Steinmetzify
Inspired
As the title says...I'm going to be purchasing an XL end of the month, and I'd like you guys to bust out with the stuff that took you awhile to learn. Any kind of thing that was already in the Axe but you didn't know it until months later and it made everything you did easier or whatever...I have a good buddy that's been talking me through WHY I should go Axe instead of something else, and now that that's done, I'd like to know what you guys do to get the most out of it. I've been impressed with this forum since day one....there's a bunch of knowledgeable cats up on here, and I'd appreciate your advice.
What would you have like to known right off the bat when you got your Axe? Cab tricks, layout setups, looping FX, running parallel amps/cabs, which delays are great, doing things that simply aren't possible in real life with amps and FX chains, what presets rock right out of the box, etc...I'd like to have this all in one thread that I can easily peruse and go back to if I have questions.
For the record, I'd mostly use this for metal and occasional blues (95% - 5% respectively), recording at home via USB into Reaper as it's what I've used for years and am comfortable with...various guitars including Les Pauls with passives to ESPs with EMGs and a couple basses sitting here.
What do you know now and use daily that you wish someone would have told YOU day one?
Thanks guys.....and thanks for the forum. TON of info in here for guys thinking about going digital, and everyone seems really nice as well; haven't really seen any instances of people being rude to noobs, and for something this in depth that's huge for me as I'm sure I'll have more than one question about how to do this or that.
Appreciated,
Scott
What would you have like to known right off the bat when you got your Axe? Cab tricks, layout setups, looping FX, running parallel amps/cabs, which delays are great, doing things that simply aren't possible in real life with amps and FX chains, what presets rock right out of the box, etc...I'd like to have this all in one thread that I can easily peruse and go back to if I have questions.
For the record, I'd mostly use this for metal and occasional blues (95% - 5% respectively), recording at home via USB into Reaper as it's what I've used for years and am comfortable with...various guitars including Les Pauls with passives to ESPs with EMGs and a couple basses sitting here.
What do you know now and use daily that you wish someone would have told YOU day one?
Thanks guys.....and thanks for the forum. TON of info in here for guys thinking about going digital, and everyone seems really nice as well; haven't really seen any instances of people being rude to noobs, and for something this in depth that's huge for me as I'm sure I'll have more than one question about how to do this or that.
Appreciated,
Scott