Posted by Jason on 6/15/2008, 1:21 pm, in reply to "Re: Honeymoon Report"

Thanks for your insights. I think it's great that the possibility for the "crazy sounding" stuff is there as long as it's also possible to find some simpler and useful tones. Would love to hear more from you as you explore it. If the effects are on par, as you say, with brands such as Lexicon, then that's a promising aspect. One idea regarding the headphones...without looking at the unit, I would venture to guess you could feed the outputs of the Axe-Fx to a compact mixer and use your headphones through that (or certainly through any mixer that you might have). If I might make a recommendation, you could get one of those new Mackie 402 VLZ3s for under $100 at your basic Guitar Center, etc...it's a pretty cool little device. I have one and it has come in very handy for a variety of light-duty applications. http://www.mackie.com/products/402vlz3/ JB --Previous Message-- : Tried it out last night, didn't read the : manual but just went through the presets. As : always there is a bunch of stuff in the : presets to show off the many effects. Lots : of crazy sounding patches that you would : never use unless you were doing a sound : track for a cartoon. Of the 128 presets : there are about 20 that are usable and 5 of : them that really kicked. That is good for me : because I only found 2 or 3 on the Line6 POD : XT Live. : : The digital fizz is pretty much absent. One : thing that I don't like is that there is no : headphone jack. WTF? That is part of the : reason for messing with these for me. Late : night /early morning jams with big Marshall : stacks in my music room where only I hear : what is going on. For that matter, I want to : be able to practice with headphones whenever : I want to. : : Here is my overall take on this unit. It is : definitely a step or two above anything : Line6 has to offer. It is kind of like a : "boutique" : digital processor. It has great : possibilities but it is not a plug in and : play toy. Many, many things to tweak. But : the difference is that you start on a great : canvas with the best supply of vibrant : colors instead of a peace of paper with a : box of 8 crayola crayons. It looks like it : is geared towards live applications, hence : no phone jacks. So you have to figure out : how you are going to set it up and what you : are going to use it with first and then : tweak it. The effects are on par with studio : quality gear ie. Lexicon, Eventide, TC etc. : So if you have the time to tweak, I believe : you can get very, very close to the tones : you are trying to emulate. : : They do not have a proprietary foot switch : controller out yet. I am on the waiting list : for that too. It should be out by the end of : the summer. For now, you have to get a : compatible midi foot switch and use that. : Also, no USB port. I think you have to buy : some type of midi interface device to take : advantage of the computer software available : on their website. I guess I have to break : down and read the manual. This is a young : company with some great ideas and this is : the next step in the evolution of guitar : processors. I noticed that they did not have : the Handsome Devil or the Knight PA head : models in this unit yet so they still have : much work to do! : : --Previous Message-- : Great news. Please report back after you've : played it for 30 seconds : : I want the honeymoon report! : : : --Previous Message-- : JASON, I JUST GOT CONFIRMATION ON MY ORDER : 5-7 : DAYS GROUND SHIPPING. I didn't buy the : ULTRA. The regular version looked like it : had so much on there that it was over-kill : unless you were putting it in a studio. They : are supposed to have a proprietary midi : footswitcher coming out later in the summer. : Until then, you have to get a compatible : midi switcher. First impressions coming : soon! Still don't have my Trainwreck clone. : : : : :