Hey dude, So first bit of advice I would say is to avoid presets Unless you know how to teak them. You're better off making a tone from scratch starting from the beginning. Like your DI into your audio interface, make sure you aren't clipping. Make sure if you have active pickups in the guitar that the battery is fresh. If you want a tone like a certain band. research what Amps they use, and make sure you're using an amp sim that is simulating that specific amp. Also, Cab impulse responses for the speaker. Find a cab impulse response that is taken from the same Cab and microphone blend. Then Id just say, use less gain on the actual amp and focus more on an overdrive pedal boosting the DI into the amp. :)

Hey man, The pickups in my Ibanez are EMG 60 active ceramic humbuckers. I use the bridge pickup and always make sure my battery is fresh. They come in pretty hot, so I make sure Im not clipping that will ruin your tone. You can also use an EQ before the amp block and bost the high end to help brighten them up as well :)

I never understand comments like this. I can side chain in fl, I can route busses. I can do sends and returns. I can use 3rd party plugins / vsts. I can Automate anything. I can do everything any DAW can do. It really doesn't matter what DAW you use? If you like reaper then awesome man. Good for you lol.

@@distortedviewsband Idk. I'm sure FL can do it all. And of course use what you like. I just put FL in the sequencer category.

​​@@distortedviewsbandAbsolutely agree. I do think some daws can do more or do some things better than others (eg the Arranger in Cakewalk / Cubase, clip launchers if you like that sort of thing, FL had a rep for having the best midi piano roll editor, etc) but I could not agree more that if it works for you and you know how to get the best out of it it's absolutely the daw for you. Free lifetime updates from FL don't hurt either.

@@capoman1 man if it works, it works.