wow! thats very informative. thnx hammurabi. i didn't know that lead guitar players have less electronics. no wonder why my sound became less treble!. I used to play lead until my rhythm player left the band because he found it hard to commit and go to practices beacsue of his work and his obligation to his wife and kids so I have to replace him. I haven't played pure rhythm for a long time- my guitar was set up as a lead guitar with 8's. I never knew there was a difference between lead guitar and rhtyhm guitar- no wonder why my tone sounds awesome when I play lead but sounds so thin, twangy, and crappy whenever I play power chords/ 5ths, strum chords etc. I actually thought it was my korgax1500g distortion effects thats thin, until a friend adviced me to use thicker strings. I tried the elixir 11s, and I found a very big difference in tone. However, I must admit, my only grudge is that I have to sacrifice speed because its been a long while since I played with thick strings and I'm still getting my fingers to be familiar with it. I also find the thick strings better with the piezo system because I found the sound more boxy.

And no wonder why i had this change in tone when I added a lot of electronics in my guitar. I didnt think that electronics can make your guitar less treble. That explains the change of tone in my guitar!