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rp108
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I am strongly considering dumping a few of my amps and a cab to go with an Axe-Fx II and FRFR setup. Here are some of my reasons and please chime in, I am sure I am not the only one that has thought about doing it or maybe you already have. 
When I go out to a gig, I bring a cement block pedalboard, two tube heads, 4x12 cab, 2x12 combo, two guitars and it sucks. Besides lugging all this shit, setup takes forever. Then I have the sound dude yelling at me because I want to turn my 120 watt tube head past two.
It would be nice to show up with a two space rack, light pedalboard, couple of guitars, and maybe a monitor depending on the place.
When I am at home recording, I seriously can't get over how good my Line 6 POD HD Pro sounds. I was tracking some solo stuff last night and doing some rhythms and then comparing them to a recording I did with my Bogner half stack, $2500 pedalboard and I started to
. I actually preferred my Line 6 sound. I am sure if I dicked around more with the mic placement on the cab, added another mic, try another cab, different tubes, and blah...blah...this is the kind of shit I am getting tired of.
I have been using tube amps for over 20 years and remember the rack craze of the late 80s that carried over into the 90s. I think that's why I have been put off for so long about digital guitar rigs. Maybe times are changing. If my Line 6 sounds this good, the Axe-Fx II will probably be tits. I feel with a unit like this it would help with tone chasing as well. I may be wrong but with all those amp models, cabs, effects, I feel like you could spend HOURS AND HOURS tweaking if you get the itch to chase.
Ok, after all that rambling. Am I high or does this sound like something I should consider? If anyone has made the switch, please share your thoughts as well.
Edit: After doing some research I am not getting an Axe-Fx II. Continue to discuss though, someone else might be interested to make the switch.

When I go out to a gig, I bring a cement block pedalboard, two tube heads, 4x12 cab, 2x12 combo, two guitars and it sucks. Besides lugging all this shit, setup takes forever. Then I have the sound dude yelling at me because I want to turn my 120 watt tube head past two.

When I am at home recording, I seriously can't get over how good my Line 6 POD HD Pro sounds. I was tracking some solo stuff last night and doing some rhythms and then comparing them to a recording I did with my Bogner half stack, $2500 pedalboard and I started to

I have been using tube amps for over 20 years and remember the rack craze of the late 80s that carried over into the 90s. I think that's why I have been put off for so long about digital guitar rigs. Maybe times are changing. If my Line 6 sounds this good, the Axe-Fx II will probably be tits. I feel with a unit like this it would help with tone chasing as well. I may be wrong but with all those amp models, cabs, effects, I feel like you could spend HOURS AND HOURS tweaking if you get the itch to chase.
Ok, after all that rambling. Am I high or does this sound like something I should consider? If anyone has made the switch, please share your thoughts as well.
Edit: After doing some research I am not getting an Axe-Fx II. Continue to discuss though, someone else might be interested to make the switch.