Really thanks for your interest Scott. Artifacts = my personal expression for "advanced parameters" page of the amp settings ;-). The considered amp/cab combination is a Doubleverb with one stereo cab using 2X12 Gold farfield & 2x12 Blue Alnico. I use a Fame IV custom (top notch Polish PRS copy) equiped with Schaller Golden 50's (HB and SC positions, let's say that these are the middle of the road between PAF's and HB) that does a very very nice job for the buck as well in HB as SC position. I also use a G&L Asat Classic Custom, but not this time. Let's say the sound is thinner than with my V9 settings before of this amp. I turned up a bit the Drive for SC position of the guitar and lowered the MV turning up patch level, but - though better than at first try - it remains a bit too thin. In the advanced parameters I generally set the Low Frequency end somewhere between 180-330Hz, just not to walk too much on the bass players "footground"'. I should first play around with the factory patches but as in fact all my gain/high gain patches sounded like hell with a few minor tweaks after amp & cab resets, I expected the same would apply for clean sounds. Eager for any advice but will also continue tonight & be back on that. Cheers and looking forward to some "scotty" patches as in the past, these always have been useful for me in the "ULTRA" era (and at Axe II V7)!