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Jimmie
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biggness":3szwma4z said:
I just wonder if he's going to have any ol Disease Free Diezel Herberts laying around that he might want to part with..
thiswaythatway
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Yay. Axe-Fx group huge. 
King Guitar
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I think Andy is having fun with the Axe and it does rock but my money would be on a custom Suhr creation amp wise in the future, just a guess but Andy is tight with them Suhr boys.
ttosh
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rareguitar":20yiy2gj said:I think Andy is having fun with the Axe and it does rock but my money would be on a custom Suhr creation amp wise in the future, just a guess but Andy is tight with them Suhr boys.
I could see this as well Brad.
I know one thing is for sure (my opinion only) is that the Axe FX can get the tones really close of the Diezel Herbert, but no matter what anybody says (my opinion only) the feel is not the same and the amount of damage caused is nowhere as close overall.
I am sure Andy however can make the Axe FX sound good. And whatever he chooses I think he has the chops to back it up and make the equipment sound good instead of the other way around. Everybody buys something because this player or that player plays it, but the end of the day anybody can make (insert any amp or effect here) sound good or bad. This is why not everybody gets artist pricing or a rave review when they purchase an Axe FX, simply put the Axe is not what will make Andy, Andy using the Axe is the news here, not the Axe FX.
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fek
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I have only played an axefx breifly at an ampfest and respect what it can do but, until they come with someone to program it for me, I am going to have sit on the sideline. I have heard some crazy good tones come out of them but I just can't seem to find them on my own.
RedB4Black
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ttosh":2drre7nn said:
I've spent the last month and a half going back and forth with my Axe FX and herbert trying to rationalize why I need to keep the Herbert. I love the amp, but my axe/Fryette 2/50/2 can get me everything I love about the Herbert. I'm at the point that I'd sell it if the price was right.
kasperjensen
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Plug him into a hoover and he will sound good!
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Buckeyedog
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kasperjensen":lb64wqio said:
I was going to say "toaster" but same none the less!!
ttosh
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mhenson42":15t9wlm6 said:
If that is the results you feel then I totally understand. I did not have the same feeling with the Axe FX and I am sure it was user error. It did really well for me when I played alone, I did not really like the amp sim part of it in a band context. I love the effects, routing and ease of use regarding them. It still does not push air with a tube power amp like the Herbert does, this is just my opinion, yours is different and if you sell the Herbert you will be happy and you will pocket some cash for other cool stuff. No right or wrong to me, it sounds like it does it for you and that is all that matters for each of us.
van hellion
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well, the cat is out of the bag
here is my axe-fx testimonial:
I had seen the hype online, forums etc. but my buddy Pete Thorn told me "no dude, seriously, this thing is awesome!" so i told myself ok, i will check it out. fast forward to NAMM 2010. I was in the suhr booth doing demos etc. i also had i cool gig on sat night playing with Joel Taylor, Mike Pope, and Guthrie Govan at tone merchants. Needless to say i had a full plate for the show. I ended up going all weekend with no time to check the axe out. sunday rolls around and Tom makes a mission to personally invite up to their booth. Well the invincible Ed Yoon (from Suhr) goes up with me along with Peter Joseph (metal genius from The Absence) Now to be honest 5 days of loud ass guitars and every effect/amp under the sun, the last thing i wanted to hear was more guitar stuff. I thought what the hell, Tom is super cool, lets go see what this thing is all about. I walked into a cool setup, several powered atomic wedges, and a big daddy axe-fx ultra sitting between, all piloted by super nice guy and programming guru, Matt picone. the guys were cool enough, no doubt. They handed me a delicious suhr root beer drip modern, i nod to Ed, he gives me a nice grin of approval. so they said, "where you wanna start?" i thought lets do a clean channel, told them to fire up a deluxe reverb with a dyna comp. Matt does, asks me several questions regarding my preference of room size, tape delay etc. at this point i was moderately interested, but VERY fatigued from 5 days of namm. he gets it set in a matter of minutes while i chat with Tom. I strike the old familiar bluegrass style G run, WTF?!?!?! this thing felt like my original 1964 deluxe reverb with a vintage dyna comp on it. I immediately got fired up, we cycled thru some odds and ends, standard fare really, big arena leads, switch to a diezel setting and make a chuggy chuggy channel (Peter Joseph's eyes lit up!) and i said "cool, it sounds awesome! can you make stuff that sounds terrible?" Matt and Tom looked at me, laughed and said "what, really?" and i was like "yeah, guitar stuff sounds good, cool, but i want more than just good sounding models and effects" Matt kinda snickers and says "yeah this is gonna be fun" We chatted over some ideas and he comes up with a patch that is like an AM radio, best part is the expression pedal was like the dial, so as im using the pedal its like someone is trying to find the radio station with me playing on it, TOO FRIGGIN COOL!!!! at that moment I was hooked. Im currently having a new rig assembled with the Ultra and i cant wait to spend some serious time with this thing. It is going to be all over the new DFU record that is currently in the process of being written. All I can say is im honored to be among the fractal artist roster.
