Use what makes you happy playing and what motivates you to play and write some music or riffs!
If it is a modeller, then all good! Enjoy!
Amp? Fantastic! Have fun!
The real trick (or not!) is finding the amp/modeller that works for you. It took me a long time to finally settle and it was...
I have had many recessed Floyds over the years and no issues. All three of my current guitars are top mounted and they sound and play great. I'm good with either setup.
It is a decent unit for what it does. I use mine at work all of the time and it has helped me diagnose a bunch of tube issues for many customers since I got it. Hasn't steered me wrong as of yet. My customer last week had one power tube that was showing as worn. The other was fine. He said...
I got a new 20th XTC a couple of years back. I used it live for the year and it is a great amp! If I wasn’t so happy with my SLO rack then I would easily get another one. It is a great sounding amp!
In any case though, an Axe III is an amazing unit all around.
Perfect tone is what your ears/brain perceive to sound great. However, some people have issues with hearing, apparently.
We have a nice gent that comes into our store on a weekly basis searching for a tone that he "needs" to play live. It goes from bad to worse. Last week he sounded like...
I have a tried a couple of guitars with them and they sounded good. Installed them in a quite a few customer's guitars. Better or very different than anything else out there? Nope. It's wires, magnets and plates.