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Download the FX8 Edit.
Choose a BLANK preset. (There will be no noise gate then mate)
Plug your guitar into FX8 into amp. Ignore the 4CM at the moment.
Add a reverb - try North or South Church.
Now learn how to change and edit just that one setting.
Then, add a delay. Do the same again.
Then, add a overdrive.
Slowly, simply is the winner here.
I can't think of the last device that had decent presets, I don't bother with them.
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They always create to show off capability vs sound. Even the good ones are so gear specific that you have tweak.. so just start from scratch.
I actually prefer the Big Muff to the real pedal as it's easier to get a sound with the 3 band EQ and mid sweep than it is with just the tone control.
I wish you could get the fuzz face to react to guitar volume like the real thing but no modeller can do that currently as far as I'm aware.
A lot of the other pedals I've not had real ones to know how accurate they are. There's plenty of scope to fine tune though
I like the Timmy, TS, Mid Boost and FET Boost and the Rat is alright as well.
I have an Ax8 which is totally straightforward for amp tweaks. In some ways easier than Helix (tho the Helix UI outdoes the AX8 in all other ways).
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
If it wasn't that easy to do the simple stuff it would have gone back.
Really impressive. The delays and reverbs are superb, as expected. Easily as good as the Strymons and Eventides. Still need to sort out the global tap tempo thing, but seems to be an easy thing to do that I've missed.
The factory presets in the main haven't done it for me, but I've been able to create some beautiful sounding ones of my own.
Still early days, though, not about to sell off all my pedals, not sure I ever will. The FX8 really is living up to the hype so far.
I'm going to try it with an external compressor: as good as the comps are on the FX8, the Fairfield one just has something special about it.