If I had the slots to do it, I'd keep the factory presets and a whole passel of
@austinbuddy 's presets in permanent residence on my Axe. When it's time to go exploring, or I'm looking for a particular tone that I don't have dialed in, it's handy to have them right there waiting for me.
Then I'd have a bank or two just for my own stuff. I currently use one bank for that. The top half of the bank is a library of my own presets. The bottom half of the bank is my gigging stuff. I build it for different gigs by copying presets from my top-half library into the bottom half, arranged for that particular gig. I also reserve a dozen or so slots as a working scratchpad. That gives me a system that I can manage from the front panel when Axe-Edit isn't available.
All told, I could eat up eight or ten banks if I had them available.
+1
I had no trouble keeping the XL with its 768 preset slots organized.
I play in two bands and use a preset-per-song method for several reasons. That's > 100 presets. I make extensive use of Global blocks in these presets.
Like Rex, I'd like to keep AustinBuddy's banks on the unit itself.
I also want factory presets on the unit for beta testing with firmware.
I also "collect" all kinds of presets which I find interesting or useful, for the wiki and the Drive and Amp Guides.
Yes, this can be done through the computer but having stuff on the unit itself makes eveything so much quicker.
Examples of my preset naming method:
"SIMON - Horns /s" = Simeon Harris, Synth Horns sound, stereo
"M@ - Maroon 5 /p" = Matt, Maroon 5 sound, expression pedal
"AB - El..Mistress" = AustinBuddy, Electric Mistress sound
"FREMEN - Rockman /tm" = Fremen, Rockman sound, Tone Match
"YEK - AcouSim /cab" = preset of my own, acoustic simulation, with a user cab
Not complaining, just explaining.