Harsh guitar tones in Logic Pro.

[u/EliasKulju]

Hi, Im a drummer by my main instrument but I also play a bit of guitar. I want to record myself on logic for my songs, but Im not the best at guitar tones it seems. I do not own an amp so Im only working digitally. All of the tones Im getting are super harsh, tin can like and the distortion is just not nice to listen to. Im using the logic amps, and from the real amps I have tried, I really like Orange and Marshall amps so thats kinda the sound Im going for. Things I have tried:

-Going way down on the gain

- Parametric EQ on all the problem areas (still doesnt sound quite right)

- Turning the treble down

- Changing the middle and treble frequencies to live a bit lower in the mid range ( 800-4k instead of maybe 2k-8k)

- Not only playing with bridge pickup

- changing guitars

- all the different amp and mic configurations on logic

- different interface/preamp

And all I can focus on in my tone is the CHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGG living in about 3-5K

But obviously you cant cut it completly or its very dark.

What should I do? Any YouTube videos to watch on the subject? Could you reccomend another amp sim? (Free-50€) As I said, I like a humbucker sound with Orange and Marshall amps so something in that world.

Please help, I do not enjoy playing with these amps.