Axe-Fx III - Pimp My Marshall

[@shreddinjoe]

Holy geeezzz...the Axe 3 is pretty much endless. Unbelievable

[@thechannelforeverything2170]

Someone should make a Marshall amp with these changes and call it the "Todd Modd"

[@jackmeginniss6327]

Thanks for sharing this, Leon. Most thoughtful.

[@michaelcostello9157]

Great video, and even better playing. Just got my Axe FX III and while it is intuitive you are helping me master it.

[@1octavarius]

Wow. Great video and I know it will pay dividends for me personally. I’ve had a project in mind to cover some songs written by a band my cousins formed back in the 80’s. Two of them passed away some time ago, one of whom was the guitar player. He was a die hard Marshall guy all the way. I certainly want to put my mark on the songs, but the sound you achieve at around the 10:40 mark of the video is about as close as I’ve heard to his tone back then. It should fit perfectly in my attempt to do them justice. Thanks again for sharing as much as you do.

[@LochNessAnthony]

This video and "digital modelling myths" are exactly what I'm looking for! Great work!

[@LeonTodd]

My pleasure

[@pskemster]

Leon, Appreciating all the info I can get my hands on right now on the Fractal Audio Got myself a 1st Gen AXE-FX and I am having a blast. Saving up to get myself a 3rd Gen AXE-FX something with a USB port for sure. But there is so much to learn. And I am loving the challenges that all come with It. Thanks Brother. Looking at all you got and studying . Regards Mate and Cheers!

[@LeonTodd]

getting familiar with the gen 1 will make the gen 3 SO much easier, congrats!

[@stevenmgyori3826]

Nice one Brother! Great tones and Tips! Hopefully your feeling Better! Thanks for sharing, Be Well Leon!

[@chrisday5341]

Jesus that tone is nuts! Great video man.

[@LeonTodd]

Thanks so much!

[@jamesanthony7994]

I think the gentleman from Solar Guitar Studio has said it best .................just wow!

[@richb6291]

What a sound !!! stunning , love how the saturation control really makes the tone so playable and sweeter. Great video , lets hope I can close to this when my Hotone Ampero arrives ( if it ever does ?).

[@RoccoPezzin]

Yeaaah buddy! Awesome as usual 😎

[@LeonTodd]

:D

[@morgansprouse2562]

Fantastic

[@ITheFight]

Out of all the digital guitar/ amp units this new Axe FX sounds real

[@LeonTodd]

I agree

[@MarvelJAM]

Leon, you certainly have a license to drive. Great video

[@bailey12444]

Hello 👋 love your videos man, getting my axe iii next week thanks to this amazing sounding guitar tones you are an inspiration 🙏

[@LeonTodd]

That's fantastic, congrats!!!

[@davidhendrox]

hey, is that saturation switch behaves like the clipping diodes switch at the end of a preamp section before the tonestack? like one in the be-100 ?

[@shreddinjoe]

Ive gotta have one

[@RipVDub]

10:18 - the roof comes off!

[@mattiassvensson8241]

Hey Leon! Great stuff. Applied your tips in my AX8 and bam! With some personal tweaks I got a great hard rock tone. A really cool mix between modern and 80's. Just what I've been aiming for. Added scene controllers for gain and master volume along with a clean scene. Gig ready indeed. Keep your good stuff coming! /Swaney

[@LeonTodd]

How good are scene controllers?!

[@mattiassvensson8241]

I think it seems to be working all right. Added them to control master level and gain between rhythm channel and lead channel. I put a PEQ before the amp block to boost the mids just as you did in your "Hair metal" tutorial. I leave it out on the leads. Clean channel just as in your Hair metal tutorial. Works very well indeed. I experienced a lot of fuzz and noise when palm muting tight. A noise gate in the start of the chain cleaned up a whole lot. Sounds very nice to my ears. I also tried it out in drop B. Not as modern sounding as let's say the 5153 of course. But, it sounds great for metal as well it seems. Looking forward to trying it out on louder volumes.

