As promised a short update...we had a gig last Saturday evening....YEAH! no I'm getting somewhere. Fair to say that one of the guitarist wasn't at the gig hence less of a wishy-washy on stage which was a good thing.
Rex, the extra DB in the preset's input level makes a huge difference. Now I can give FOH way less signal then before and have plenty left in case as it's needed. That wasn't the case at all. My EV sounded pretty good at a lower volume but I thing I still need to do something. I'm sure I've heard some boomy lows. So far I'm very pleased with the result.