Hey guys, Daniel from Silent Underground...
I never use an OD for #PresetADay presets - Just the EQ, because an EQ lets the user adjust the tone going into the amp to get the wanted attack, thump tightness etc... It is no different from how 99.99999% of guitarist set up their ODs anyway - an EQ'd clean boost.
When the amp is responding flubby I pull out the LMids, up or down the Mid if the gain to attack ratios are off to me, up or down the Hmids for more or less aggression and Up or down the Highs for desired pick attack.
I go in trying to get an aggressive modern and fairly tight tone from each amp, without trying to drastically change the overall amps characteristic or overall tone. If its a fuzzy Orange, i want it to stay that way, but maybe with a touch more clarity.
I have zero idea why you can't get gain out of these, this month we have had over 3000 downloads of these FREE presets and so far you are the only person reporting the issue.
There is absolutely nothing special about the setup of these presets, the ONLY difference from most, is that I use the GEQ as a clean boost instead of an OD. The guitar used in 100% of the clips is an ElCheapo LTD TE-406 with EMG 81/60.
I am even running these presets with way way more gain then I would ever use myself, because I know that people don't play anywhere near as heavy handed as me and also LOVE having their input trim low. For example, in my Metallica Tone Match videos I personal drop the GEQs output back to 0 because I get all the gain I need from my picking - but the presets are set to +10/15 boost because when they first came out set that low, most people had trouble getting the desired amount of gain.
I've attached a screen shot of the EQ Block driving the amp, and the Amp block settings below.
My advice is to open a new blank preset and copy these settings from the screen shots over manually - There is no reasonable explanation to why you would not have an abundance of gain from most of these presets. If they sound right by manually entering the values, then there might be an issue going from AXE FX II to XL - Though no on has report that to be the case so far... If they still sound wrong, then there may be other issues from your end.
Thanks,
Daniel ~
