I've always felt like there's something fundamental wrong with my tone, both lead and rhythm. I've experimented with about every parameter there is, which doesn't have to be a negative thing as it has made me understand more and more how things work. BUT. Since I've read so many times "keep the master vol low on the Mark series amps, no higher than 3-4" I've just settled with that and just totally stopped thinking about it.
Yesterday I started experimenting with the master vol. It started when I hooked up with Axe-Edit which then auto-selects the first preset, the Studio lead 1. Normally I just insta switch to my own presets, but just for fun I tried it out and I immediately felt it had something I was missing. I selected one of my lead patches and increased the master vol from 3.00 to 6.00, and turned the drive slightly down. It was so much better! Today I've redone a couple of my patches and just WOW. fjkalskjfsalkjfsflkjslfjkssfljkfajslljkfsakljfassfajkskfjjklsflkjfsjfshjaslfajslk YES!!!!!
I just can't believe how much my tone improved. It's so much more natural, has more body, soul, voice, sustain, etc etc just what I've been missing. But most of all the feel is so improved. Before, it felt like the guitar was opposing to everything I did and that I had to force the tones out of it. Now we are on the same team, and the guitar actually WANTS the tones to come out the way I want.
Anyway I'm very interested in hearing what you guys think, but at the same time, lesson learned: DON'T BASE YOUR PRESETS EXCLUSIVELY ON WHAT YOU "SHOULD DO"! Maybe it's the new firmware, maybe I'm screwed up I don't know, the only thing I know is that it sounds amazing to me.
I have a mixed feeling, I'm both frustrated that I haven't tried this before, but also extremely happy I finally figured it out. Mostly happy though
Yesterday I started experimenting with the master vol. It started when I hooked up with Axe-Edit which then auto-selects the first preset, the Studio lead 1. Normally I just insta switch to my own presets, but just for fun I tried it out and I immediately felt it had something I was missing. I selected one of my lead patches and increased the master vol from 3.00 to 6.00, and turned the drive slightly down. It was so much better! Today I've redone a couple of my patches and just WOW. fjkalskjfsalkjfsflkjslfjkssfljkfajslljkfsakljfassfajkskfjjklsflkjfsjfshjaslfajslk YES!!!!!
I just can't believe how much my tone improved. It's so much more natural, has more body, soul, voice, sustain, etc etc just what I've been missing. But most of all the feel is so improved. Before, it felt like the guitar was opposing to everything I did and that I had to force the tones out of it. Now we are on the same team, and the guitar actually WANTS the tones to come out the way I want.
Anyway I'm very interested in hearing what you guys think, but at the same time, lesson learned: DON'T BASE YOUR PRESETS EXCLUSIVELY ON WHAT YOU "SHOULD DO"! Maybe it's the new firmware, maybe I'm screwed up I don't know, the only thing I know is that it sounds amazing to me.
I have a mixed feeling, I'm both frustrated that I haven't tried this before, but also extremely happy I finally figured it out. Mostly happy though