Fractal FM3 Finally!!!

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Fractal FM3 Finally!!!

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want but apparently it lacks headphones out



an idea of the size


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lead tone in that short demo was glorious . . . cleaner tones kind of crap, in my opinion. Drowned in FX though so it's hard to hear what the guitar actually sounds like. But the lead tone was fab

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That first little cleanish picking riff sounds, ah, fake to my ears. Everything I’ve heard in this space is the same. Kinda clean dirty tones that sound hifi. I think this is what people want tho?

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Finally? This has been out for a while now. If it was a bit bigger I'd look at upgrading from the AX8, but looks like they're going for the HX Stomp market.
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GrantB wrote:That first little cleanish picking riff sounds, ah, fake to my ears. Everything I’ve heard in this space is the same. Kinda clean dirty tones that sound hifi. I think this is what people want tho?

Meh, I’m not up with what’s hip anymore. Was I ever?
Modern prog metal drives the development and sales of these units, it's all about hifi cleans and djenty dirts :)
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StratMatt wrote:Finally? This has been out for a while now. If it was a bit bigger I'd look at upgrading from the AX8, but looks like they're going for the HX Stomp market.
It's been "out" but no one has been able to get hold of one for like the last 18 months or however long it is.

There are a handful shipping out to influencers now as far as I'm aware but I don't think it'll be available to consumers just yet, especially considering the issues in China.

No headphone jack is pretty annoying, it was one of the major drawbacks of the AX8.

Tbh the sounds don't sound particularly different/better than the Axe II generation.
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slash-ed wrote:
StratMatt wrote:Finally? This has been out for a while now. If it was a bit bigger I'd look at upgrading from the AX8, but looks like they're going for the HX Stomp market.
It's been "out" but no one has been able to get hold of one for like the last 18 months or however long it is.

There are a handful shipping out to influencers now as far as I'm aware but I don't think it'll be available to consumers just yet, especially considering the issues in China.

No headphone jack is pretty annoying, it was one of the major drawbacks of the AX8.

Tbh the sounds don't sound particularly different/better than the Axe II generation.
Yeap what Ed said. Finally they're shipping out units!

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Oh OK, fair enough. I haven't really been paying that much attention to be honest. Every time I think about changing my rig it just seems pointless as the AX8 can do everything :lol:
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GrantB wrote:That first little cleanish picking riff sounds, ah, fake to my ears. Everything I’ve heard in this space is the same. Kinda clean dirty tones that sound hifi. I think this is what people want tho?

Meh, I’m not up with what’s hip anymore. Was I ever?
Maybe you just need a hip replacement?
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jeremyb wrote:
GrantB wrote:That first little cleanish picking riff sounds, ah, fake to my ears. Everything I’ve heard in this space is the same. Kinda clean dirty tones that sound hifi. I think this is what people want tho?

Meh, I’m not up with what’s hip anymore. Was I ever?
Modern prog metal drives the development and sales of these units, it's all about hifi cleans and djenty dirts :)
I can play a G chord
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GrantB wrote:
jeremyb wrote:
GrantB wrote:That first little cleanish picking riff sounds, ah, fake to my ears. Everything I’ve heard in this space is the same. Kinda clean dirty tones that sound hifi. I think this is what people want tho?

Meh, I’m not up with what’s hip anymore. Was I ever?
Modern prog metal drives the development and sales of these units, it's all about hifi cleans and djenty dirts :)
I can play a G chord
I can barely do that. But that said I love the sounds out of the Axe III. No idea if the cleans sound fake or not really, I've heard shamefully few amps in my life. But the vibrolux setting I have currently, with a spring reverb & a touch of tremolo, sounds real good and more importantly inspiring!

That said, you're no longer hip. With all your old smelly amps and guitars. ;)

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hamo wrote:
GrantB wrote:That first little cleanish picking riff sounds, ah, fake to my ears. Everything I’ve heard in this space is the same. Kinda clean dirty tones that sound hifi. I think this is what people want tho?

Meh, I’m not up with what’s hip anymore. Was I ever?
Maybe you just need a hip replacement?
This is a guitar forum, you're on shakey ground discussing hip-op.
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