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Axe FX iii Mkii

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Been waiting for my FM3 for ages and now this just came out *yawn* FM3 will be obsolete by the time it’s available here :rofl:

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KNNZ wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:44 pm Been waiting for my FM3 for ages and now this just came out *yawn* FM3 will be obsolete by the time it’s available here :rofl:
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Oh man.


I'll happily scoop up a cheap AxeFX III MK I now that they're obsolete and therefore sound terrible. :)

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Yeah it sucks waiting. I'm glad I jumped on the II tbh, this thing has floored me.
So they ported some of the Ares modeling over to it from the Axe III as a final update and it sounds fucken amazing! I would say better than a lot of tube amps out there. I was messing with dual amps on it this afternoon and the possibilities are endless! Fm3 cant do dual amps.
I don't think i'll even bother with a 3 or Fm3 now. Just ordered a Power Station too.. I'm not gonna go down the FRFR road.
Mate, just bid on that II that's on TM..
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How long have you been on the waitinglist?

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griff7628 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:00 pm Yeah it sucks waiting. I'm glad I jumped on the II tbh, this thing has floored me.
So they ported some of the Ares modeling over to it from the Axe III as a final update and it sounds fucken amazing! I would say better than a lot of tube amps out there. I was messing with dual amps on it this afternoon and the possibilities are endless! Fm3 cant do dual amps.
I don't think i'll even bother with a 3 or Fm3 now. Just ordered a Power Station too.. I'm not gonna go down the FRFR road.
Mate, just bid on that II that's on TM..
If you're ever passing through the naki, call in! :thumbup:
I always thought the dual amps thing was overkill, but hearing a mates Axe II recently in a studio tweaked to perfection... I was like damn.

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jeremyb wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:49 pm
KNNZ wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:44 pm Been waiting for my FM3 for ages and now this just came out *yawn* FM3 will be obsolete by the time it’s available here :rofl:
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yip! had one! still have my HX Stomp! :thumbup:

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griff7628 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:00 pm Yeah it sucks waiting. I'm glad I jumped on the II tbh, this thing has floored me.
So they ported some of the Ares modeling over to it from the Axe III as a final update and it sounds fucken amazing! I would say better than a lot of tube amps out there. I was messing with dual amps on it this afternoon and the possibilities are endless! Fm3 cant do dual amps.
I don't think i'll even bother with a 3 or Fm3 now. Just ordered a Power Station too.. I'm not gonna go down the FRFR road.
Mate, just bid on that II that's on TM..
If you're ever passing through the naki, call in! :thumbup:
yes I've been watching it from a $1 reserve! fingers crossed!

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Zaulkin wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:06 pm How long have you been on the waitinglist?
over a year now

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Was funny at one of our gearfests, Sopachrga had his Axe III plugged into Kdawg's 4x12 and most of us assumed the sound coming out was from the plexi head on top :lol:
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Most of the talk from the Facebook pages about this seems like people are pretty unimpressed. Not much of an upgrade. I'd probably even grab a II if one came up at the right price and have that always hooked up at home.
Loving it so far

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KNNZ wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:15 pm
griff7628 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:00 pm Yeah it sucks waiting. I'm glad I jumped on the II tbh, this thing has floored me.
So they ported some of the Ares modeling over to it from the Axe III as a final update and it sounds fucken amazing! I would say better than a lot of tube amps out there. I was messing with dual amps on it this afternoon and the possibilities are endless! Fm3 cant do dual amps.
I don't think i'll even bother with a 3 or Fm3 now. Just ordered a Power Station too.. I'm not gonna go down the FRFR road.
Mate, just bid on that II that's on TM..
If you're ever passing through the naki, call in! :thumbup:
yes I've been watching it from a $1 reserve! fingers crossed!
You gonna throw a bid in?

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griff7628 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 9:01 pm
KNNZ wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:15 pm
griff7628 wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 7:00 pm Yeah it sucks waiting. I'm glad I jumped on the II tbh, this thing has floored me.
So they ported some of the Ares modeling over to it from the Axe III as a final update and it sounds fucken amazing! I would say better than a lot of tube amps out there. I was messing with dual amps on it this afternoon and the possibilities are endless! Fm3 cant do dual amps.
I don't think i'll even bother with a 3 or Fm3 now. Just ordered a Power Station too.. I'm not gonna go down the FRFR road.
Mate, just bid on that II that's on TM..
If you're ever passing through the naki, call in! :thumbup:
yes I've been watching it from a $1 reserve! fingers crossed!
You gonna throw a bid in?
not yet but if the price is right, if I bid now i'm just gonna get outbid :mrgreen:

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StratMatt wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:29 pm Most of the talk from the Facebook pages about this seems like people are pretty unimpressed. Not much of an upgrade. I'd probably even grab a II if one came up at the right price and have that always hooked up at home.
That's a lot of $$$ to spend on something when you could just plug/unplug your AX8.


But that's okay because I want that too. :lol:

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There's no huge difference in the mk 1 and MK2 besides a more colourful screen and storage
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