Axe-Fx verses a real amp ..... any impressions ?

[zone47]

I tried one and was pretty amazed with how good it sounded. I was playing through a Crown D150A power amp and some JBL cabaret pro 4628B cabs .... pretty good stuff. On the down side, it did have some kind of harsh clipping on a few of the patches and it wasn't anywhere near overdriving the input signal or the power amp. .... so I wasn't too happy about that. It's easy to tweek, but I couldn't get it to smooth out.

Anyway, after a week with this thing, I was pretty happy overall until I went back and A-B'd it with a marshall 2061x head and 4x12 cab. The Marshall just sounded a few notches better. There was something in the tone that was fuller and fatter than the Axe-fx could do. I even patched the Axe Fx through the same 4x12 cab to keep the comparison more even..... yep, the real tube amp has the Mojo.

I got rid of the Axe-Fx, but even so, it's an amazing piece considering it's all solid state. I hope they keep on developing it to the point where it is as good or better than a tube amp.... that would make things a bit easier especially for gigging.

Any Yays or Nays out there?

 

[Rogue]

A good player can make any piece of gear sound decent. A Gorilla, Marshall MS-2, Peavey Audition, Axe-FX, etc...played with a good guitar, a good player, and well recorded will get a surprisingly decent tone. In the mix of a cool song, it'll sound fine.

 

[thiswaythatway]

 

[johnnyjellybean]

I had to save that pic!!

 

[ttosh]

 

[Gainfreak]

this is too sensitive of a subject to answer

LMAO!!

BTW...Nice Phone message



Oh yeah.....

No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool... nothing else. This is Ames, mister

 

[Gainfreak]

this is too sensitive of a subject to answer

LMAO!!

BTW...Nice Phone message



Oh yeah.....

No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool... nothing else. This is Ames, mister

I wish my wife understood me as much as you do

 

[AmpliFIRE]

 

[thiswaythatway]

this is too sensitive of a subject to answer

LMAO!!

BTW...Nice Phone message



Oh yeah.....

No bar, no pinball machines, no bowling alleys, just pool... nothing else. This is Ames, mister

Ugh oh, we got some secret Cameron handshakes going on here.

 

[rupe]

this is too sensitive of a subject to answer

But not as bad as Axe-Fx versus Cameron CCV for replicating Steve Stevens tones

 

[Mailman1971]

this is too sensitive of a subject to answer

But not as bad as Axe-Fx versus Cameron CCV for replicating Steve Stevens tones

I think that thread would need to be moderated with a lot of tissue available

For the tears shed or the Jizz flying?

 

[steve_k]

 

[steve_k]

Both saved and thanks for cutting this thread short. Shit........................

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[stephen sawall]

I do not do impersonations ...... but my brother does one of Barney Frank that is pretty hysterical.