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Nofearfactor, try your setup without the HUSH and the Maximizer. IMO they are tone killers
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What would 'kill' one persons tone,may be that somethingsomething that adds a certain something to another players tone that another persons rig cant use. Thats me and my rig. And my tone.
The sonic maximizer I will always use. What I have in my rack right now is my third different model of BBE s.m. I use guitars with EMG active pickups-sterile and processed tones- to guitars with DiMarzio ToneZones,which put out a more rock or metal tone. I always A/B my rigs tones with/without the s.m. and it doesnt kill my tone at all,only adds to it.
And,actually,my new rig is so quiet the Hush is barely even being used. Sometimes it isnt being used. When I used heads though it got used more because of those hissy fizzy noisy assed heads.
Myself,I dont believe compressors necessarily belong in every guitarists rig. Depends though on the type of music you play and the gear youre using. I could never get used to using one and have tried several. I actually have a couple of rack compressors in my home studio not being used in any of my rigs any more- a DBX 166XL and an Alesis 3630 .My bass rig though I use one. When I record guitar and bass parts I will use one. Just not in my live guitar rigs.
Ummm,IMO,the way I see it,your personal tone depends entirely on your own style,the rig you put together to get the tones you hear in your head,the type of music you play, and how you EQ everything that you use in your rigs chosen gear.
I dont play rock,the blues,classic rock,old skool heavy metal,hair metal,pop,etc, where I may need a more 'organic' type of tube generated tone. In the 3 projects I play in- modern metal,extreme metal, industrial-metal, and instrumental rock-metal-fusion projects- I can get by with a more processed digital type of tone because thats the tone that I'm actually going for. I've always been after a more digital processed tone. But I like to use tube power amps instead of solid state to push my cabs. May not make sense to some people, but it works for me. I have to build this sterile digital processed tone then push the cabs with heated up tube power amps. I tried using solidstate power amps and it just didnt work out. I spent alot of time in the mad scientist lab between projects and bands tweaking gear to get my rig to where it is right now. The rig I have now is as close to perfect as I'm ever going to get. For me.
Ive been using the same rack of processors for years. I used the same rack of processors when I used heads/floorboard pedals instead of the rack preamp,effects processor/power amp type of rig I'm using now. I get nothing but compliments on my tone from everyone.
So,to each their own. Thanx for the advice guys. I appreciate it.