PRESS RELEASE: Three years of R&D at Fractal Audio Systems have yielded our next generation product, the Axe-Fx II. With twice the power of our former flagship Ultra, the Axe-Fx II unveils new state-of-the-art algorithms and an innovative array of great hardware and software features and improvements.

More to Come...

Whereas the Axe-Fx Standard and Ultra are …almost… mature in terms of their capacity for further development, the Axe-Fx II is well equipped for a future of free upgrades and updates in the tradition that established our commitment to product evolution.

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Brentcgp wrote:
Until that day where I can write something so descriptive about a truly inspiring 'Processor' I will keep feeling my music though my hands and heart ?

Brentcgp wrote: Pretty neat stuff these...

But when are they going to make a good ol vintage tube Axe Fx ? ?
With some sweet sounding 6V6s...

Frank Zappa “Call any vegetable, and the chances are good that the vegetable will respond to you”
And should you call a great tube amp, it too will respond to you in ways that satisfy the soul like a cat head biscuit pregnant with poached egg and andouille gravy. “Unt some?” Of Course we do. You see a 6V6 power tube harbours a sound unto itself, and two of them render twice the sweet and nasty. Less spritzy than EL84s but more compressed than 6L6s, the mighty mighty 6V6 can be compared to a luscious natural blonde from the Midwest – A down to earth girl who will plow down a box of Crispy Cremes with you and not act as if she’s ever done it before, opposed to a rail thin beauty from Connecticut who sounds whiney even when she’s laughing (EL84), or a big boned, salt box of a girl from Texas who belly-laughs at your jokes even when she knows she has got barbeque all up in her teeth (6L6).
We create images of feminine charm here because the very genesis of a tube amp demand it...
Adapted from a Tonequest article

Until that day where I can write something so descriptive about a truly inspiring 'Processor' I will keep feeling my music though my hands and heart ?

Brentcgp wrote: But there will always be those that like to keep it simple with the warmth and glowing orange light from a tube amp...

Paul E wrote:
+ the 30 stomp boxes in front of the orange light.. ?

Warren wrote:

Paul E wrote:
+ the 30 stomp boxes in front of the orange light.. ?

We've seen that pedal board of yours Brent ? You know, the one John Mayer called about to ask if he could borrow it?

Warren wrote:

Paul E wrote:
+ the 30 stomp boxes in front of the orange light.. ?

We've seen that pedal board of yours Brent ? You know, the one John Mayer called about to ask if he could borrow it?

Jacquesg4j wrote: $2199 ?? Geeeeez that is not cheap!