So, why don't you have an AXEFX yet?

[littleredguitars2]

i'm just more of a amp+head and guitar guy myself.

[Toe-Knee]

I have another point to add to my original post.

I don't play djent.

[Guitarteach]

I love the smell of hot valves in the evening..... They ain't emulated that yet!

[Twinfan]

I don't have an Axe FX because all I need is one core tone with varying gain levels.

I'll stick to my 65 Amps Empire and a Klone thanks.

[tekbow]

I have another point to add to my original post.

I don't play djent.

Right what is Djent? i keep hearing this term, but when i youtube it, it sounds pretty much like the rest of the multitude of subgenres of metal these days.

[Ian Price]

I always get Djent and the Brootalz mixed up.

Anyway, valve amp, a couple of pedals and a BKPd Baja seem to do alright for me.

[Arthurus]

Well, I'm already beyond happy with my Mesa. And I have have other things planned !

[Toe-Knee]

I have another point to add to my original post.

I don't play djent.

Right what is Djent? i keep hearing this term, but when i youtube it, it sounds pretty much like the rest of the multitude of subgenres of metal these days.

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/downloads/soundclips/humbuckers/contemporary/juggernaut/juggernaut_-_heavy_lead_demo.mp3

Stuff like that. Guitar tones with no real balls or low end to speak of. And bouncy riffs that are trying too hard to be impressive due to technicalities but don't impress due to the fact that they're hard to listen to without getting a headache and generally they don't flow very well from one to another.

It's always overproduced with really fake sounding drums even when theyre actually real.

It baffles me but all of the above is just my opinion. It's also pretty much responsible for the axe fx craze and i'd say somewhat to BKPs surge in popularity these last few years.

Another way to describe it is an evolution of nu-metal.

[Lew]

I have another point to add to my original post.

I don't play djent.

 :lol:

[Dave Sloven]

LOL.  I wasn't exposed to djent until I joined this forum, besides hearing that awfully pretentious but inexplicably popular Meshuggah band.

An absence of balls is a good way to describe it.

The A-Pig is the Anti-Djent \m/

[MDV]

I have another point to add to my original post.

I don't play djent.

:lol:

[BlankPlank]

I have another point to add to my original post.

I don't play djent.

:lol:

Why don't I have one? Since when did you last hear a group of sluts say "$%&#, that guy has a computer or some shite. he can snort coke from my tits".

Seriously though, toobz > *

[ptgold]

I have an AXE II and I LOVE IT! I wish I could have a real SLO 100, Bogner XTC, Carol Ann, Diezel VH4, Plexi, Silver Jubillee. 

Maybe if I lived in a house with my own basement studio I could have these bad ass 100 watters with 4x12s but I dont...so I can't!

My reality is that I live in an apartment where I turned one of the rooms into a home studio.  Its semi soundproofed but I still could not blast a tube amp in there without bringing the building down with me :lol:.

I dont gig, play in a band and I jam with some friends maybe once a month.  My playing is mostly restricted to my home studio.  I even have a digital drumset in there for my drummer buddy to jam with....HA! even thats digital.  I have to keep the SPL levels under control around here.

Anyways, the AXE FX is only a tool, just as is any modeler or Tube Amp.  The great thing about the AXE is that it lets me test drive all these amps, I could NEVER have the opportunity to do that anywhere.  Now I know that if I start looking for a real Tube Amp its either a Carol Ann Triptik, Marshall Silver Jubillee, Soldano SLO ,Fryette Deliverance or Suhr Badger.

Trust me guys, this thing is not just for djent or brootz or whatever...I play heavy blues rock, hard rock style music and it does the mid gain crunch thing beautifully.    One of my favorite models is the Suhr Badger, and that does the vintage Plexi crunch thing in spades!

Yeah its expensive and if you want to play out with it youll need a PA frfr solution or power amp/cabinet combo.  Its still cheaper than buying an SLO ($4K) VH4 ($4K) XTC ($3K) plus cabinets and speakers and pedals. 

I can get any tone I want, at any volume I want at any hour I want.....that makes me happy :D

[Brow]

I have an AXE II and I LOVE IT! I wish I could have a real SLO 100, Bogner XTC, Carol Ann, Diezel VH4, Plexi, Silver Jubillee. 

Maybe if I lived in a house with my own basement studio I could have these bad ass 100 watters with 4x12s but I dont...so I can't!

My reality is that I live in an apartment where I turned one of the rooms into a home studio.  Its semi soundproofed but I still could not blast a tube amp in there without bringing the building down with me :lol:.

I dont gig, play in a band and I jam with some friends maybe once a month.  My playing is mostly restricted to my home studio.  I even have a digital drumset in there for my drummer buddy to jam with....HA! even thats digital.  I have to keep the SPL levels under control around here.

Anyways, the AXE FX is only a tool, just as is any modeler or Tube Amp.  The great thing about the AXE is that it lets me test drive all these amps, I could NEVER have the opportunity to do that anywhere.  Now I know that if I start looking for a real Tube Amp its either a Carol Ann Triptik, Marshall Silver Jubillee, Soldano SLO ,Fryette Deliverance or Suhr Badger.

Trust me guys, this thing is not just for djent or brootz or whatever...I play heavy blues rock, hard rock style music and it does the mid gain crunch thing beautifully.    One of my favorite models is the Suhr Badger, and that does the vintage Plexi crunch thing in spades!

Yeah its expensive and if you want to play out with it youll need a PA frfr solution or power amp/cabinet combo.  Its still cheaper than buying an SLO ($4K) VH4 ($4K) XTC ($3K) plus cabinets and speakers and pedals. 

I can get any tone I want, at any volume I want at any hour I want.....that makes me happy :D

See, this is the sort of situation I can imagine an Axe-FX to be ideal:

Not much, if any, use at volume
Mainly used direct to record
A NEED to keep SPLs down

Fortunately, I'm in a position where I can play loud and no-one really cares, and I do gig and like to feel the amp and weight of sound behind me when I play, that's another reason I like live amps.

I'm yet to try a modeller that manages to do the low/mid gain crunch thing well at all, so I'll admit to being pleasantly surprised that you say the Axe does it well. Especially as we appear to play similar styles of music so I know I can listen to your opinion and not take it with a huge pinch of salt like I have to when listening to peoples opinions that use totally different gear and play totally different genres of music than I do  :lol:

[ptgold]

Trust me man.....you can get any type of tone you want....cleans, mid gain, high gain. Its all there.  Try it out once with someone who knows how to use it and theres no way you wont be impressed.

I will say this though....its only a solution. Its not better than a tube amp its just another option. I would still like to have a grab and go combo amp or maybe a head with a 1x12 for jams and my studio.  I would definitely have to keep it around 20 to 30 watts with a great master volume.  Might go ahead and grab a Blackstar HT20 or something similar.