G66: 8 Great Axe-Fx II Factory Presets

[@mickkraviz]

Dude I just got this video randomly in my recommendations and man some of the licks you play are just crazy interesting to me.

[@pipipermusic]

This is awesome and well worth the money if you can afford it, all these tube guys need to stop being so critical and give credit to where it's due

[@thegreatcerebral]

The tube guys probably don't realize that Metallica and other big names use AxeFX now; especially live :)

[@jcroopjr]

I'm a hard core all analog, tube only guy with an open mind😎I was blown away by the absolutely beautiful, lush sounds created here. It's awfully pricy but I think in this case you get more then you bargain for. Very cool piece of gear and I guess I have to get a paper route!

[@peteytwofinger]

ha ha , the tube guys will ever stop . whats silly about all that is that we are all on the same team, but there is two clear classes of guitar players, tube amp guys and then the rest of us . the thing about the rest of us , we tend to keep to ourselves . i dont go to every forum post that announces a tube amp being released and go thru all the reasons it would never work for me as an a apartment dweller and a person who loves to make music live outdoors in remote locations via battery powered gear . . . . so yeah there is a reason those guys are so down with all their hate ... they are fukt

[@JuddNiemann]

So nice to see a demo from a guy that can actually play :-) Nice chops, man.

[@vix144]

Hi !! Just got my FX8 home couple days ago!! I know it's quite new !! Looking forward to some tutorials soon !! First 8 fx sound great straight out the box !! Vic

[@guitarbro66]

I want one so bad. These were the sounds that i had in my head for years. in one box. simplicity and awesomeness. Good job fractal and god job G66 for a great great demo!

[@loopie007]

Excellent. Thanks Cooper. It's really interesting to hear the back story behind each preset. What each preset is showcasing, how it's best used, best type of GTR to use it with, etc.. Like most things, once you hear the back story, the thing becomes so much more valuable. :-)

[@anthonykragness6934]

That's a nice looking shovel.

[@behindthen0thing525]

ok?

[@russellwilson9740]

I get it.

[@thisguy9560]

Majestic, even

[@KeithRobTV]

Dude that flanger distortion sounds bad ass! Awesomeness!

[@CLELDKFKEJ]

The best video I've found so far. Thanks

[@JJF10101957]

Boy, you got some long fingers! The ladies must LOVE you.

[@EricJohn2008]

What a great tool! I'm going to have to throw down and add this to my Hughes & Kettner rigs and give me something to play with in between all the other sounds I hear in my head! Thank you Fractal! Just when you say you don't need another toy, here it comes! Worthy investment for me! Will surprise the band and the other guitar player for sure![

[@EricJohn2008]

There's always another toy! They are never ending!

[@NatureMovies]

Your preset creations and development is very cool. But bro I gotta say, I sorta forget about the FX and could listen to you play all day long, just solo like that. Your playing is fantastic, liquid, melodic, guitar technique highly polished. I saw that sweep!! This is not from a music fan, I'm a classically trained pianist, keyboardist, guitar hack, and composer. Why don't you lay down some pads on keys and D minor 6 and just solo with that long delay synth thing, and make a chill track. It's the great kernel for not only a song, but a Suite, and album, an aspect of your style that really could develop into several pieces of music. I'm telling you, you've got something stylistic going on there, and it is wonderful. Great creativity. Have a nice day. Duane.

[@rmp5s]

You rock, man. Killer demo.

[@spark4039]

I finally got me an axe fx ii the other day. Way late to the party but dang is it ever good

[@tokoroaibanez8289]

Best video on the Axe FX ever!!!!!!

[@tuesdayzrain]

So hard to choose... Lovin' the diezels and the splawn, but mesas are killin' it as well! Great riffs!

[@darkoraify]

the last 4 settings blow my freaking mind thats soooooo beuatiful! im sold

[@pinkletoes]

Great playing, excellent demo!

[@jessereyna7408]

Hey i like your playing style man...you've got all of the musical playing styles down that are commercialized. Good job.

