I made it through practice last night with pretty much stock presets for my main tones. Still gushing over the orange which just blows me away. That and the bogner blue got the most play time. The recto and JVM patches beat up my "PAF" pups a bit much. Chances are, those pups are headed to the shelf. New guitar, had to try them. I dont think they had a JVM OD1 in those days!
Was also my first night with the matrix GTX1000, just through a 2x12 in stereo mode. I hear mainy the RFC and the 2x12 is for the rest of the band, but they were thrilled that I was back to the axe and off the KPA. Though in fairness, that is because they like the violin and cello I throw into some songs. I struggled getting it set up all night, mainly because the MFC was set up to use the kemper, the presets were all new, the pedals were in different places, and I didnt have the labels, it had been long enough that it took me most of the night to remember that i needed to change output 2 to 11 as well, so the volume pedal works on both. I didnt update the mfc yet, and I left it, so I wont update it soon. It worked well enough as my brain clouds cleared. The other major snafu-I fixed the wah on all the presets except the first-my fender cleans preset. It was thin and bright and even after switching the amp it didnt dawn on me for a few songs-I just turned down the volume knob and used the bogner. Eventually light dawned and it is good to go. Looking forward to next week-without the self inflicted setup issues. I could have played it safe and stuck with the KPA, but the greasy orange made it worth it.
