Guitar Interactive – Issue 66 2019

(^92) Guitar Interactive Issue 66
channel A, analogue delay on B, Shimmer on
channel C and a 2290 style modulated delay
on channel D. Multiply that by the 6x14
grid, over 212 fx sub-types, hundreds of
amps, 2048 factory cabs, 189 legacy cabs and
2048 user cabs and you start to see that you
could never even start to exhaust the creative
possibilities.
The new speaker cab block allows you to mix
up to four IR’s together, based on Fractal’s
popular Cab-Lab software for even more
tonal flexibility. The 2048 included cabs
include all the usual suspects, but you’ll now
found room mics, rear cab mics and cabs
from famous artists such as John Petrucci
and Chris Broderick included.
Of course, you still get all the modifiers
and scenes functionality that made the Axe
FX II so powerful, allowing you to control
almost any parameter with onboard LFO’s,
ADSR curves and even Step Sequencers plus
the incredible level of product support that
Fractal have become known for. The Axe FX
II had over 29 firmware updates in its life
cycle and the Axe FX III has already received
several major updates since launch with new
features and amp models regularly added for
free.
Considering the incredible level of power,
flexibility, ease of use and built quality here,
the fact that the AXE FX III costs around
the same as a single boutique amp head
is staggering and whilst it’s a considerable
investment for any guitarist, the value
proposition here is quite remarkable. This is
the most powerful modeller out there and, if
you can afford one, it will give you incredible
results for years - your imagination will run
out of ideas long before it struggles to keep
up with you.
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