i am on the quest for my perfect tone. EVERYTHING has an effect on tone. the type of wood your guitar is made from, the pickups, the wiring, the pots, the resistors, your effects, whether or not your effects are true bypass, what type of amp you have, what type of wood your amp cabinet is constructed from, what type of speakers you have, whether your'e using speaker or instrument cable to feed the speaker cab, or whether the cab is open or sealed.

the best place i like to start is with the guitar because that is literally where all the magic starts.

my rig is simple for metal:

preferred guitar
preferred effects
some sort of EQ (i use a boss 7 band pedal)
then an amp that has the tone you want OR since i'm unwilling to spend a ton of money on the head i actually want (mesa triple rec) a raven rg100h will do because it has a super clear clean channel


the quest for tone is endless.

i'm having a 2x12 birch dovetail cab made up soon with some eminence swamp thang speakers loaded in it. you have to get what you want, copy som of your favorite artists and experiment. dont be afraid to use the hell out of guitar center's 30day satisfaction guarantee :)