Hi,
When I play it feels like the volume knob on the guitar is lowered. I constantly feel like I need more gain, because it feels like the notes aren't coming through especially on the higher register.
Recorded a little sample using the first stock preset (Studio Lead) which has the USA Lead 2. Everything is untouched, but I enabled the boost. Drive is on 7.09 and master vol on 6.69. Without the boost, it was almost impossible to play. I didn't bother to use any of my own presets, as this implies more or less for all my own presets as well as the stocks and it's easier this way if someone wants to try it themselves and compare...
The guitar is a Music Man JP6 with dimarzio humbuckers but I'm actually not sure which exact humbuckers it is. I haven't changed pickups since I bought it. Regardless, they shouldn't be that low power?
Yes it's VERY sloppy, I sound unfairly horrible. I'm not saying I play great, but I'm not that bad...I have to pick every note real hard or it doesn't let the tone in, and it just sounds so tame. Sweeping is just plain impossible. Adding a drive block, which I have on most of my other presets, slightly helps, but then the clarity gets even worse. Do you hear what I'm talking about?
http://www.4shared.com/audio/KSkq014w/Lead_test.html
Appreciate your input.
edit: On the guitar I have both volume and tone control on max, and the input level on the axe-fx at about 2 o'clock
When I play it feels like the volume knob on the guitar is lowered. I constantly feel like I need more gain, because it feels like the notes aren't coming through especially on the higher register.
Recorded a little sample using the first stock preset (Studio Lead) which has the USA Lead 2. Everything is untouched, but I enabled the boost. Drive is on 7.09 and master vol on 6.69. Without the boost, it was almost impossible to play. I didn't bother to use any of my own presets, as this implies more or less for all my own presets as well as the stocks and it's easier this way if someone wants to try it themselves and compare...
The guitar is a Music Man JP6 with dimarzio humbuckers but I'm actually not sure which exact humbuckers it is. I haven't changed pickups since I bought it. Regardless, they shouldn't be that low power?
Yes it's VERY sloppy, I sound unfairly horrible. I'm not saying I play great, but I'm not that bad...I have to pick every note real hard or it doesn't let the tone in, and it just sounds so tame. Sweeping is just plain impossible. Adding a drive block, which I have on most of my other presets, slightly helps, but then the clarity gets even worse. Do you hear what I'm talking about?
http://www.4shared.com/audio/KSkq014w/Lead_test.html
Appreciate your input.
edit: On the guitar I have both volume and tone control on max, and the input level on the axe-fx at about 2 o'clock