AXE FX III - has been announced

[Badronald]

Axe FX hold value remarkably well for a digital guitar product. Honestly, I’m some cases better than great tube amps who easily go for 50% of new prices. That’ll be different of course 20 years down the road, but for the immediate future Axe FX is a decent investment that won’t be a huge loss if/when someone decides to move on. Heck, I’ve owned three so far...

Many of the (limited) younger people who actually play guitar want to sit and play through their iPad in their bedroom. I see fewer and fewer big tube rigs in the bedroom.

Is this a presumption, or do you see fewer big tube rigs in younger peoples bedrooms?

 

[Spaceboy]

$2499...not bad!

Yeah but you add the cost foot controller which given the price of the ones in the past will most likely be bare minimum a $1000... you'll have about $3500 in the rig.

I think I paid 700 for the MFC IIRC, which is a more fully featured product. The new foot switches are far less complex, so I’m hoping it’s actually cheaper.

 

[Metlupass2]

Mark Day did a new video using the III.

 

[Chris O]

$2499...not bad!

Yeah but you add the cost foot controller which given the price of the ones in the past will most likely be bare minimum a $1000... you'll have about $3500 in the rig.

That's why I mentioned I really like the GCP. You can find those all day under $300.

That said, we could "yeah, but" all day, but all I'm commenting on is the unit itself. My guess is that there are a lot of people using the AxeFx that don't use the MFC or any other pedal board for that matter. I didn't really "NEED" one, and did without most of the years I owned a AxeFx.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Axe FX hold value remarkably well for a digital guitar product. Honestly, I’m some cases better than great tube amps who easily go for 50% of new prices. That’ll be different of course 20 years down the road, but for the immediate future Axe FX is a decent investment that won’t be a huge loss if/when someone decides to move on. Heck, I’ve owned three so far...

Honestly, I think tube amps will probably devalue even more in the future. Many of the (limited) younger people who actually play guitar want to sit and play through their iPad in their bedroom. They like the convenience of space, volume, flexibility, and portability. I see fewer and fewer big tube rigs in the bedroom, leaving the big tube rigs only to the professional studios.... which is also decreasing due to the affordable home DAW.

Who's and how many bedrooms are you peaking in?

 

[thiswaythatway]

Wow finally something cool comes out when I actually have the money and need to buy it. Hope there ain't to many people in front of me on the list. Patience Daniel-Son!!

Has the Xl suddenly become obsolete? Look at this price and the prices are only going to get better. I guess we should all be thankful for the III since you can get Axe-2's, if you want them, for hundreds cheaper than you could just a few days ago.

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[Racerxrated]

Axe FX hold value remarkably well for a digital guitar product. Honestly, I’m some cases better than great tube amps who easily go for 50% of new prices. That’ll be different of course 20 years down the road, but for the immediate future Axe FX is a decent investment that won’t be a huge loss if/when someone decides to move on. Heck, I’ve owned three so far...

Honestly, I think tube amps will probably devalue even more in the future. Many of the (limited) younger people who actually play guitar want to sit and play through their iPad in their bedroom. They like the convenience of space, volume, flexibility, and portability. I see fewer and fewer big tube rigs in the bedroom, leaving the big tube rigs only to the professional studios.... which is also decreasing due to the affordable home DAW.

Who's and how many bedrooms are you peaking in?

Well, I have a 2C++ on top of a Stiletto cab, which is on top of a MS12 B cab. And to the left, a JCM 800 full stack.
All in the spare bedroom downstairs.
Just sayin.

 

[Alex_S]

Axe FX hold value remarkably well for a digital guitar product. Honestly, I’m some cases better than great tube amps who easily go for 50% of new prices. That’ll be different of course 20 years down the road, but for the immediate future Axe FX is a decent investment that won’t be a huge loss if/when someone decides to move on. Heck, I’ve owned three so far...

Don’t agree. My Ultra isn’t realistically sellable. To be fair same holds true for all digital stuff. I have an old GForce that would give me less money than any decent stomp box. And it is still a perfect sounding unit.

 

[Crash-VR]

The FX8 with my Wizard is such a blessing combiining channel switching and scenes is a revelation. I can't wait for version 3. I recently got the Universal Audio OX for going direct. Since I don't need multiple amp tones, this setup isn't really much more hardware than a rack and floor controller. With products like the OX, the future if of guitar amplification is wide open and it's all great.

 

[RedB4Black]

Axe FX hold value remarkably well for a digital guitar product. Honestly, I’m some cases better than great tube amps who easily go for 50% of new prices. That’ll be different of course 20 years down the road, but for the immediate future Axe FX is a decent investment that won’t be a huge loss if/when someone decides to move on. Heck, I’ve owned three so far...

Don’t agree. My Ultra isn’t realistically sellable. To be fair same holds true for all digital stuff. I have an old GForce that would give me less money than any decent stomp box. And it is still a perfect sounding unit.

I have a 2 Lexicon MPX1s that I paid about $200 each and I think those things were over $1000 new.

 

[slyym]

Wow finally something cool comes out when I actually have the money and need to buy it. Hope there ain't to many people in front of me on the list. Patience Daniel-Son!!

Has the Xl suddenly become obsolete? Look at this price and the prices are only going to get better. I guess we should all be thankful for the III since you can get Axe-2's, if you want them, for hundreds cheaper than you could just a few days ago.

