Dialling in a hi-gain lead tone for recording/studio

drawnacrol

Inspired
Hey guys!

I'm having trouble dialling in a hi-gain lead that sits in a mix. I made 4-5 patches last night that sounded great when playing but when I tried to record a solo section in one of my songs they just sounded horrible. It sounded like I was playing over the mix rather than the tone sitting in the mix.

I'm using a TS808 - 5153 RED - New Ownhammer Mesa Cabs or the 4 x 12 German with a 57/R121 with a little reverb. Low cut at 90/100Hz and High Cut 11000Hz. Settings mostly at neutral with some cuts in the highs because I'm using the bridge pickup.

I don't have any clips at the moment because I deleted every take I did last night but I can record some later to give you an idea.

Any tips or signal chains you guys can give would be awesome. I'm guessing this is a more a problem that needs to be fixed by EQing and mixing but having a solid source tone helps a lot.

Cheers!
 
Mids at between 5 or 6. Treble at 5 with a bit of EQing to bring down the brightness from using the bridge pickup.
 
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