Thanks for the input into this thread guys.
But has anybody out there actually taken the time to load my Preset into their II and try it out?
I highly doubt that there is anything wrong with my equipment, the way it's set up, or the way the Preset is constructed.
The only problem is that, in my experience, this type of hyper-clean dark jazz tone requires much more headroom than pretty much any other type of tone you can coax out of an amplifier if you want it quite loud and still completely clean.
E.g. When using this type of tone with real tube amps I typically need in excess of 100 watts.
I've already stated that yes I can drive the 2B into clipping if I use the loudest possible sound from this guitar (treble pickup cranked w/loud strummed chords) while using this Preset.
Since I've got the Preset set up to not clip the Axe's Output when making that same sound from that guitar, we can deduce that the Axe's maximum output before clipping *is* indeed higher than the 2B's maximum input before clipping.
So, electronically, everything is fine.
But I still need more level sometimes when playing with this type of tone.
As I said earlier, I'll probably just boost the level of the Amp Block in this Preset a bit anyway because I'll probably never use it with the treble pickup played that loud and when I do use the neck pickup it's usually attenuated a bit both by the tone control being rolled back as well as the volume control also being rolled back a bit.
So I'm unlikely to clip either the Axe or the 2B when actually playing with this Preset the way that I'll actually be playing.
I'm kinda being anal by setting the level of this Preset according to the max level possible from my bridge pickup, but it does seem to be the "correct" way to set the level ultimately so that it will never clip the Axe's Outs.
Either that or I'll need a more powerful power amp.
I want to thank Cliff for chiming in on this thread.
It's interesting to know that factoid that the II actually has a couple of dB more level on hand than the Ultra.
I haven't tried all of the II's clean Amp Types yet for this type of tone. Maybe what I'm experiencing, as far as noticing a bit less clean headroom available on the II, is due to the fact that I had been using a USA Clean Amp Type for this on the Ultra while on the II (at the moment) I'm using a Doubleverb Amp Type.
Maybe there's something else going on with my A/B testing scheme that's giving my the wrong impression.
And as I said before the difference in level between the G1's and the G2's is quite subtle anyway, it's just that with this tone I happen to need as much level as I can get.
But has anybody out there actually taken the time to load my Preset into their II and try it out?
I highly doubt that there is anything wrong with my equipment, the way it's set up, or the way the Preset is constructed.
The only problem is that, in my experience, this type of hyper-clean dark jazz tone requires much more headroom than pretty much any other type of tone you can coax out of an amplifier if you want it quite loud and still completely clean.
E.g. When using this type of tone with real tube amps I typically need in excess of 100 watts.
I've already stated that yes I can drive the 2B into clipping if I use the loudest possible sound from this guitar (treble pickup cranked w/loud strummed chords) while using this Preset.
Since I've got the Preset set up to not clip the Axe's Output when making that same sound from that guitar, we can deduce that the Axe's maximum output before clipping *is* indeed higher than the 2B's maximum input before clipping.
So, electronically, everything is fine.
But I still need more level sometimes when playing with this type of tone.
As I said earlier, I'll probably just boost the level of the Amp Block in this Preset a bit anyway because I'll probably never use it with the treble pickup played that loud and when I do use the neck pickup it's usually attenuated a bit both by the tone control being rolled back as well as the volume control also being rolled back a bit.
So I'm unlikely to clip either the Axe or the 2B when actually playing with this Preset the way that I'll actually be playing.
I'm kinda being anal by setting the level of this Preset according to the max level possible from my bridge pickup, but it does seem to be the "correct" way to set the level ultimately so that it will never clip the Axe's Outs.
Either that or I'll need a more powerful power amp.
I want to thank Cliff for chiming in on this thread.
It's interesting to know that factoid that the II actually has a couple of dB more level on hand than the Ultra.
I haven't tried all of the II's clean Amp Types yet for this type of tone. Maybe what I'm experiencing, as far as noticing a bit less clean headroom available on the II, is due to the fact that I had been using a USA Clean Amp Type for this on the Ultra while on the II (at the moment) I'm using a Doubleverb Amp Type.
Maybe there's something else going on with my A/B testing scheme that's giving my the wrong impression.
And as I said before the difference in level between the G1's and the G2's is quite subtle anyway, it's just that with this tone I happen to need as much level as I can get.