[@jeewiz9002]

Lmfao

[@TinManSixtySix]

The USA Lead kills. Definitely the one that impressed me the most.

[@jcroopjr]

Fantastic demo! I wish I had the bread to buy this unit...

[@indian3750]

Shiver lead is eric johnson cliffs of dover

[@timecode37]

@Timothy Williams, it's a own bridge of Music Man. It's like a Floyd Rose, but without the locking nuts I think. You can change tunings easier, but you also sacrifice a bit of the tuning stability...

[@wafwot22]

Thanks for sharing this demo. Great sound.

[@markostanosevic9578]

I use the noise gate// ratio and trim settings to kill the buzz noise. Imput gate as well. .

[@MusicMaing]

Good lord this sounds amazing!

[@FlashGrover]

Awesome vid Cooper = thanks. I've just picked up the Axe FX XL & this is really useful as Im struggling with the existing presets (most just dont work for me!).

[@giladhalevy5371]

Great video, thank you! You skipped over a couple of my favorites though... The Mr. Z 38 is by far my favorite preset/amp, awesome for anything from punchy low-gain cleans to rock/blues. For anything gain-ier, I really enjoy the Friedman BE/HBE, Wrecker and The Brown Sound presets.

[@acanova2001]

Mr. Z 38 That's one of my fav's too

[@talonrocks447]

Nice Demos! I will try a few of these out! - RushFan

[@medbad5150]

bought your tutorial classes mate, sheer quality. Ever gonna do same for MFC101 would love it

[@joebusuttil7955]

Brilliant Demo ..... Thanks Mate

[@marswabisabi8918]

Great demo ! Thanks !

[@robcowgill9845]

I like the video and you are certainly very good on guitar…You are far better than me…

[@tomdaigon8707]

My other guitars feel neglected since I cant seem to stop playing my Polar Noir Majesty. :)

[@jasonstallworth]

Dude this video is extremely helpful!

[@johnegan4762]

Thanks Cooper Carter...1 thing to ?..My FilteRing Funk has a massive feedback loop as stock preset. Any hints on what I might do to fix that. Or does this suggest maybe my basic global settings are off?

[@ronaltMkDonalt]

Would like to hear it without reverb on every patch... Still sounds like a transistor amp trying to eq or the transistor tone with built in post eq. My old boss gt8 does this too but gets a lot more visceral than the fractal Axe fx, and on the gt8 you can turn off all post eq for a crazy modeled overdrive plus actually overdrive the gt8s transistors for a nin style.

[@BryceGub]

Whut? Have you ever touched an axe fx? On top of what options you think the axe fx is limited to they constantly update the firmware on it this video is like 2 years old they have came out with a many updates since then always adding stuff to the actual unit. And I don't know what you're talking about regarding EQ he's just using factory presets he hasn't gone in and adjusted much so what you're saying is irrelevant.

[@chinlengfong]

Nice. Love those presets as well. USA Clean, FAS and Friedman are my other favs. Is the Majesty your main guitar now?

[@hardtobearit]

Near the 15 min mark the 4 chords where the same as firework by katy perry

[@RobTackettCovers]

The tone is great, but what's is with the buzz? Is it the lights? Are you using coil tap?

[@electricworldSchon]

Awesome sounds ! What is your sound signal for recording ? Do you use a Torpedo cab or something like this ?

[@nacho_ruiz80s]

3:40 eargasm

[@kriskanallakan358]

Katie’s song is a nice sound

[@wweibird]

great tan man

[@jowens1126]

this guy is an amazing guitar player. damn, I wish i was even 1/10 as good.

[@pensatorseven1898]

Great vid!!!!!

[@acanova2001]

Hi Cooper. Great Video as always. I was wondering if you could make a video showing us rookies how to download a preset from the Axe-Exchange into the Axe FX II XL+ in a step by step process. Thanks

[@th3who777]

Thanks for the video. Could you please suggest me what foot switch pedal i should use with it? Or the foot switch pedal comes with it? Thanks

[@jbmusicman1]

thanks for the video!

