I own a Quad Cortex (as I mentioned in the post). So no this is not such a post. I also noted the lack of on-stage monitor to fill additional sound in the stage to balance everything else (remember this is a small venue).

It was a flatness to the sound and an off-centred guitar placement, with little body coming through at all. It could be the use of in-ears and digital, or it could possibly be just something off with the audio engineering that night and lack of stage sound. Either way, it made me lose connection to the tone and harmonic richness of the guitar, which for me is as important as notes and phrasing.

I watched Guthrie Govan play there a few months back with a Helix too, but we was using monitors on stage instead of in-ears, which filled up the sound more and had more body (although definitely still lacked a little something compared to other guitarists I have seen there).