Rigs my Strat & Axe-Fx has replaced.........

[blackba]

The main thing I miss about not having a regular backline, is that it looks a lot cooler!

You can always get some washing machines

I assume you are referring to Geddy Lee of Rush and he used Dryers.

Geddy has switched to Orange tube bass amps from what I have read, he is no longer going direct....

 

[ejecta]

Did you sell all those beautiful guitars as well???

Dude don't tell me you like the Axe Fx more than the Diezels because I seriously can't believe that!

As an Axe user......I can see him liking it over a Diezel not running the Axe FRFR but liking it over a cranked Plexi or Fender Bassman etc? Not so much.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Did you sell all those beautiful guitars as well???

Dude don't tell me you like the Axe Fx more than the Diezels because I seriously can't believe that!

I liked the Axe-Fx standard a lot more than the Einstein.

 

[steve_k]

Its just another piece of gear. I don't want my sound to depend on my programming ability

I don't think we have seen any of the major amp manufacturers sales being impacted by an Axe FX. I would however come nearer using one with a power amp and and a cab than only FOH and a monitor. Otherwise, there's just not enough cool in it.

Steve

 

[Chris O]

You shoulda kept the Les Pauls.

 

[Spaceboy]

I've been wanting one for too long. I'm poor.

 

[roodboy]

The axefx replacing amps I can understand, but the strat replacing those les pauls?
What kind of strat ?

 

[Scuba200ft]

My Snax has saved me so much money since I got it, it essentially was free. I simply cannot believe how many amazing amp deals I havent thought twice about buying since I got this thing, and that's not my norm.

I have gone into two things in my life very closed minded and come out amazed. One was a sleep study and the other was the Axe fx.

I now sleep with a cpap strapped to my face and if every single piece of gear I own was stolen, my very first call, the day of the robbery, would be to fractal.

 

[Gooseman]

I can easily see a Strat replacing any guitar, even the mighty LP. I don't get the LP thing. I have one, but even on its best day it is no match for any of my Strats. I do like how smooth and sustained it sounds with Recto high gain, but it doesn't have the character a good Strat has. Strats are just absolutely amazing guitars. Whenever I play mine, I am constantly amazed at the sounds they are capable of with different pickups (humbuckers and single coils). I also know that I'm in the minority when it comes to crazy Strat-love. I really can't understand why, but I think they are just meant for my hands. I totally get why EVH, EJ, Buddy Guy, and Dick Dale use Strats. They are wicked. If I need sustain, I'll just employ a comp pedal or boost.

 

[mjtripper]

The main thing I miss about not having a regular backline, is that it looks a lot cooler!

You can always get some washing machines

I assume you are referring to Geddy Lee of Rush and he used Dryers.

Geddy has switched to Orange tube bass amps from what I have read, he is no longer going direct....

I figured that's why a guitar played needed to use a washer - the dryer was taken.

 

[DeezDemos]

Did you sell all those beautiful guitars as well???

Dude don't tell me you like the Axe Fx more than the Diezels because I seriously can't believe that!

No, I haven't sold anything... I just don't use any of this gear currently. I gig with an American Deluxe Strat & Axe-FX Ultra with the RCF 310a powered monitor.....

As far as the Diezels, or any of the other amps for that matter, I still think they're awesome! The Axe/Strat combo just works for me right now!