[@hughjorgan1071]

04:16 Holy shit, that came across amazing even with the shitty built-in speakers on my Surface Pro.

[@jessereyna7408]

i thought your pre-sets sounded awesome.But not everyone likes the same shimmering delay effects thing. In fact i prefer not to use that for the most part. But i guess ya done it well enough for me to try it some day? This unit is still available yes? and for how much? do you play just solo guitarist stuff;or do you actually have performing band? Just wondering. Thanks for the demo.

[@wiseguyz4218]

anyone ever tried to do a tone match for any 311 songs? can the axe fx get some of those effects that those guys use? i would appreciate any thoughts you all may have! thanks!

[@brownbunnyrecords]

How did you record this. Was it direct input straight into a computer? Not amped externally?

[@vinshallehind7428]

Extremely WOW :)

[@Rickmayan]

Great video man. Quick question have you had to adjust the noise gate on the effects for example USA lead or flippin the switch? If try them without tweaking I get a lot of noise. I use a music man jp model and a ibanez universe and I get same issue, anyone experiencing the same?? Thanks

[@sebwest11]

I'd really love to get my axe FX II XL to sound like that. It's not even remotely close. Can't figure out what the problem might be, or if there even is one.

[@chasemccracken5904]

The guitar reminds me of the newer ESP horizons; Not sure which model..

[@Molcrid]

its a majesty (Jp signature) :3

[@jeanguion3223]

I'm sold dude.... What I do want to know is... Can I clone an amps pre-amp and or power amp section, and also my own cabinet sounds?

[@G66eu]

Yes, have a look at this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJWWkKJobtKAmqs

[@johnmarch2554]

Everything sounds really compressed? Maybe the mic or record method? A twin has a great open sound that blooms, this sounds a bit thin and again compressed? Also Reverb after a cab means you have a wet and dry signal split? So it is like having multiple mics with sum and difference, potentially hetrodyne across any overtones? Does reverb after the Cab create phase based artifacts because there is a persistent flanging type of sound across all the sounds?

[@coopercarter]

That would be the all-mighty awful KZbin compression :-/

[@spamnegg.1798]

John March I have a Carvin bel air which like a fender twin just blooms and swells in tone and volume as you crank up the power, It just gets even more beautiful, No digi amp I have ever heard can do that or get even close, no comparison. The line 6 combo I owned very breifly sounded just awful anything above bedroom level! And then had mushy tone dead distortion- no power tube cranked headroom present at all. Same with all these modeler crap!

[@guitarzarfun]

As much fun as these look, I'm afraid I'd fiddle with the settings more than I'd be playing. I'll save for a Bogner Helios instead. Probably will still fiddle with it too much though too... lol.

[@josephdominicspirito3595]

Lmao! Dude you are just too fuckin good!

[@jaewookuh1307]

how do you connect this to a daw? do you have another audio interface for the guitar and the computer?

[@mrmres]

No Noise Gate for the high gain settings?

[@thegee-tahguy4877]

With all due respect to your fine playing and the careful way this video's audio track is recorded, there seems to be something dynamically missing from the Fractal compared to a good dedicated amp. Not sure exactly what it is. I know there's always some kind of trade off, and I hear the huge wet and creamy ambience it's capable of. It really sounds like it'd be fun to play with, but I also can't help hearing something sonically "boring" about it too. Even so, I'd love to get my mitts on one for an hour so I can demo the snot out of it. Maybe that would change my mind???

