Ok, now that I'm at my keyboard it should be a little easier to describe. I'll see about fixing the photos so all can see those too...
So initially my guitar was tuned 1/2 step sharp from standard with a dropped 8th for Drop F. And when I was trying to make sure my high F was in the bending...
I accidentally tuned a string too sharp from the headstock tuner trying to get into my bend zone and as a result the saddle is extremely displaced. I'm trying to use a heavy gauge string to pull the saddle back in place, but it doesn't seem to want to budge and I'm afraid to force it too hard...
So this is a pretty exciting day for me. The setup was effectively that I had a different model of strandberg on order previously. I saw this on strand's website several days later, maybe it wasn't a super new announcement but it was news to me. I immediately contacted my Sweetwater rep...
Figured I'd follow up and say after the recent price hike due to the QC and further evaluating all the options... I went with my underdog - the Fractal Audio FM3... I'm pretty happy with it so far, and I have so much to learn.
Personally I don't have a lot of experience with profiling, but that seems irrelevant with internet access now that the Kemper models have been out for several years too, people have uploaded crafted profiles - yes?
I've been out of the game for a while. Prior to coming back I ditched all my amps, and since have turned to VSTs - as I'm simply a bedroom guitarist. However, I do have the inclination to play with friends. I'm in apartment living, so any kind of tube amp is unreasonable for home use, and...
Sale's over now. I agree though. I spent a ton on Bias and upgrades and always found myself trying to get "the right" tone.
Then I heard about the Neural 50% blowout and grabbed a few plugins. While I was trialing them though, both Fortin Cali and Nameless had better tone on launching the app...