I was blown away, when I got my first serious practice amp–a Blackstar ID:Core 40. Out-of-the-box it came with five distinct voices from Clean to Crunch with some nice overdrive-options in between. I spent countless hours twisting the tone knobs and cycling through presets chasing the perfect distortion sound I heard in my head but couldn't quite capture. Even after dialing in what seemed like a great tone, I found something was always missing: it either lacked punch, felt too...