Hi, sorry for the late answer - was quite busy today.
I think I may have not recorded my guitar properly for reamping with the axe. Actually I've turned the input gain level on the focusrite up to just before it started clipping red. This may have led to the 5-7db of extra gain. Should I have turned it all way down to zero ?
Here's the same riff but recorded through the axe fx (everything bypassed) instead of the focusrite (so that you can see the real level output of the pups). Anyway I agree that the guitar kind of "fizz/clips" a little when I dig hard on the strings. I will look after that at the music shop.
26. Ibanez RG2627ze dry signal Axe FX MONO