All the major points have already been hit but I'll chime in with a personal anecdote.
Recently I started drawing and I found after not too long that I had a whole ton of preconceived notions, mostly about the process of how an empty sheet turns into something recognizable. I assumed you...
I find writing music a lot harder than mastering a technique. With techniques you just have to put the hours in of simple practice, maybe watch a youtube video or two. Writing music takes from a larger variety of skills that aren't as easy as just hammering out scales or whatever to a metronome.
I set all the eq knobs to zero and slowly added, having a lot more success with that approach. Might have too much gain at the moment for so many strings ringing out at once.
Just a quick little clip recorded with my iphone.
I've had the 50 watt head and matching 2x12 for a couple of weeks now I've gatta say I'm a bit disappointed... This thing is just too bright and, dare I say it, has too much gain.
I've been scoping around for a used EQ pedal to maybe fix some of my woe's. Any other recommendations, guys?