In the interest of some clarity, how about sharing what your patch looks like generally? I mean, you start a thread about how great your tone is, or how great the sound man thought your tone is, and then you don't discuss it. I don't get it.
I started the thread to pass on the unsolicited comment from the soundman which I think speaks more to the overall effectiveness of the AX8 running direct into the PA and taking control/responsibility of what you're sending to the mains, as well as the capabilities of the AX8 modeling itself.
I was just happy to get feedback from a respected soundman that he liked what he heard and I seem to be 'doing things right'.
But sure, I can discuss some generalities regarding how I dial things in. Right off the bat, the specific IR I'm using accounts for about 90% of how I dial in the amps and, unless you have the same IR, I'm not sure how useful my presets would be for anyone. Coupled with that they are also dialed in for my specific pickups, guitars, etc. they are likely very unique to myself.
Considering that you can do a 1/4 turn tweak of a pickup height screw and completely change the entire balance of your tone there are just so many variables here. Or, since my pickups are medium output (and voiced a certain way) another user may tweak the Input Gain to get their required level of gain...and if the Bright Cap is switched on doing that will skew the entire response and feel of the preset. Your pickup voicing may nessitate a lot of EQ'ing to get it to where you like. So many moving parts here...but everything is dialed in for
my specific setup and taste.
One thing that I think that makes my tones 'successful' is that I use a
lot less gain overall then most guitar players generally do; indeed, I suspect the first thing that many guitarist would do is immediately raise the Input Gain on my presets. Again, that would change the overall balance, require other tweaks, etc. negating any real utility of my presets for other users.
Even my higain preset would probably be considered 'not all that gainy' to a lot of players who use those tones. I'm positive most players, if they were to play my med-gain crunch preset, would go, wow, that could use some gain...but I can make it work. I like a lot of clean articulation and clarity which too much distortion masks. That results in fuller, punchier tones out the mains in general. He did say he loved my crunchy tone in particular..."it's fat and punchy". I'm sure that since I strive to keep the gain as low as I can that's big part of why it stands out.
