2nd Mini-amp fest with Axe-fx as the only "non-amp" in sight

[The Hoff]

I don't have personal experience with their customer service but what I have heard coincides with what mortega is saying, that their service really is top notch. I don't know?

 

[Ola Englund]

dude I'm pushing 1600 W bridged at 4 Ohm with my Axe FX setup AND I still need more volume sometimes! Maybe I need to check my ears.

 

[mortega76]

dude I'm pushing 1600 W bridged at 4 Ohm with my Axe FX setup AND I still need more volume sometimes! Maybe I need to check my ears.

Now that's what I'm talking about!

 

[rupe]

Hey, next summer ampfest I am taking my van to get there so maybe we can hit some blues clubs and stripper joints after the fest

Fixed for ya

As for Fractal customer service, I found it to be top notch. I've gone two weeks without my Ultra now and I'm missing it in a big way. I'm loving the core tone of my Marsha but the Axe is just a special piece of gear with more great sounds than anybody could possibly want. I'm already plotting to get another...if they release a version with knobs I'll buy it that day.

 

[Clawfinger]

dude I'm pushing 1600 W bridged at 4 Ohm with my Axe FX setup AND I still need more volume sometimes! Maybe I need to check my ears.

Haha I just checked and I'm running my Crown XTi 1000 at 2x500W into a 4 ohm full stack, and it holds up to a VH-4 (Kent) into a similar full stack. Used it with one 16ohm Krank 4x12 and was forced to bridge it. If the ohmage is correct that'd be 500W into that sucker. It worked, but a 4 ohm full stack is more fun.

 

[Ola Englund]

dude I'm pushing 1600 W bridged at 4 Ohm with my Axe FX setup AND I still need more volume sometimes! Maybe I need to check my ears.

Haha I just checked and I'm running my Crown XTi 1000 at 2x500W into a 4 ohm full stack, and it holds up to a VH-4 (Kent) into a similar full stack. Used it with one 16ohm Krank 4x12 and was forced to bridge it. If the ohmage is correct that'd be 500W into that sucker. It worked, but a 4 ohm full stack is more fun.

Hell yeah, that's thrash alright!

 

[ejecta]

i appologize for the book. skip/ignore it if you would like



one thing the axe fx is missing, is an easy-to-use and intuitive user interface. less time tweaking, more time playing approach. alot of, if not all modeler's are guilty of this.

noise? quiet amplifiers exist in this world - quiet as a mouse - it falls on the engineer's shoulders and also the players. the only time i care about noise would be in the studio. because i dont care about what an amplifier sounds like when im not playing it, i care about what an amplifier sounds like when i am playing it. if noise bothers me enough on the high gain channels, i can switch to the clean channels, reduce the volume, or turn the gain down and the "problem" is solved.



high gain and no noise is not impossible, its simply complicated to prevent. that is all.

as for tone comparisons - that is all opinionated and strictly user preference like most of anything. like many others have stated playing an amplifier tells you alot more about it than simply listening to it. there are alot of variables the axe-fx cannot replicate and it does not matter how many patches he updates. what i wont argue at all is the fact that the axe fx a great tool for versatility, worth using for home practice, just for effects, easy to use in live band situations, and it has versatility which is great. that is what it is supposed to do by design.

but when you start comparing a modeling unit to a real tubed amplifier you have to understand the RECORDED tone of a tubed amplifier is not the same as a solid state reproduction. tubed amplifiers sound much different through the microphones and different speakers/rooms and even where you stand in relation to the cabinet source of sound in the real world. the added variables like speaker phase, cabinet construction, the ground it is sitting on, the grill cloth material, etc. - all variables that affect "tone" and could go on for forever.

that is another benefit of the axe-fx - constant tone that does not change day to day. you set it to what you like, and it helps to remove some of the common added variables that amplifiers have and will always have by design. tube amplifiers have even more (highly dependent) variables like capacitor age, voltage input/filtering, tube choices, tube age, etc. in the real world it simply impossible to compare a solid state modeling unit to a production model amplifier and expect the production model to automatically have the upper hand without taking care of all of the added variables in a controlled environment. just by changing the tubes of the tube amplifier you could deviate the tone of the modeling unit.

and my last point, im glad to see that so many people love the axe-fx. im surprised it has stuck around this long.

but, cliff needs to hire a customer service extension to his business, or learn customer service/social skills himself. as much as a douche cliff has been to others on the forum telling them to sell their products if they dont like it, and also my own first hand experience right here on RT, i would not own or purchase anything of his. if i built something i would do my best to offer help to those who own and use it and invested hard earned money into it.

it does not take much to be a nice person, and it says alot for the values and reasons X person makes the product that he does.

the only reason i would own an axe fx is when cliff offers a patch update that gives free blowjobs

I think you just talked me out of buying that axefx Tommorow, is the customer service really that shitty? I'm used to Peter Diezel answering my questions personally and kindly..

You should be fine as long as you don't say anything remotely negative about it or compare it to tube amps and say it falls short in any fashion. So careful how you phrase your questions or comments. They're a sensitive bunch.

 

[supersonic]

So in breif,
1/ Valve amps rule.
2/ Snax sucks.