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| Luis, live sound has always been a problem and probably all ways will be. my personal solution is using lower wattage amps 12 or 22 depending on which fender I bring and my vox if I have room for a stereo rig. I use speaker cab DI's would good speaker simulation rather than mics which always run the danger of phase cancellation bleed and the like. I always put my amps on tripod speaker stands facing up and at me, That way i never get an artificial sense of what my treble is doing by being off axis, and it means the sound guy isn't having to turn down the treble on his mixer. BTW Sound guys love me. Sim, I think you are over reacting a bit, and I don't really think you understand where I'm coming from. of course when one rambles like I do its easy to happen.I like choices just like everybody else but i also like to be a master of those choices. The Crayon analogy was about the fact that we as humans are so manipulated by marketing that we believe what advertisers tell us that some how are lives will be less complete without all those extra crayons. We as musicians are driven by the desire to be the first one on the block to own the new toys and I'm sorry to say, but that is a drive created by our own insecurities and ego. We all want that edge. But i have come to a personal place where I have to think long and hard before making a purchase of that magnitude, and more and more I'm trying to curb my GAS tendencies and tame my gear addictions. I can't say I'm cured, but at this point I'd rather spend money if I have it on instruments or a new lap top I desperately need. Do you know how much will power its taken for me to not go in to further debt so I can buy a moog lap steel? And as far as marketing goes, every name guitarist you see in those ads for AXE FX probably was given one for free in exchange for promotion, so of course they are all going to say its the greatest thing since sliced bread. I've been guilty of that on the occasion I've gotten free gear. I'd probably be happy as a little girl if one arrived in my mail box as well. I'm naturally a sceptic so those kinds of ads I take with plenty of salt. My overall point about the axe fx is it has way more choices than I'll every use, so yes it does not seem a very good value fto me. You've seen the videos I've posted, all live and all direct, do I seem like I I'm having problems with tone or sound design? To me these are all secondary issues to the actual notes and compositions which is where my focus lies. The bottom line is my gear is working fine and I don't see a need to overhaul it and if i did I might take another look at something like this. Thanks for the offer of help, Sim, I haven't been avoiding the manual, I just like to see how far I can go without one. And I believe its only a matter of time before someone unveils a more modular approach to this type of product, where one actually can pick and choose what they want in the way of amps effects and speaker cabinets rather than being subjected to what the manufacturer wants to sell you. You create lovely music using the AXE FX, Simeon, but that was happening before you got it as well. It works for you and takes care of cartage and travel issue and it sounds good. Don't let my skepticism based on my own musical needs and economic realities fog your party goggles. My opinion is just my opinion , nothing more. I prefer using gear that is easy to tweak on the fly, and back when I was using modeling I always faced the problem of having presets I designed in my home studio, sounding less than stellar when playing live in a completely different acoustic environment and I found paging through menus to tweak eq, not very practical during the course of a performance. If you recall I did say the AXE FX sounds way better than earlier technologies, but that doesn't mean I need or want to spend $2200.00 to affirm that statement. Bill |