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Cheers. Was there a price mentioned?
I wonder if Fractal gives g66 enough of a discount (so g66 can make a reasonable margin)? If they don't, g66 will have to use a higher list price for Europe.
Also, I guess there may be no VAT (or state tax) on Fractal's online prices.
From the user reviews out there, it looks like the Helix was too modeller heavy for what I needed it for..
I'm also excited to get mine. I haven't refined my board and setup since I started getting interested in the Helix and ultimately the FX8 so it's been a bit of a botch job for the past couple of months. Looking forward to finally getting everything dialed in & saved. From the demos I've heard and looking on forums I'm pretty confident it can replace all of my pedals which is exactly what I want. Just weighing up whether to go for the EV-1 too.
My only reservation is how easy to edit the FX8 will be. I've never owned an Axe FX, but they looked like a potential nightmare in terms of dialling stuff in. As it's just effects though I'm hoping it'll be no different to my H9 or Timeline.
Let me know how you get on with it.
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You will be amazed at how easy it is to edit. I hate programming. Wire it to your computer and you are away - very intuitive. My EV-1 has been delivered today. Don't really need it though other than wah. This last weekend I did the wah on tap tempo and it was much netter than using a pedal. The delay is a single algo with tape, analogue, digital and 2290. All the same with eq pre set for the desired effect. Once you sort the mix and tempo you will find you don't have to do much. It is the best piece of kit I have purchased in the last 10 years. I played a Helix for a few hours whilst in the US recently. I personally couldn't get it to sound as good. I use a Suhr minimix in the fx loop to keep the post effects in great shape.
FX8 here, only had a chance to quickly run through the stock presets, 2 words HOLY SHIT!!!
Will do Strymon delays easily, well as much as I need anyway, rotary is probably the best I've heard/played..but the real icing on the cake is the drives, could quite easily just use the Shiva on the clean channel and use the drives, they all sound wonderful.
Going to try and get it up and running for the weekends gigs!!