flextone is here!!

jcoote

my flextone III XL arrived today along with a behringer fcb1010 and i'm well impressed..

The tone on this amp is divine (sorry bit of a gay word :rolleyes: )...

the amp modelling is on is really impressive... the jc120 delay and some chorus is just pure gilmour...even when i play it ... and the mesa dual rectifier is just really sweet...i like the kinda new distortion sound with chorus and using kinda classic techniques and this is my baby..the sound i've been looking for for a year now.

the effects are split into 2 sections mods and delays...

the mods are tremelo,chorus ,flanger,phaser,uni-vibe and rotary.. they all work really well and would just about challenge the effects they are based on maybe except the chorus... i am very picky about my chorus anyway so i wouldn't pay any attention to me

the delays are savage to not gonna go to into them its basically a dl-4 built into the amp..

the fcb1010 is a piece of piss to use just prgram sound into the amp and whatever patch u have selected on the foot pedal its automatically stored in the pedal...only starting now and i alreay love MIDI...roll on the G-major

Zapp Brannigan

indeed,

im a fan of Line 6 (despite their lack of support for bassists), But they do make good products.
Good purchase.

david

Sweet! I sent away payment for mine today! Cant wait! How many patches per bank and banks are there on the behringer? Can you set it so that switch one is phaser and switch two is chorus and then turn them on and off like stomboxes? I'd really consider getting the behringer if you could use it like this

jcoote

yeah they have a great quality price ratio...pity the ****in thin is so heavy

david

freakonaleashx wrote:

Sweet! I sent away payment for mine today! Cant wait! How many patches per bank and banks are there on the behringer? Can you set it so that switch one is phaser and switch two is chorus and then turn them on and off like stomboxes? I'd really consider getting the behringer if you could use it like this

Care to answer my question John?!

jcoote

sorry dave i'm workin got busy there...yeah u can set it like that well kinda...basically what u do is just select bank 1 patch 1 set the flextone to your desired settings ,hold a button on the amp and hey presto its stored... not really what u said but the same effect .... i dunno how many patches per bank there is ...whatever number of patch buttons there are on the 1010 ...think its 10

feylya

Is there any sort of delay changing between patches on it?

jcoote

not too sure what ya mean but the patch buttons also act as tap tempo buttons for the delays and rate buttons for the mods.. u can have say a 70ms delay in bank 1 and the same setup but with a 370ms delay on bank 2..that what u meant???

david

No, when you switch patches, there is a slight delay between patches, annoying. But they sorted this with the flextone III. It was a problem with the FlextoneII

feylya

Sorry, bad choice of words. As freak said, it was a gap between changing patches. If you're playing a clean tone for instance and change to a distortion, would the sound stop for a few milliseconds?

jcoote

duh sorry lads i'm a tick no there is no delay as dave said its just smooth running all the way... reckon i could runn the g major and the flextone together off the fcb1010

feylya

I have to get my rack together! I reckon it could be done for about €1200-1500 with the help of eBay.

david

Yep, Im ditchin the stompboxes apart from the whammy, and im either getting the shortboard or the behringer.

Doctor J

You'd seriously spend that much on gadgets? :eek:

jcoote

Doctor J wrote:

You'd seriously spend that much on gadgets? :eek:

oh hell yeah i need that stuff to sound good

david

feylya wrote:

I have to get my rack together! I reckon it could be done for about €1200-1500 with the help of eBay.

Just get a flextone and shut up!

jcoote

yeah thatsthats good advice dave but i'd love a big rack (i thank u!!!) ...what u reckon you'd get fey

david

Me...

Mesa rackmounted dual rectifier -> Line 6 Pod XT Pro. Maybe a wireless too but i would be sorted with that. Oh and a Rocktron Ground Control midi switcher.

feylya

Doctor J wrote:

You'd seriously spend that much on gadgets? :eek:

I spent €1500 on a new computer. No one has ever come up to me and said "wow, nice eh sound from those keys...". Thankfully.

jcoote wrote:

what u reckon you'd get fey

Marshall JMP-1
G-Major
Peavey/Marshall/Mesa power amp (tube or solid state)

Lump all that into an Avatar 2x12 or a second hand Mesa (or a home built) cab and I'm set. I'd probably throw in a power conditioner, maybe a wireless unit, tuner, couple other gadgets but I'd survive quite happily with those four things, all controlled by a FCB1010.

david

feylya wrote:

I spent €1500 on a new computer. No one has ever come up to me and said "wow, nice eh sound from those keys...". Thankfully.



Marshall JMP-1
G-Major
Peavey/Marshall/Mesa power amp (tube or solid state)

Lump all that into an Avatar 2x12 or a second hand Mesa (or a home built) cab and I'm set. I'd probably throw in a power conditioner, maybe a wireless unit, tuner, couple other gadgets but I'd survive quite happily with those four things, all controlled by a FCB1010.

