Friedman Tone Testing

[Gasp100]

Which do you prefer? To me these are VERY close. Bone dry, just the way I like doing my testing. MJT Tele build going for Marshall-esque tones.

 

[thomasjg]

2

 

[riffy]

Shoot, I dig both. I could use either and be completely happy. What are you using?

 

[Gasp100]

Shoot, I dig both. I could use either and be completely happy. What are you using?

Yea it's pretty close. The rigs are Fractal FM3, Friedman BE V1 FAT (I don't think I moved a virtual knob LOL) and York Audio 212 DV77 Mix #1
The other rig is a Friedman PT20 on the medium gain setting into Suhr RL-IR using the same York Audio 212 DV77 Mix #1. Very close, I enjoy playing the amp more even in this scenario, but I think either would track very well. I'm surprised how close the FM3 gets even in terms of "feel".

 

[riffy]

Both sound simply outstanding to me!

 

[Akeron]

I prefer the first. The second sounds a little more "dead" in the first part of the clip. The second part is really close to the first but it seems it has less gain

 

[texhex]

Splitting hairs.

 

[Gasp100]

#1 is the FM3 and #2 is the amp loaded down if that wasn't clear up top. It's close enough to be a wash for me and now of course the sideways glances at gear begin LOL...

 

[Mooselake]

Both are quite good. I preferred the second one slightly, which I see is the PT20.

 

[Qstick333]

Liked both and either would be totally usable but I like 1 a little better. Seems a little less fizzy to me, but I’d be happy with either.

 

[stratzrus]

They sound very similar.

I heard a little harshness in the high end of #1 during the middle section but otherwise there was no difference I considered significant.

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

Both are really nice. Cool!

 

[bumboclaat]

#1 is the FM3 and #2 is the amp loaded down if that wasn't clear up top. It's close enough to be a wash for me and now of course the sideways glances at gear begin LOL...

The FM3 has 6 different Friedman BE channels and 6 different HBE channels from various years, plus the Friedman Smallbox and two Dirty Shirleys.

Pink Taco heading to the emporium

 

[Gasp100]

The FM3 has 6 different Friedman BE channels and 6 different HBE channels from various years, plus the Friedman Smallbox and two Dirty Shirleys.

Pink Taco heading to the emporium

I guess I just have to admit the FM3 and I are intrinsically entwined and no matter how hard I try to move in different directions, we keep finding one another again, and again, and again...

 

[RLD]

I guess I just have to admit the FM3 and I are intrinsically entwined and no matter how hard I try to move in different directions, we keep finding one another again, and again, and again...

It's ok to stop looking.

 

[stratzrus]

I guess I just have to admit the FM3 and I are intrinsically entwined and no matter how hard I try to move in different directions, we keep finding one another again, and again, and again...

I like having some Fractal gear in the house. Whether it's the FM3, FM9 or III depends on your needs.

Personally, I love the FM3. If you're using it in a situation where you need less than 9 footswitch options it's a viable piece of gear for sure.

 

[JasonE]

Both sound great! I like number 2 just a little bit better. It has a little fuller sound to me.

 

[Brandon7s]

They sound incredibly similar, the only difference I could hear was that #2 had a little more low end depth and was a tiny bit more boomy, but you could easily adjust #1 to match that with increasing the Depth knob on the Fractal. Both sounded great, though I'd probably pick #1 because the low end on #2 might be an issue in a band mix, but if I was using it on it's own then I'd go with #2.

Now I need to pick up that cab pack from YA, I don't have that one yet but I like it!

 

[fr8_trane]

They both sound great... just like the Helix Placater.

 

[JiveTurkey]

They both sound great... just like the Helix Placater.