Here is a patch I made for my live rig. I'm using a tube power amp and 4x12 cab, so I can't use cab emulation, and I find that a lot of the amp sims through this setup sound a little thin during high-register soloing.
I was looking for a full, sustaining kind of sound and came up with this.
A tube drive feeding shred distortion. You might wonder why I have the controls set the way they are, but basically I wanted the tube drive to feed the shred distortion a lot of midrange, the result being there is a lot of sustain without the perception of too much distortion. The level control in the tube drive can be used to add or subtract high end "edginess" without sacrificing fullness. If you drop the level and add a little more drive, you can get a nice legato sound. I have the cab sim bypassed when playing through the live rig.
I was looking for a full, sustaining kind of sound and came up with this.
A tube drive feeding shred distortion. You might wonder why I have the controls set the way they are, but basically I wanted the tube drive to feed the shred distortion a lot of midrange, the result being there is a lot of sustain without the perception of too much distortion. The level control in the tube drive can be used to add or subtract high end "edginess" without sacrificing fullness. If you drop the level and add a little more drive, you can get a nice legato sound. I have the cab sim bypassed when playing through the live rig.