[@freedomforthepeople342]

Remember KZbin "soundquality"

[@micuronium]

Can you assign a CC pedal as a modifier for gain on amp blocks? Everyone always talks assigning CC's to Wahs and FX parameters being modified (which,to me, are uses that should be obvious), but I like controlling gain changes using a CC pedal on my Digitech 2112 I have now because it's more of a linear and hassle-free method than using my volume pot and I can set hard stops on my pedal as well as volume compensate for gain changes as I fade in/out FX with one pedal sweep. It's awesome! The only thing, is that the 2112 is almost 20 years old and has been to the shop multiple times and I'm looking for a replacement that sounds better and can still control all these parameters with one CC pedal. Apparently Kemper can't (won't) do this. Can AxeFX?Example: I cover "Bleed the Freak" by AIC and use a dirty tone with chorus and reverb and with one pedal sweep I "swell" the gain from 5-55% saturation, while reducing reverb from 25-10%, fade out chorus completely, and use an inverse volume control from 100-90% on the last note of the intro. I use this technique on a lot of my own songs as well so finding a quality preamp that allows this is paramount before my 2112 dies for good. I know I've been kinda redundant here but it seams like people have a hard time understanding my issue. Any help would be great. Thanks.

[@KentBuchla]

micuronium Pretty much everything on the Axe-Fx can be controlled by a MIDI CC. BTW, I do exactly what you've describe.

[@micuronium]

Thanks man! I also found a way to do that on the Helix too.

[@ems3832]

"Wrecked" patch sounds like a good 'ol brown sound.

[@UpcomingJedi]

Now, if only there were a pickup for other instruments. For the last patch, all i have to do is turn on my pentium III with windows 95..

[@laquishabhonifa9287]

This is what $2k gets you!? Oh that's right, it sounds amazing, until the next FW release where it sounds more amazing.

[@thevisi0naryy]

guy has great finger tone

[@niallcolbeck]

Eh?

[@TheRemyWagner]

niallcolbeck your fingers contribute a lot to your tone.

[@niallcolbeck]

your attack and approach to playing will sound different, fingers behind a fret sound like frets.

[@thevisi0naryy]

niallcolbeck it is an all encompassing term that means the way you do subtle things while playing. finger muting, slighting bending, slight vibrato, how hard you hold down strings, how hard you hit the strings.

[@niallcolbeck]

All those techniques can't be put down to 'finger tone' which suggests that skin makes a difference. Unless you're wearing 'tone gloves' or have nice tight swirls of your finger prints.

[@timwilliams8564]

can anyone tell me what kind of bridge he's using?

[@chuckyjo1970]

so many effects processors what to chose where to start pricey but sweet

[@thomasnorman7902]

I should really hope that the default patches are useable live, coming from an amp that costs as much as a small car!

[@coopercarter]

? How many "small cars" do you see list pricing for $2400, exactly? You couldn't even buy a vespa for that.

[@AAlfons]

SoloAWeek a small used car, i guess

[@sacredgeometry]

Thomas Norman Its not an amp

[@orlock20]

Thomas Norman It mimics amps, cabinets and pedals. A SLO-100 amp head costs almost $1800 more. Let's say you buy a Vox AC 30 combo for the price of $1,500, get a $150 drive pedal, a $150 fuzz pedal, a $100 pedal board with power supply, a $50 noise gate, a $50 delay pedal, a $150 wah pedal, a $50 reverb pedal, $50 for extra cables and a $100 SM-57 microphone. All that gear is the same price as this unit. If you change tubes on the amp, want different amps, want different cabinets want to change a bunch of pedal settings quickly and want more pedals all that will be more.

[@sacredgeometry]

orlock20 Cost up the amount of amps, pedals, cabs, mics, tubes, amp mods and effects you are getting. You will see that its a lot cheaper hell the price of a good plexi or messa boogie head is about the same as the unit alone. Also if you are buying this for the default patches then you should probably not be buying this ;)

[@tydurden484]

Does anyone know if multiple guitars can be plugged in simultaneously with independent effects and settings adjustments or does each unit facilitate only one guitar?

[@UpcomingJedi]

One unit for a whole band...not. of course you have to buy one for each guitar. Which machine gives you the option to share? Ive never heard of such a thing.

