Having owned some custom sabres before, I decided to expand my small collection with a much higher end sabre than I have gone for before. I loved the look of the black Badaxx since its release, but was unsure about the sound card I wanted in it. Having seen Rob’s videos on it, I soon realised that I wanted a CF7 in any future sabre I would own. I contacted Rob to inquire if he could put one in for me.
Unfortunately he did not have any available at the time and we ended up having to wait for him to be resupplied by Erv. However Rob, was very understanding and confirmed to me that he could get it to me by this week for my big convention this week. This he was able to do with a week to spare and was only delayed further in getting to me than it needed to be by UK customs. (A curse on all of them).
So the sabre itself. It is just superb. Beautiful, Balanced and incredibly well designed and built, with a CF7, CeX and RICE allowing it to change the blade to any colour I want along with any FoC. As previous owners of the Badaxx have noticed a 32 inch blade seems to be the correct length to go for, as it loses about 2 inches going into sabre. It can be used quite comfortably single or double handed without any difficulty or discomfort.
The Aux button position being on the underside of the sabre is a great move. It allows for much greater control over the blaster, lookup and effects with minimal effort and makes sound font selection easier as well with just a simple finger press. Personally I think all sabres with Aux buttons should have them on the underside as it makes them much easier to use its functions than beside the main power button. JMHO
I will write a post-convention follow up once after the weekend looking into battery life and such for a convention.
The sabre came with 6 of Rob’s sound fonts and 6 stocks. If anyone is considering buying saberfonts. I can highly recommend Rob’s which are much more fun than the stocks. Hoth, with the continuous wind flowing underneath the hum is just superb and I think is my current favourite. I plan on buying more of his fonts when they become optimised for CF7.
All in all I am very happy to be a member of the GCS and Badaxx clubs.