Matt Steele
Experienced
Ok then, this is the reference (minute 11:31):
(or check the album version which it's similar but yet mixed and masterized)
These are two clips taken on the fly, reamped one with Petrucci V30 Mix, the other with USA Trad 57-121 + USA Trad 906-421 in Stereo UltraRes, a combination of two Mikko's IR which I used for the most of the time since I got the Axe Fx II. This is a blind test, but very easy to spot which is which.
I think neither or two nails perfectly the reference but I think one is noticeably closer than the other.
Yeah. One sounds like dark muddy garbage.