AxeFX II vs The Real Deal

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:51 pm

Warning! HIGH GAIN!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EtxHlJ2FPo[/youtube]

Scooter13 · Post by **Scooter13** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:31 pm

Haha. Love the Tshirt.
I guessed them all correctly too! (Suprised myself!)
Pretty close, but being familiar with a 5150 helped me determine the difference that the Axe FX imparted, and so I could guess the other two as well. Pretty fucking hard to do with all the bass and drums going on though.

Kloppsta · Post by **Kloppsta** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:43 pm

considering getting one JB?

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:48 pm

he seems like a balanced thoughtful fellow

Post by **Slowy** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:41 pm

Kev77 wrote:he seems like a balanced thoughtful fellow

Agreed; quite well reasoned.

I thought all the clips sounded the same... that was the gag, right?

Haters in 3...2...1...

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:42 pm

Kloppsta wrote:considering getting one JB?

Nah, love my AC too much

SimpleSi · Post by **SimpleSi** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 4:53 pm

i like his reasoning regarding relying on the "local bar's sound guy" haha. very true

TBB Flamey · Post by **TBB Flamey** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:09 pm

I got the last one wrong. I just chose on "i like the sound of that one better" not which one I thought was which tho tbh lol

Aquila Rossa · Post by **Aquila Rossa** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:43 pm

dick head producer in the video wrote:most amp sims fall apart when it comes to high gain rhythm parts

What a complete load of bollocks. High gain chug is usually where amps sims do best. Sounding and feeling like an overdriven tube amp and the Plexi, JCM 800, etc crunch is where i have always thought they are lacking. I also notice the majority of AxeFX fanboyz are the dropped tuning brootalz types.

Post by Bg » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:26 pm

jeremyb wrote:
Kloppsta wrote:considering getting one JB?
Nah, love my AC too much

Ac500?

Eruera · Post by **Eruera** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:35 pm

Interestingly, it's very hard to get a good clean out of the AFX2. Even the twin reverb model is very broken!

Kloppsta · Post by **Kloppsta** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:38 pm

BG wrote:
jeremyb wrote:
Kloppsta wrote:considering getting one JB?
Nah, love my AC too much
Ac500?

Kloppsta · Post by **Kloppsta** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:40 pm

Eruera wrote:Interestingly, it's very hard to get a good clean out of the AFX2. Even the twin reverb model is very broken!

Interestingly my clean tones were better on the axe than any other amp i had previously owned. Lol

Funny how that "perspective reality" thing works haha

hamo · Post by **hamo** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:51 pm

Aquila Rossa wrote:
dick head producer in the video wrote:most amp sims fall apart when it comes to high gain rhythm parts

What a complete load of bollocks. High gain chug is usually where amps sims do best. Sounding and feeling like an overdriven tube amp and the Plexi, JCM 800, etc crunch is where i have always thought they are lacking. I also notice the majority of AxeFX fanboyz are the dropped tuning brootalz types.

Not when it comes to their artist register.

http://www.fractalaudio.com/artists.php

Danger Mouse · Post by **Danger Mouse** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:56 am

I finally got the chance to listen to this and I have to say the real amp won out in my opinion every time, but really only because it was back-to-back tests. I noticed with the original Axe FX and seems to be the case with the II (although better), the modern high-gain sounds are just too clinical. There is something organic missing.

And sorry AR, but as a "brootz" type myself, the producer is correct. The AFXII is the closest I've heard in terms of modeling a decent modern high-gain, metal rhythm tone, the rest of the market (not including a Kemper, need to hear one of those in person) is quite a bit worse. None of them are 100% and despite the fact that many seem to think 'te brootz' is just winding up the pre-amp gain and a detuned guitar with EMGs, we're just as tone-snobby as the people who drool over London or Divided by 13 amps etc.

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