Metallica at the Rock Am Ring.

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acalaf":3mgqn42c said:
Well, I stand corrected. Axe fx it is then. Thanks everyone for the links.

I did notice that hetfield's tone was tighter in the lows in the recent rock am ring concert and didn't have that low mid bloat it used to have, for example in the 2009 Mexico City shows. The bass overall seems much more controlled. I am glad this setup will allow them to play more shows due to lowered shipping costs, per Chad's (Hetfield's tech) post. I never though that shipping these tube amps was so significant a cost, compared to say, shipping lighting rigs, stage props, taking private planes, staff salaries and transporation, etc. I must admit that I did not hear any "digitalness" in the sound and would have been/was fooled into thinking these were tube amps.

that said, i little part of me died with these news. end of an era... Glad I was at the last show where they used tube amps, The Apollo theater in NYC.
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A.J.F.A. was the end of an era.....
 
Is that Axe-Fx garbage for just the European shows or for USA as well?
 
danyeo":2r5xlhal said:
Is that Axe-Fx garbage for just the European shows or for USA as well?
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The whole world baby.........world tone domination :rock:
 
BYTOR":2a6x1k64 said:
danyeo":2a6x1k64 said:
Is that Axe-Fx garbage for just the European shows or for USA as well?
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The whole world baby.........world tone domination :rock:
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Wont be the first time shitty fake ass tone was taken around the world. :lol: :LOL:


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BYTOR":1huv1653 said:
danyeo":1huv1653 said:
Is that Axe-Fx garbage for just the European shows or for USA as well?
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The whole world baby.........world tone domination :rock:
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Last time they had good tone George H. W. Bush was President. :D
 
If Metallica's prerogative is to save money and sound better, why not replace Lars entirely with programmed drum tracks ? For genuine Lars like 'feel' they could play such tracks on a 20 year old laptop that will crash and freeze up every few minutes !
 
Hah... there's a facebook campaign with a petition of 18,000 signatures to have Metallica removed from some show in europe because of a picture someone posted showing James Hetfield with a dead bear he'd killed.

The funny part? It's not Hetfield in the pic. It's some dude named Doug Giles.

People are stupid.
 
thegame":2usbuylf said:
If Metallica's prerogative is to save money and sound better, why not replace Lars entirely with programmed drum tracks ? For genuine Lars like 'feel' they could play such tracks on a 20 year old laptop that will crash and freeze up every few minutes !
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They blend the clean and heavy tones. The Metallica camp bought 20 AxeIIs. Wow. That's 2 full rigs for them.
 
thegame":1liuemfc said:
If Metallica's prerogative is to save money and sound better, why not replace Lars entirely with programmed drum tracks ? For genuine Lars like 'feel' they could play such tracks on a 20 year old laptop that will crash and freeze up every few minutes !
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Really? Why don't you post some drum videos of yourself playing. We would love to see em.

While Lars as a person is a little much sometimes, I have to hand it to the guy, he played 2+ hours in this video, mostly fast older stuff at 50 years old. This isn't some cheese dink 80s drummer touring in his 50's playing straight 4/4 time driving rock beats for 2 hours. Sure he went though that St.Anger phase where his drums sounded like pots and pans however let's not overlook his drum sound on the black album which in my opinion is in the top three drum tones ever recorded.

To be playing that shit at 50 for 2 hours... good for him.
 
Wow! They went with the AxeFX rigs for live tones? What is going to happen to all those Fortin KH heads, or that new Mesa JH Prototype?

Actually, that may offer more consistency, and I'm sure they have the money and resources to have a setting that 99.999% matches their tube amps better than their modified Triaxis setups.

However, I don't see their tube amps getting replaced for studio/recording purposes...
 
I know it's popular to rag on Kirk's guitar playing and everyone does it but...wait..no..he really sounds awful in a lot of this.
 
I still have faith in digital, but the tone here sounds awful to me. Maybe it's just the way they are dialing it in? I heard the same kind of problem on their Colbert performance. Sounds like chunky aliased distortion garbage rings out after each note attack.
 
guitarobert":hdyy6xv5 said:
I still have faith in digital, but the tone here sounds awful to me. Maybe it's just the way they are dialing it in? I heard the same kind of problem on their Colbert performance. Sounds like chunky aliased distortion garbage rings out after each note attack.
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Yep! I could care less if every pro player and major band on the planet played the SanxFX 2... I hate they way the things feels when playing and it sounds fake.
 
I saw Megadeth six months ago and their tone was great. You could hear everything perfectly. I asked the tech after the show if Chris was using an Engl, he said no, it was all Axe II, both Dave and Chris. I know this is about Met, but the proof is there, they are perfect for a live setting and that much easier for FOH and the techs setting it up.
 
Amazing concert. Terrible editing though. As always, it is not band's fault at all... it's the sound techs, remixers, engineers, everything behind the band.
 
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