Mind fucked an AxeFX owner yesterday with the IIC+ Coli full stack.

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So I had a guy come by yesterday to buy a 4x12 Recto cab I was selling. He was a real nice dude who is also a gigging metal player so we chatted for a while. He was familiar with tube amps of course but was primarily an AxeFX player. Of course had to demo the cab he was buying. I had my band gear set up in the garage so I cranked up the Coli on half power and let it rip with the 4x12. His eyes got really big. I saw The Look so for effect I hooked up a full stack, flipped it to full power, cranked it up over 2 and handed him the guitar. I saw his jaw hit the floor and his face completely glazed over.

"I've never experienced anything like this before. The amount of push this has is unbelievable. Now I understand."

Mission accomplished. 🤘 o_O🤘
 
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Chubbs said:
Nice man, that’s gotta be almost as much fun for you as it is the buyer. There’s also a high likelihood you ruined him for life, sending him down a dark road of posting wtb ads on grailtone.
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Honestly it is. I love sharing / showing off killer gear to guys who have never been exposed.

I have wondered what an AxeFX would sound like if it was ran through my M180 power amp (which his a IIC+ Coli power section in a rack). Haven't wondered bad enough to buy one, though...
 
Apparently, the Fractal forums are in a tizzy thanks to the IK Tone-X. The butthurt is spreading here...
 
Markedman said:
Yeah! It's like seeing color for the first time, ax sounds like ass.
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What do you think sounds bad about the Fractal? Honestly asking since they seem to be the rig of choice for a lot of artists.

I’ll fully admit that Fractals don’t “move air” the same way real amps do.
 
I've done the same in reverse to annoy a friend of mine haha. Swapped out the cab speaker cables from a JCM800 to a AxeFX Ultra with a Palmer Solid State power amp. Told him after around 15 minutes haha to much confusion.

Either way it's funny to annoy anyone who listens with their eyes and not their ears!

There is a certain joy that comes with analogue amps though. Their limitations force you to make creative decisions.
 
GJgo said:
I have wondered what an AxeFX would sound like if it was ran through my M180 power amp (which his a IIC+ Coli power section in a rack). Haven't wondered bad enough to buy one, though...
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This is actually what I was wondering about, was gonna say it would have been cool to try the axe through the power amp and compare
 
RaceU4her said:
This is actually what I was wondering about, was gonna say it would have been cool to try the axe through the power amp and compare
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You should try it. I’ve been rockin AxeFX>2/90/2>real cabs for over a decade. The Axe makes a badass preamp with analogue gear. I get the convenience aspect of power amp modeling into FRFR but it simply sounds/feels like shit compared to standing in front of a tube driven 4x12. When ppl say otherwise, it’s like hook me up with what you’re smokin.

Modeler cult always like, “Current model is the one true god, perfect & accurate” until the next model comes out.
 
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