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By high gain I mean at least the PVH6160 near max preamp gain. Could everyone who thinks they're doing/they've done this post a 'naked' clip of yours, and if willing the patch so I can see what you're doing?
those clips sound great. do you have a problem with the tone still? i'd be very happy to use something like that
I didnt make a clip, though I will. I used the same cab (ultra 4x12v30) and same mic on all three presets and just changed the proximity and maybe the motor drive on the HBE. These are built from scratch using my little tricks for the cab which by looking at your presets you have figured out on your own. Let me know if they sound any good for you.
I've asked for advice/help, and you've given it. This thread I think is an evolution of that and further request. My two main purposes are to find something I like, and to see whether it's situationally feasible. I like both recordings of that piece above, but the one with my patch I like better. It sounds more...it's like a beam of solid light, albeit with some hair on it.
High gain-wise, probably Carcass' Heartwork is closest in a general sense of tone, but only when they're playing together. When the one guitar plays, it sounds like zzzzzzz.
The other example, not at all high gain, is Allan Holdsworth's tone on....I don't know what album....but it plays on the front page to his site: The Real Allan Holdsworth.com
I don't know how he could ever not be satisfied with that tone. But I don't know as I would be (not that I remotely have the ability to wield it), because I like more sustain. I also dig in, sort of in-between an acoustic guitar and a piano, so the gain offers a kind of compression and consistency that I can push against and sort of gong like a bell. Which means as little 'crunch' as possible - more a dun dun dun dun than a chun chun chun - but I have to be careful because it can easily turn into too muted a tone, let alone one I can't play chords with.
In any case, my current tone may not be situationally feasible, and at least for recording I may have to use something like what you've got *. So, do you think the differences bewteen each (mixed) clip is more a tone thing, or one of sonic feasibility?
* Or: I came up with some tones according to your gain suggestions. Sort of in-between yours and my original tone. I'll post that tomorrow.