I use the Palmer Macht 402 as a power amp for my wet/dry/wet...
It is made for guitar with 1/4 jacks and has active bass & treble eq on each channel...
Got it used for 160€...
A good friend of mine has the H9 Max...I just love the app...but the lack of headroom and line level connectivity makes it a no-no...I could go H90, but I am a sucker for racks...
The micropitch is 95% identical...with the M7 being a bit more trebly and tighter...the Eclipse is airier and smoother...but its just 5% of a difference...the eclipse can do much more and has amazing IO...the M7 sucks at it...
I got my M7 for 250€ and the micropitch and Chorus ensemble is worth...
I have heard that the V77 is not better sounding than the others...it can act like a multieffect, running 2 effects at the same time...since I have the Gforce there is no need for 2 effects...also the V77s prices have gone up the last year...
no way I am paying 650€ for the V77...I got the...
Some updates since I had the time to play a bit...
Eclipse can do sooooo much and is super deep...but the Sony M7 will not go down without a fight...I didnt have the time to go deep on the eclipse but the M7s detune is too good...
Looks like we are gonna have a battle of "detune" effects...
New rack day for me...
Even though I recently got a Sony DPS M7 I was pleasantly surpriced by the sound and capabilities, an Eventide Eclipse came up and it was such a good price that I just couldnt pass...
Whatever they say about eventide units is true...this unit is amazing...the screen is...