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How about an SD Custom SH5? That is brighter/more cutting/more open than the JB. I haven't quite gotten along with the JB. Swapped to an SH5 and it cuts more.

For overdrive I love the Seymour Duncan 805. Picked this up recently and it's the best overdrive pedal I've played through. Sounds better than my Maxon OD9 and VS Jekyll and Hyde.

Reaper for the cost. I'd look at Cubase Elements though. After trying many, Cubase makes the most sense to me.

Plugged into one of these at GC once and loved it. HNAD!

Something's wrong. But the fix should be cheap. Maybe the pickup selector was mounted or wired backwards. How does the other pickup sound, if there is one? Otherwise check the wiring and the pots and tone cap to make sure they match SD's recommendation. Should be 500K pots if I remember...

I don't use the line out from my attenuator (Aracom) anymore. Great attenuator but using a separate passive direct box in between has been much better. More clear/defined. I think the transformers used make an impact. I reached out to a few manufacturers. Whirlwind was most responsive and said...

You could try a Line6 M5. The synth section has lots of strange sounds and its true bypass when turned off.

You might also try running the Timeline/Mobius in the effects loop of the amp instead of after the Palmer.

I like the CC, but the SD Vapor Trail looks interesting. Haven't tried it, looks like it just came out this year. Anybody try it yet?

:rock: Clip 1 sounds like the Hagen with those biting attacks. Clip 3 sounds familiar as the VH4. Clip 2 sounded different, haven't heard the 667 before.

SD Custom is a good choice. I haven't tried the others mentioned here but I have done a JB to Custom swap. It fits the description. Sharper with tighter bass than a JB, less round sounding.

Hagen, 667, VH4

+1 on using an iPhone or iPad app. I like the tone of Ampkit+ best of the apps out today. You can open any song in your iTunes music library and hear both the song and your guitar at the same time. Sounds surprisingly good, and you need hardware to plug the guitar into. I'm using an Apogee Jam...

The 250k pot would also give it lower output than a higher value pot right? I recently put Dimarzio D Activator-X pickups in a bright guitar. Works really well. They are very full/thick pickups. And I'm using a 500k pot and .22 cap with them.

It's line level but there's an easy fix for using it with an amp! Just run it straight into the amp's effects loop return. That will bypass the amp's preamp and it should be expecting a line level signal at the effects return.

I picked up an Excalibur a year or so ago on eBay. It was in a bit rough condition. The push-pull knob that controls the noise gate wasn't working. That was too bad I thought because I had read the noise gate being engaged was part of what made it sound more metal. I opened it up and found that...

Does the desktop version sound better than the iOS version? I tried the iOS version and ran it through the same desktop monitors I've used testing other plugins. Cleans and low gain models sounded great. But the high gain models didn't do it for me, not much better than anything Line6 based I've...

I have an S2 Custom 24. I'm really happy with it, and it's become the main guitar I pick up and play. The neck feels great to me, not too thick/wide or thin. It came set up nicely as well. The weight balance is excellent. Tuners are great as well. Everything mechanically related about the guitar...

Kyuss. And many of the above, especially Pride and Glory.

I had this issue on an amp and one fix was to put a buffer between the amp's effects send and the effects. I didn't notice any tone change from doing this, so kept the buffer in line. This was using a Visual Sound buffer but I think any would work.