[@francescocagnacci]

You can make presets for more than one instrument yes. One the axe fx3 and fm9 you can, but not hugely complex ones

[@JackMorris916]

Does the axe fx come with a foot switch of sorts for playing live? I want to buy one, but also need to know how much extra stuff I'll need for playing out with it

[@justicefreed]

+Jack Morris Not stock, but you can buy the official one from them, or use most fully featured midi controller pedals, since their's is expensive (though great)

[@KentBuchla]

Jack Morris Footswitches and pedals are optional extras. There are many options available, including the aforementioned MFC101 which comes from Fractal. I use the Mastermind GT16 as I prefer its interface. Everything has its advantages, so shop around.

[@murff625]

Am I hearing you wrong or are you pronouncing this "Axe Fecks" as opposed to "Axe effex?"

[@HAKAIJU]

Is this guitar john petrucci‘s signature guitar. Isn‘t　this?

[@jowens1126]

yes its the music man majesty

[@hughjorgan6160]

What's your axe fx plugged into?

[@parlancex]

You're post-processing the guitar. I have an Axe-FX 2 with the same presets and they don't sound nearly close.

[@AxeFxTutorials]

what firmware are you on? what guitar do you use?

[@MetalHeadProductions]

parlancex if you record with the usb out, everything sounds less alive and flat.

[@coopercarter]

? no.

[@MetalHeadProductions]

D Bo you'll need an audio interface, I recommend something in the focusrite scarlet series.

[@guitarpaul3645]

Good video. However the distortion tones just sound fake to my ears. I'll stick with my tube pre-amps, as there is just no matching them with modelling yet.

[@johnmarksmith1120]

Guitar Paul 🤦‍♂️

[@edberger4679]

If you think that sounds like a fender twin, you must be crazy !!

[@yannickfortin3900]

F*** i want that thing so bad !

[@alexwr]

Why do at least 50% of Axe FX owners use a Music Man? Is ia a John Petrucci thing?

[@wolfie2478]

Music Man is such an over raited company in my opinion, don't get me wrong the build quality is floorless and feels and sounds good, but every time I played one it felt, cold in a sense (if that's the right word) as if the guitar had no soul or heart. But hey that's just my own opinion.

[@poxneo]

Wolfie 24 "don't get me wrong the build quality is floorless and feels and sounds good" So what specific aspect of them is over rated?

[@KeithRobTV]

I know right, thank gosh I'm not the only one who notice that

[@wolfie2478]

Poxneo Somebody obviously didn't read the comment properly. I explained the reason if you bothered to read the comment

[@alexwr]

Wolfie 24 trouble is, I'm not sure guitars can have 'heart or soul' as you put it. In the end it is just pieces of wood and metal. The thing that is going to make the difference is how you react to the guitar. What you feel most comfortable with and are used to is most likely what sounds and feels best to you. I personally play strats, but if someone had been playing music man guitar there entire life I guarantee they would disagree :) I guess it's a matter of perspective, pickups, playability and experience :)

[@jerbear1601]

Talks about over kill effects on most units and plays the exact same thing on the cash fx.

[@fsk9841]

did the axe fx ii requires a pc to work?

[@ThePepsiman1000]

i believe you can turn it on and just use the factory presets, but if you want to be creative and make your own tone, you need a computer. in terms of software, I'm sure it comes with it, and I'm sure you can use a decent pc.

[@pyrofritte7584]

you know program it directly on the axe-fx, but i recommend using a computer with the axe-edit software, cause it makes it a lot more easier and faster!

[@KentBuchla]

Nathan A. You can program everything about it without a computer. However, it is much faster and easier to use a computer to do it. I do both. There is also the very useful RAC12 interface (developed and sold by a different company) that pretty much make the Axe-FX as easy to use as a standard amp and pedals.

[@KentBuchla]

Arthur Ho None of what you wrote is accurate. Why spread guesses and mis-information when it would have been better to have simply not written misleading statements?

[@MrDavemiley]

The Drive and gain sounds on these are really nice, but the clean sounds are still totally crap.