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... s.1907548/

I actually saw an AxeII for $1200 the other day.

 

[RedB4Black]

I've never understood why someone would pay close to new prices for a used Axe FX. Pay $150 more and get a brand new one with warranty, etc..

I'd be in the market for a IIxL+ to use as an effects unit, but I'm thinking $1200 tops, so I may wait till the 3 starts shipping.

 

[Beandust]

The whole modeler thing reminds me so much of the videogame console wars. It's awesome because comptetitors keep pushing each other to get the leg up.

Early on you had disparate competitors, it eventually evolved into two major competitors: Nintendo (Line 6) and Sega (Digitech) with Boss and Zoom somewhat lagging. Then Sony (Fractal) dropped the Playstation (Axe FX Standard), and Digitech (Sega) kind of fell by the wayside. Microsoft jumped in with X-Box (Kemper), then Line 6 was just like, hold my beer, and came out with Helix (Wii), the user friendly modeler for those with lower attention spans (like me), except that really started to cut into the other competitors markets. So now Fractal is like, screw this, we can make ours look nice too, but it's way more powerful than your pithy Wii technology, and BOOM, out comes PS3.

Your move, Kemper. Where's your XBox 360?

I like this and would have to agree. CPU and its software is the hardest and most fast paced moving electronic devices on the planet..you can drop 2 k or better in a new pc or game console and in 6 months its old technolovy..not so.sure i want to chase that never ending rabbit. I love the fractal idea and the sounds are pretty good. But a gear head and now involving cpu latest and greatest purchases is hard to jump into. I had an ax8 for a short period and never got it sounding as good as its obviousle able. Much easier to bias an amp than all the shunts and paremeters and 3 button footswitches for 1 preset and on and on..and the emails on all the axiixl+ discounts definitly sent the messag and said dont buy this cause a new one is soon to be releases" of course it didnt say that but yet it was so obvious it may as well have. Why has no one reinvented a tube socket and its paraemeters for a newest latest and greatest. I would dig a fractal if i had the patience

 

[romanianreaper]

Wow finally something cool comes out when I actually have the money and need to buy it. Hope there ain't to many people in front of me on the list. Patience Daniel-Son!!

Has the Xl suddenly become obsolete? Look at this price and the prices are only going to get better. I guess we should all be thankful for the III since you can get Axe-2's, if you want them, for hundreds cheaper than you could just a few days ago.

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... s.1907548/

People are crazy!!! I can't imagine that big of a tone difference but maybe there will be. I haven't read up enough on the III but I wonder how much the extra storage, etc. would affect realism?

 

[Tone Ranger]

My XL+ isnt going anywhere for a while. It has tones i love and all the horsepower i need.

 

[controlled_voltage]

it's all an illusion
and it's a cool one
not one classic record in any genre by the world's best guitar player in ANY genre used 1/10000000 of the amount of bells and whistles in any of these products
from hendrix to holdsworth it's always been about a few pieces that worked
holdsworth used the magic stomp for the better part of the last 15 years
shawn lane used a fucking boss heavy metal 2 and a marlboro amp by choice ffs

the axe 3 looks amazing [and you get cliff as part of the package and that in of itself is huge
no other company offers a savant genius that is so hands on

 

[engage757]

I bet I have seen no fewer than 150 Axe FX variants, mostly 2/XL, come up for sale in Facebook groups since this announcement.

 

[Aidanspaghetti]

it's all an illusion
and it's a cool one
not one classic record in any genre by the world's best guitar player in ANY genre used 1/10000000 of the amount of bells and whistles in any of these products
from hendrix to holdsworth it's always been about a few pieces that worked
holdsworth used the magic stomp for the better part of the last 15 years
shawn lane used a fucking boss heavy metal 2 and a marlboro amp by choice ffs

the axe 3 looks amazing [and you get cliff as part of the package and that in of itself is huge
no other company offers a savant genius that is so hands on

Sense here! ^

Doug Rappoport “Bionic” was recorded on a Pod. Amazing tones all over it...
They’re tools and in the right hands are capable of fantastic things, one and all.
Not every owner is a tradesman though.......

 

[Shask]

Wow finally something cool comes out when I actually have the money and need to buy it. Hope there ain't to many people in front of me on the list. Patience Daniel-Son!!

Has the Xl suddenly become obsolete? Look at this price and the prices are only going to get better. I guess we should all be thankful for the III since you can get Axe-2's, if you want them, for hundreds cheaper than you could just a few days ago.

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... s.1907548/

People are crazy!!! I can't imagine that big of a tone difference but maybe there will be. I haven't read up enough on the III but I wonder how much the extra storage, etc. would affect realism?

People are just panic~y, lol. So worried they wont have the best.

I am sure Cliff will make the III a beast eventually, but it will take some time.

 

[BYTOR]

The III already has 90% of the features folks have been begging for & it's not even out yet. It's a beast for sure. That's why people will upgrade. Nobody is even really talking about better tones on the forum. It's not something they were asking for because the Axe2 is at a pretty high level in that department. The III will surely raise the tone bar eventually though because Cliff never rests.

Having Cliff with such a powerful new unit to continually work his magic on is a huge reason plenty will buy a III. The guy is simply obsessed with pushing the boundaries & is so hands on with folks on the forum it's crazy. Many times a feature has been requested & Cliff adds it soon after....

Good times....