Herberts (yes 2!!) will be in my new monster rig as well as the axe-fx. I dont wanna ruin a fun surprise, but there will be TONS of sound and tone options and routing for everything in the rack, its in the process of being built.
More to come very soon!
A Wood
here is my axe-fx testimonial:
I had seen the hype online, forums etc. but my buddy Pete Thorn told me "no dude, seriously, this thing is awesome!" so i told myself ok, i will check it out. fast forward to NAMM 2010. I was in the suhr booth doing demos etc. i also had i cool gig on sat night playing with Joel Taylor, Mike Pope, and Guthrie Govan at tone merchants. Needless to say i had a full plate for the show. I ended up going all weekend with no time to check the axe out. sunday rolls around and Tom makes a mission to personally invite up to their booth. Well the invincible Ed Yoon (from Suhr) goes up with me along with Peter Joseph (metal genius from The Absence) Now to be honest 5 days of loud ass guitars and every effect/amp under the sun, the last thing i wanted to hear was more guitar stuff. I thought what the hell, Tom is super cool, lets go see what this thing is all about. I walked into a cool setup, several powered atomic wedges, and a big daddy axe-fx ultra sitting between, all piloted by super nice guy and programming guru, Matt picone. the guys were cool enough, no doubt. They handed me a delicious suhr root beer drip modern, i nod to Ed, he gives me a nice grin of approval. so they said, "where you wanna start?" i thought lets do a clean channel, told them to fire up a deluxe reverb with a dyna comp. Matt does, asks me several questions regarding my preference of room size, tape delay etc. at this point i was moderately interested, but VERY fatigued from 5 days of namm. he gets it set in a matter of minutes while i chat with Tom. I strike the old familiar bluegrass style G run, WTF?!?!?! this thing felt like my original 1964 deluxe reverb with a vintage dyna comp on it. I immediately got fired up, we cycled thru some odds and ends, standard fare really, big arena leads, switch to a diezel setting and make a chuggy chuggy channel (Peter Joseph's eyes lit up!) and i said "cool, it sounds awesome! can you make stuff that sounds terrible?" Matt and Tom looked at me, laughed and said "what, really?" and i was like "yeah, guitar stuff sounds good, cool, but i want more than just good sounding models and effects" Matt kinda snickers and says "yeah this is gonna be fun" We chatted over some ideas and he comes up with a patch that is like an AM radio, best part is the expression pedal was like the dial, so as im using the pedal its like someone is trying to find the radio station with me playing on it, TOO FRIGGIN COOL!!!! at that moment I was hooked. Im currently having a new rig assembled with the Ultra and i cant wait to spend some serious time with this thing. It is going to be all over the new DFU record that is currently in the process of being written. All I can say is im honored to be among the fractal artist roster.
Herberts (yes 2!!) will be in my new monster rig as well as the axe-fx. I dont wanna ruin a fun surprise, but there will be TONS of sound and tone options and routing for everything in the rack, its in the process of being built.
More to come very soon!
A Wood
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jcj
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mhenson42":2n1jvm82 said:
Been down this road for sure.
I keep some amps around, but having only the Axe wouldn't break my heart
AngryGoldfish
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Buckeyedog":sifwkapq said:kasperjensen":sifwkapq said:
I was going to say "toaster" but same none the less!!
A toaster wouldn't work.
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RedB4Black
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jcj":63weo7eb said:mhenson42":63weo7eb said:
Been down this road for sure.
I keep some amps around, but having only the Axe wouldn't break my heart
That's true. lol. I just made a deal for another amp today and I have a Mak 4 on order.