[@skydonut]

Mine sounded nothing like that - sold it in the end

[@coopercarter]

They all sound the same...maybe the problem was elsewhere.

[@Rhys854]

SoloAWeek he probably wasn't playing a decent guitar, like the guy in this video

[@jubjub905]

Rhys854 damn dude, low blow, music man has one of the best QC's in guitar manufacturing though

[@r92g]

+skydonut The thing with multifx units is that they can make you sound great if you know what you're doing, or sound horrible if you don't.

[@KentBuchla]

r92g which certainly doesn't apply here at all. This thing is a full guitar workstation for everything after the guitar.

[@thiagomessiahsousa4416]

DUVIDO QUE FAÇA um NA MOOER GE 200 kkkkk

[@philipoliverholes8528]

Did anyone else find a measuring tool to see if his arms were smaller than the guitar neck? Spoiler alert. They are...

[@hubertdrapeau]

Good Job man!! You can come on my channel im you will probably find something interesting for you! Trying to do covers but well... you're a god.

[@wosupbro]

Is G66 supposed to mean 666?!? illuminati konfirmed! :o

[@darrenw5094]

666 is everywhere when you look for it. :)

[@bulkzeroone5982]

Sounds ok. But have an axe and Kemper and the Kemper just feels and sounds so much better to me. And the Kemper community is just way better than the Fractal Forum who are these self obsessed stuck up bunch of people terrified of any criticism of the Axe in case it really isn't the best ever. Speaking of which, how can each version of the firmware be even more real than the last one? Makes you wonder didn't it!

[@bulkzeroone5982]

I can but there are a lot of them online already - just google it.

[@stephanhansen4196]

schpilztu auch minecraft

[@janispetku4450]

Ultra is better, still.

[@fabiovera7956]

I have an ultra and I wiss they still makes those for updates and stuff sounds really cool and close to yhe axe fx 2.. but with a little less options and little more twiking to get awsome tones

[@KentBuchla]

Janis Petku Please support your claim. What do you like more about it? The smaller feature set? Less power?

[@stephanhansen4196]

44554532 das ist unsere telefonumer

[@unfcknblvbl]

Hmmm......

[@jenniferlacex]

Please notice that this guy almost NEVER blinks...very weird...mannequin effect...

[@shredfactor7]

creepy lol

[@TheKomando007]

zoom g5 sounds better

[@itaymalik4964]

Lmfao, let me guess, you own a zoom g5 dont you?

[@angbernardo]

With units like this it seems you end up spending more time with your hand on your mouse than on your guitar

[@brianjones8432]

Funny, I know guys using tube amps that spend a whole hell of a lot more time trying to dial shit in....lol

[@generationsgamer8548]

Why does every demo guitar player have to play such generic, uninspiring bluesy style? I wish some of these sounds were put to unique use. Maybe get a guitarist that plays more than Stephen Carpenter and Marc Okubo combined. I always find it frustrating the music that is being played mostly in these demos are safe sounding riffs. Give me some color. Some personality. Some creative writing. Anything but country/blues that's been done to death.

[@cole20cole]

I got inspired by some of the stuff he played. Not everybody is as good as you, or as good as you want them to be. People dont owe you anything. Lose your expectations.

[@mikec6386]

keeping it simple so players can see what he's doing makes it easier to understand. if he was noodling around the fretboard it would defeat the purpose. go back to your PlayStation or Xbox and let the man play

[@emmanuelc.5831]

You son of a bitch...😐

[@lancecass8997]

A unique guitarist? Like...you?

[@kaostrip]

really bad sound ! what?? 3000€?? mouhahahaha !! think with this money pedal you could afford !!! this crap is a joke !

[@paulmerritt8593]

I guess you know better than all the professionals that are recording and touring with it. Where can we start to learn to be as knowledgeable as you?

[@GartenschlauchGaming]

That background guitar humming is not the best advertisement for Axe ;-)