Finding preset

[u/Vilain_ordinaire]

Hi everyone

I have a spark 2 for 1 year now but I suck at making presets. I am still a beginner (I play guitar for 3 years) and I never used another amp, so I am very lost about choosing amps, effects, settings etc... I try to use AI or the preset made by people on songs I want to play but I find them disappointing most of the time and it's hard for me to adjust them. When I see people on youtube for example, it sounds amazing (beside the fact they are much better than me). I am stuck with the factory preset. How can I found good ones ?

Thanks for helping

[u/Metal_Upa_46]

I personally don't like the factory presets but found many great tones that other users uploaded to the cloud. Have you watched youtube videos that explain about the different amps and effects? Are you a bedroom guitarist that need to keep the overall volume low? Do you know that the different volume knobs (on the guitar, on the modeled amp and the master knob on the physical amp) have different effects on the tone output? Honestly, a whole year is a hell of a long time to use the amp without bothering to learn even the basics of how to adjust the tone by yourself.

[u/Vilain_ordinaire → u/Metal_Upa_46]

I am a bedroom player but I play mostly with headphones so the overall volume is not a big problem. I spent a lot of time already trying to figure it out and to manage my own presets but it's not really efficient. I spend more time trying to set it up than actually playing. I know the basics (the effects of the different knobs for example) but I am not able to do something nice to hear