[@mattiassvensson8241]

Nah, shows it's still way fuzzy in the low end despite tweaks. Thought I had it. Dunno how to go about it. Any standard suggestions to tighten? /Swaney

[@sandrosadhukhan]

Hi Leon, greetings from India ,the modded sounds are phenomenal!! Please do a video modding the Marshall tones for AX8.

[@6Stringers]

hey Leon, great vids all around on the axe-fx. I know this is gonna sound a little weird, but i'm actually taking some of the things you're highlighting in these vids and applying them to my gt-100. Well as best I can anyway, its obviously not a 1-1 relationship, but its a process of listening to the sound as you explain what it is you're tweaking and then finding the relative control or combinations thereof on the gt100, Its kinda hard to envision i know, a lot of it just has to do with listening to the tone of course. Long story short, your tutes on the axe-fx are helping me to understand how to get the most out of another multifx unit. Maybe even just the clarity with which you explain what youre doing is all it really is, i dunno. Whatever it is, it works for me, and youre good at it man. Thanks for doing what you do :)

[@LeonTodd]

That's beyond awesome. I imagine these would apply well to a real amp too which is one of the great things about modelling these days.

[@bobbitchn5290]

I have also been applying this stuff to a Amplifire 12!

[@IronsidesMorciano]

That's HUGE!!!!

[@wesleycarvalho9196]

makes a comparison of hx stomp with FM3 with ample plexi simulation, please

[@aleixobruno]

is it possible to edit an amp to become something like the martin golub plexi mod? Something like the dookie amp from green day? That crunchy high gain sound is killer. I know it's a blend of 2 mod super leads, one with more gain and another with a bit less gain

[@LeonTodd]

Basically if you know what the mod does, there's going to be a control in here you can tweak. Whether it's a bright cap value, saturation switch or something more exotic, it's in there.

[@Eventual420]

OMG. That's insane.

[@aleatoriac7356]

GSUS... I've been addicted to the Triaxis (USA Pre) in the AxeFX for some time... but I tried the marshalls again thanks to your recent videos. YASSSS!!!

[@LeonTodd]

That triaxis is hard to beat! Glad to hear the marshalls have you fired up again though :)

[@Dammit250r]

The Axe FX III has the Tri-Axis in it?! I have one being delivered today and I had no idea that my all time favorite preamp was in there! I'm even more stoked now!

[@myuncle2]

great, Leon will you make demos with a miced cab?

[@LeonTodd]

Soon

[@SuprachargerMusic]

You should hear a Mastodon modified jcm800 sound at the end.

[@shredgd5]

Awesome video and tones! What pickups brand and model do you have in that STR guitar?

[@LeonTodd]

Martin Smith, local guy that absolutely kills it www.martinasmith.com.au/collections

[@dudleydooright]

Another fine video. Love that tone! I've got a dumb question (for Leon or whoever)... how do you set your "playing live" solo level? Is it as easy as cranking up the level on a scene created for your solo sound? If so.. how much louder are you guys going for live solo sound? (I'm sure my bedroom adjustments won't translate well to the stage)

[@LeonTodd]

I use a PEQ block after the cab with a 1-2dB boost at 2k and an overall level boost of 1-2dB

[@harmsengers3066]

I use an expression pedal. I bought one with an adjustment wheel on the pedal itself. This way I can adjust the volume difference between "toe up" (rhythm) and " toe down" (solo) extremely easily. Even between songs on stage. It just doesn't give you the " mute" or volume swell options, but for mute I use either volume on the guitar (also for swells) or I press tuner (or even the mute on the wireless)

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

Please demo the Blackstar HT Stage 100

[@HamsterSpanks]

Hi Leon, can I Copy and Paste a Scene from one location to another using the unit/ hardware on the Axe III?? Thank you brother! p.s. been loving the vids and your presets on Axe Exchange...thank you!!

[@LeonTodd]

That is a good question and I must admit I don't know the answer.

[@HamsterSpanks]

@@LeonTodd No worries, I found a thread that stated that you go to the layout menu, then you go to the Tools menu. Rock On bro!!

