For reference, on the factory Double Verb, I dialed the drive down from factory 4.99 to 1.25 to get a clean-on-edge-of-breakup sound. (also needed to take amp level up from -10.6 to 2.7 to make it loud enough).
Something does not sound right.
With the Twin patch default settings Matrix GT1000 running at around 1 (how I run it at gigs) into the Q12 is loud enough for a gig with a band in a small room/venue with GTR vol pot wide open.
Output 1 level control knob on the Axe is set slightly before 12.
confirmation (my wife yelled at me from the yard)
I just tested with an Antique Suhr Kornia tele with humbuckers.
If I open the the volume pot to 100% I get just a little grit -- but I always play with it between 60-80% - so there is no grit.
My I/O input instrument in is set to 51.8% (which sounds good to me) --- I never have been able to tickle anything red on my Axe and do not use that as a guide - just my ears.
Still need to work on my patches for next Friday's gig (R&B/Soul)
Because I don't like to play with my vol put wide open I usually set the amp levels a bit higher and will do so in the gig patch and will fine tune the drive as well.
Will post when they are done.
***** One More Thing *****
Axe-Edit completely screwed everything up for me and I had to start from scratch!
It changed parameters -- things clipped -- real bad news.
My advice is only use it as convenience (layouts/parameters etc) -- but save through front panel of Axe - not Axe-Edit.
