try turning the bass and treble up high and middle much lower, and use alot more gain than volume, that's what i use for heavy metal. there are alot of different settings, you'll learn alot by just experimenting. Other things you should experiment with are clean/distortion -sound, swithing between neck and bridge pickups and using a tremolo/whammy bar. Think of treble as the opposite of bass , middle is a bit harder for me to explain, in english anyway Good luck. ;)