with channel gain at 3 and the guitars pickup at 10, the amp sounds like shit. if i turn the gain to 10 and the guitar to 3 so the loudness is the same, it sounds fucking amazing and my guitar literally physically feels different.

this is a master volume amp, and how loud the amp is has no effect on the tone. only the balance between pickup and input gain. hi pickup and low vol sounds like shit. hi vol and low pickup is sex. neither are breaking up this is all inside clean headroom.

pic related is a visualization of the guitar tech egregore i talk to about these things. hes like my oprah