[@thomasfokas]

Why would fractal get rid of some of these features in FM3 Edit… or did they move them into different tabs? Seems like these modifications are missing in the current version 5 of FM3 Edit

[@LeonTodd]

They are on different tabs

[@TheDudeAbides.]

As a former owner of a Marshall JCM 900 Full stack and a current owner of a Spider IV half stack... I haven't played in three years but the Spider leaves me unhappy... being a programmer by trade, the Axe-FX seems like a dream rig for a returning player. It seems like I could get whatever tone of any amp out there with little issue. Being the cost of a Mesa Head is equal to or more depending, would you recommend the Axe over a traditional head given all the benefits? Especially since I am an amatuer and will never play live or gig. I just want all the effects options and different heads. Primarily enjoy metal and the blues. Thanks!

[@LeonTodd]

The Axe-III through some decent full range monitors (e.g Atomic CLR, Xitone) or through a power amp and cab (I use a Matrix GT800 and a Mesa 212 or Marshall 412) will give you everything you could ever want. The Spider IV is a Hot Wheels toy car and the Axe is a Lamborghini.

[@TheDudeAbides.]

@@LeonTodd Thank you, sir. Love your channel.

[@davemarshall9153]

Great vid Leon, any chance you could FB message me the culmination of these tweaks for AX8?

[@LeonTodd]

I've got the AX8 packed up for some shows this weekend but I'll get onto it first thing Monday

[@crunchwrapsupremium1053]

JFC...I can't wait until my FM9 comes in...

[@LeonTodd]

Ooooh yeah, it's worth the wait!

[@jlynnb1]

Another great vid man, will say this, though....the level is just level (volume), it doesn't affect tone so if it's making it fizzy or gross it must be clipping your interface somewhere.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Leon. You make me want to spend money and buy and axeFx. Damn you sir. 😂 Just kidding. I'm trying to build a small pedal board type amp and cab solution, or straight to the FOH for small club gigs and this Axefx would be perfect. The only thing I don't understand is how to get feedback like being close to a cab with your guitar if you're going direct. I mean, if you have a monitoring cab as well I'm assuming you could maybe use a volume pedal? Just wondering how you would apprach such in a live situation. So glad to see kids your age ( I'm 58) play guitar to the olympic level 80s style. The best time in history for guitar olaying if you ask me, but I'm prejedice of course. 😂

[@LeonTodd]

There's a few clever workarounds that emulate things like the Digitech Freqout. The easiest thing to do is have a decent volume come out of your on stage monitor though.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@LeonTodd Thank you sir.

[@sonnyducks]

More great tones and vids from LT. do you use the proximity parameter much on the cab block. I was playing around with my AX8 yesterday and turned it and and kicked it up to about noon and wow! I turned it on on most of my P&W patches (including the one I got from you).

[@LeonTodd]

It's pretty powerful if you want that cab "thump" from a FRFR. I don't use it much any more but I do like it for cleans.

[@nickfraser2284]

Hi Leon, what cab or i/r are you using in this video?

[@LeonTodd]

Factory Bank 2, #842

[@nickfraser2284]

@@LeonTodd I was just checking out a few of your Ragdoll songs, they're really good. I live in Germany very close to the Nürburgring where Rock am Ring is held each year. You guys should come and play there in front of 200000 people, you'd do well

[@buffordevans6942]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@dvlORangl]

What's the song at 12:30?

[@LeonTodd]

This bad boy - kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJmaeZRpi5mpeNU

[@dvlORangl]

@@LeonTodd Hmm I think I mean the one just after from 12:30 to 12:38.. thanks!

[@LeonTodd]

@@dvlORangl listen to the ending section of the song I linked you. It's the same guitar part (I wrote it after all).

[@dvlORangl]

@@LeonTodd nice, I love the riff

[@drkaplin98]

Yeah, yeah, Marshall mod blah blah blah, let's talk about the models that are really important, where did you get the Millennium Falcon and SSD models?

[@gandalfgrey91]

This video is exactly why I hate AxeFx. 16 minutes of tweaking knobs haha.