Again, thanks for the continuing suggestions.
Fiddling with the EQ creates a bit of a moving target -- I feel as though I have a pretty good PEQ block going on right now. Adding "air" increases the bit but at the expense of warmth; the beef reduces the clarity. The Qs I am using are a little less narrow -- more like 1.3 so I could try to tweak those a bit and see what happens.
Swapping out the cabs sounds great tonally but the clarity goes the window -- it's like the A string isn't there at all.
On the plus side, in response to Symphx's Loomis comment above I was able to dial in a pretty good DHIADW tone in about ten minutes' time from some notes that Sneap had posted. The Trixaxis is a bit more elusive, probably due to the numerous factors that Nikki referenced above (unusual location of gain stages, dynamic voice, synergies with the power amp, etc.)
I do feel like I am mostly over the hump on this one. This has been a very interesting conversation and I genuinely appreciate the vast majority of the comments and assistance. I'm going to step away for two days and see if fresh ears help; going to see if my guitar tech (who does circuit design for a living) has any ideas as well.
I may post final results if they differ materially from the above.
Have a good weekend, all!
Fiddling with the EQ creates a bit of a moving target -- I feel as though I have a pretty good PEQ block going on right now. Adding "air" increases the bit but at the expense of warmth; the beef reduces the clarity. The Qs I am using are a little less narrow -- more like 1.3 so I could try to tweak those a bit and see what happens.
Swapping out the cabs sounds great tonally but the clarity goes the window -- it's like the A string isn't there at all.
On the plus side, in response to Symphx's Loomis comment above I was able to dial in a pretty good DHIADW tone in about ten minutes' time from some notes that Sneap had posted. The Trixaxis is a bit more elusive, probably due to the numerous factors that Nikki referenced above (unusual location of gain stages, dynamic voice, synergies with the power amp, etc.)
I do feel like I am mostly over the hump on this one. This has been a very interesting conversation and I genuinely appreciate the vast majority of the comments and assistance. I'm going to step away for two days and see if fresh ears help; going to see if my guitar tech (who does circuit design for a living) has any ideas as well.
I may post final results if they differ materially from the above.
Have a good weekend, all!