EJ James (Street)
Experienced
Either something sounds great with very little tweaking, or we part ways.
If I followed that logic, the AFXII would have been sent back after the first couple of days. Like I said, there were *maybe* half a dozen patches I 'sort of' liked out of the box, but even those took some tweaking, and it took me a while to dig through the manual and figure out what needed to be adjusted to even get close to what I really wanted.
I'm glad I didn't though!
Within a couple of weeks I had 90% of my bread-n-butter tones dialed in close enough to keep me more than satisfied. The more I dig into this thing, the more I learn and the more I enjoy it.
FWIW, it was the exact same process with my Digitech and L6 stuff. Rarely does anything sound "perfect" straight out of the box. Everything takes a modicum of adjustments to suit the individual users ear.
I tweak things. I push buttons, twist knobs, slide sliders, etc. I've messed up quite a few patches in my day, but luckily I learned a long time ago to make a backup of every patch before I start tweaking, 'just in case'.
Bottom line, use what works best for you. No need to bag on another product. L6 stands on it's own. Others just stand a bit taller (FAS), and some are getting left behind (Digitech). That last one saddens me, because back in their day the GSP21xx series pre-procs were fantastic.