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The instructions say the input should be pretty strong, occasionally lighting up red. I find when I try that, it sounds like overdriven mud. I also find the only way I get that high is by pushing my treble booster/fuzz's volumes up. Anyone have similar experiences, or advise me to pursue a different approach? I don't want to generate a weak signal.
 
I think you may be trying to push your OUTPUT into red... this is *not* what is recommended. The output clip LEDs (below the screen) should never light up.

What you need to do is adjust your front panel INPUT so that the column of 4 LEDs lights up and occasionally reaches red when playing hard (EDIT: that's the LEDs that are located just above the front panel "INPUT1" knob). This ensures that you have adequate input level.
 
Scott Peterson said:
What are you driving the front end with?
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Sun Lion (treble booster plus fuzz), from Analogman.

I'm noticing that on my input meter, it sounds best to me when only one yellow LED lights up, so that's why I'm not sure if I'm underdriving it.
 
Try pulling the Sun Lion out, and running your guitar directly into the Axe-Fx. Set the Input1 gain so that the red LED just barely lights, when you play "vigorously". :)

Does it sound good when you try this test? If so, you might try moving the Sun Lion to the Axe-Fx's FX loop.
 
xrist04 said:
Try pulling the Sun Lion out, and running your guitar directly into the Axe-Fx. Set the Input1 gain so that the red LED just barely lights, when you play "vigorously". :)

Does it sound good when you try this test? If so, you might try moving the Sun Lion to the Axe-Fx's FX loop.
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Sun lion will most likely sound like crap in the loop. Many fuzzes do not like buffers before them.
 
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