cool, you have some money's worth of gear there like mate, :D
that rack thingy looks a beast.

ill definatelly try out those suggestions.

but can you tell me some sort of settings (gain, trebble, mid, bass, reverb, delay, etc) i can use to get a cool shred tone to work from, i normally play blues, & mellow blues like this me playing SRV - Lenny so i only really know how to dial up a good blues tone, im not looking for exact setting of a particular artist just a general sound to work from, just i try out some shred techniques & they sound so lame because of the tones ive got dialed up, i just want a tone i can make the stuff im learning sound kind of cool to give more incentive to play & practice more, i start practicing & it sound so lame i end up playing a load of old songs i can already play orite instead of practising new techniques.

thanks