# Can't get a good tone to save my life! **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Created:** [July 19, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/cant-get-a-good-tone-to-save-my-life/2590 "2020-07-19T17:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![madselhoff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/madselhoff/32/886_2.png) [@madselhoff](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/madselhoff)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/cant-get-a-good-tone-to-save-my-life/2590/4 "2020-07-25T07:12:14Z")
I think they hit the spot in the above posts. High gain is a bitch to handle (unless lead and sustain) but for tight rhythm chugging I would really recomend turning gain kinda to the point when your strumming lets you control the gain. When I am strumming my strings with my pickups (Lundgren m7) very light the gain is ac/dc like but when I dig in it gets pretty nasty in a good way 🙂 “less gain - more tone” and of course more control. When you record two tracks (L/R panned 100) and then REALLY important record a whales balls of a bass and throw that in the middle (panned 0) the magic happens. So it is said many times and it is nothing but the truth… “90% of the tone is in your hands” 🤘 … Keep up the good work, you are on the right path and getting there. When you hit those strings with the right controlled aggressiveness … its like a cool beer served in the depths of hell 😉 FWIW I sold my Kemper for an Axe Fx2 Xl … sold the Axe and bought Parallax and Cali Suite and I am very happy with my purchase!! I’m still learning the little things, but this is what I made from it after owning it for 2 days… Guitars (LR) Cali Suite … Bass (C) Parallax > [@Post your talent!](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/post-your-talent/132/22): > > I used to play through an Axe Fx 2 Xl but Neural Dsp really pushes the limits for plugins, So I sold the Axe and bought Cali Suite and Parallax instead… this is my METAL take with it wink --- _[View the full topic](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/cant-get-a-good-tone-to-save-my-life/2590)._