I wouldnt get the JMP-1... I'd prefer a Mesa pre for the great distortions. Im dont like marshall distortion that much.

feylya

Trust me, you can get incredible tones from the JMP-1. I'll see if I can find the webpage.

david

One for sale (JMP-1) for 400 or 500 in the buy and sell if youre going rack.

feylya

Nice. Ah, I won't be going rack for a long time. No money.

jcoote

i'm quite happy with the flextone and i'm gettin the g major and have a nady wireless... i'd like to try a dual and triple rectifier and see how they compare before i got either one ..i'd like a talk box (don't laugh) not for the bon jovi styleee but for the dave gilmour end of things...ideally my delay would have a rack unit of its own

jcoote

by the way fey the ds-1 sounds great thru the flextone ...totally different pedal must try get a sample over the weekend

feylya

Ah, an Eventide Harmoniser would be nice too.

david

By the sound of things, my DS-1, line 6 echopark delay, PH-3 phaser, danelectro eq, cheap ass wah and volume pedal will all be up for sale pretty soon...

feylya

jcoote wrote:

by the way fey the ds-1 sounds great thru the flextone ...totally different pedal must try get a sample over the weekend

Excellent. Glad to hear it.

hold on to the eq and wah for me would you? i'm not certain i've got my summer job yet, but once i get confirmation i'll take them off ya. (for a good price of course)

feylya

freakonaleashx wrote:

By the sound of things, my DS-1, line 6 echopark delay, PH-3 phaser, danelectro eq, cheap ass wah and volume pedal will all be up for sale pretty soon...

Echopark delay eh? Hmmmm....


No, Stop it feylya. You've no money! Damn GAS :rolleyes:

feylya

BTW, JMP-1 clip

http://www.pillforkids.com/ratm.mp3
http://www.pillforkids.com/onestep.mp3

david

Ill see how i get on with the flextone first. The wah is kinda crappy... Proel something or other. Should i decide to sell itll be for a good price.

i just want a wah to mess about with, i had a lend of a crybaby for a while and couldn't really get the hang of it, so i couldn't justify spending that much money on one.

jcoote

ah you'll flog that gear in no time dave... don't count your chicken though u may not like the flextone ... the h3000 version of that is sweet ...out of production though aren't they...they can do really amazing things...i'd like to try a rocktron xpression too.. heard one of them with a takamine acoustic..almost sounded mark knopfler/gilmoury

feylya

All I'm gonna say is thank God I don't have a credit card and an eBay account...

david

feylya wrote:

Echopark delay eh? Hmmmm....


No, Stop it feylya. You've no money! Damn GAS :rolleyes:

I swear, that pedal is sex! I might keep it, its an amazing pedal. But the flextone delay might be enough for me.

feylya

No, I'm going to try and save my money. Next thing I'm going to get is either an all tube amp or a rack setup. Although, I do want jcoote's GT-6 :eek:

Feylya, you're a bit to impulsive really, soon you're sig will be too big and breaking rules!

jcoote

may as well go the whole hog
http://line6.com/productDetail.html?model=36

does that have the sweep delay that sounds like a phser kinda thing on it...thats on the flextone..crazy ****

feylya

Deleted User wrote:

Feylya, you're a bit to impulsive really, soon you're sig will be too big and breaking rules!

My sig doesn't list everything at the moment! Doesn't mention EMG, Floyd Rose, Seymour Duncan, D'Addario, Dean Markley, Dr Stringfellow, Johnson. Too much stuff.

jcoote

hey !!!! never too much stuff

david

Hahahaha! Everyone here is so poor! I work 15hrs a week and get €105 (for doing nothing hardly), i get €50 from my mini company each week and all i spend money on is guitar gear so I'm happy:D.

feylya

You get €155 a week? I get €50 and I've to pay all my bills. Of course, I don't bother working but that's not the point

david

feylya wrote:

You get €155 a week? I get €50 and I've to pay all my bills. Of course, I don't bother working but that's not the point

Yep! 155 for impulsive spending! But I'd say the €55 of that is spent on err... social life... and herbal remedies... hehe

jcoote

jaysis lads i get 500 a week and still have to borrow before every payday

feylya

Still, it's a hundred bucks a week for guitar stuff. Basically a new pedal every other week...

david

Yeah... Im saving for an SG now. Should get it sometime in the summer. Sale of pedals should nearly cover the Line 6 shortboard.

jcoote

yeah thats true i wouldn't mind havin that to spend a week...thats a new rack unit every month

feylya

Unless you're talking about this sort of rack unit

jcoote

as soon as i posted that i said these ****s are gonna show me a triaxis or a g force or somethin...ha we spend too much time on the net

feylya

I know I do. Should probably book a holiday to India or some **** like that, get my zenkarmagmajor realigned.