Why does everybody dial in so much gain nowadays? All the greatest guitar tones actually have a LOT less gain than you think.
Probably to emulate that multi tracked sound with just one guitar. Or maybe to compensate for playing at lower volumes. I find I use less gain when the volume is higher both in real amps and the axe fx.
My guess is because fewer people play in front of cranked cabs. Those great tones of yesteryear relied on a degree of acoustic reinforcement. The same amount of gain can feel anemic at lower volume through FRFR. Higher gain also hides deficiencies in technique. But we all know that isn't the reason.
You should at least add the same effects that are on GR if you want similar sounds. For example, GR sample is drenched in reverb while axe sample is pretty dry. GR is quite mid heavy while axe is mid-scooped, boost the mids either via the amp controls or with a post EQ, see what works best. In alternative try a different IR or a tonematch.
I think @yek in this post was talking about your settings, the ones I have used the first time.
Nowadays ? Depends in which music scene you are . The “max gain thing” is now 40 years old in the thrash metal scene , death metal and whatever metal.... That’s metal man ! mETaal !!! Extreme settings ! The nowadays scene plays in Z tuning with gain at 4 cause they are tuned like a bass
. I dont like mid gain crunch . Goes well for some type of music but not mine 
I think that the day you have understood that modelers are recording and live tools , and that a miced amp don’t sound like a stack in front of you with your ears , you feel better with them . I had and sometime still have this “fuck this is boxy sounding “ and I try to find a solution everytime to make them sound like a amp in a room , but that’s not easy . Because you need to stop cutting everything if you want this amp in the room sound and then it will sound like shit in a mix ... so you need to find a setting that’s sound well for both .... I understand why some people use a real cab when they don’t own a tube head anymore , with this you can enjoy playing guitar like “before “. But playing guitar through studio monitors is not as great of a real amp in a room ... that’s not really the goal of These products in my opinions . I owned most of the modelers , and the axe 3 is the best . The less synthetic one . But yes it sound boxy in high gain when you play alone with it .
, since I saw the Sad but true riff being tossed around, here's a patch that kinda puts you in the ballpark.
Ok, I didn't know that term "amp in the room" was that, thank you, I thought It was that you don't feel the air moving around you from the monitors like you feel from a real cab.
yes, I think it sounds better, more .. "in your face" did you just increase the gain?
Just to add more noise to the thread
You may want to remove the modifier attached to the delay block - I use a pedal to bring in the delays and increase the level for leads.
The pitch block is there to down-tune my standard tuned guitar for the Sad But True riff.
Here's how it sounds, in the mix, then guitars only.
Nope, tonematch + enhancer and reverb.
Thank you for your advise, and yes, after tonematch it sounds more accurate.
