Triaxis- thoughts?

[estew72]

I have a mark IV half stack right now. I love the sound- I have no reason to buy a Triaxis

 

but buying new gear is so much fun

 

who has experience with this preamp? what do you think?

 

I'm kind of infatuated (also) with the idea of having a rack EQ... racks seem kind of sexy to me

 

and what power amp do/have you used it with?

[pezguy]

The Triaxis is a great preamp in some respects. It sound similar to the Mark IV however it wont do exactly what the Mark IV does and visa-versa. I used my Triaxis with with the Mesa 2:90 which allow you to remote swich the 1/2 drive, deep and modern modes on the 2:90. 1/2 drive lowers the headroom and changes the amp to a more squishy compressed feel. Deep extends the low end which you can truly feel when feeding a 4x12. The deep mode didn't work as well on open back cabs IMHO.
My issue with the Triaxis was the interaction of the controls. There is a bit of a learning curve setting the gain, treble and dynamic voice controls as I recall. You might spend more time tweeking controls as opposed to playing which is what I DON"T want to do. You most likely would not need an rack EQ with this setup as most find it is not necessary. Best modes IMHO Rhythm 1 Yellow (Mark IV Clean), Lead 1 Green (Mark I Lead), and Lead 2 yellow (Mark IIC+). In version 2.0 they had the Lead 1 Red mode which is the Recto Mode. It didn't perform as advertised for me. That's about as much as I can summarize in 2 paragraphs.

[-Juggernaut-]

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Triaxis is a KILLER preamp, loved the one I had.

[Extasyguy]

See sig.

[Awake77]

You also might want to look into a Randall RM4, unless the Mark series tone is exactly what you're looking for.

[wolfspider]

I owned one for a little while and i never liked, then i bought a MKIV and it was

[Jakem]

The Triaxis is a great preamp in some respects. It sound similar to the Mark IV however it wont do exactly what the Mark IV does and visa-versa. I used my Triaxis with with the Mesa 2:90 which allow you to remote swich the 1/2 drive, deep and modern modes on the 2:90. 1/2 drive lowers the headroom and changes the amp to a more squishy compressed feel. Deep extends the low end which you can truly feel when feeding a 4x12. The deep mode didn't work as well on open back cabs IMHO. My issue with the Triaxis was the interaction of the controls. There is a bit of a learning curve setting the gain, treble and dynamic voice controls as I recall. You might spend more time tweeking controls as opposed to playing which is what I DON"T want to do. You most likely would not need an rack EQ with this setup as most find it is not necessary. Best modes IMHO Rhythm 1 Yellow (Mark IV Clean), Lead 1 Green (Mark I Lead), and Lead 2 yellow (Mark IIC+). In version 2.0 they had the Lead 1 Red mode which is the Recto Mode. It didn't perform as advertised for me. That's about as much as I can summarize in 2 paragraphs.

This kinda sums it up.

[guitarbilly74]

I probably will get flamed for saying this, but tone-wise the TriAxis is step down from any Mark series amp. I love the versatility but the tone is not as good IMHO. And yes I owned one for 2 years, with a 2:90. My Mark III smoked that rig every time. It's sad because I REALLY wanted to like it.