Help with newbie guitar settings?

[juancarlos1]

I recently got a guitar for my birthday. B.C Rich Warlock with tremolo bar. I had taken it to Guitar Center and got the cords switched (I'm a lefty and I bought it pawned for a rather fair price) So anyways, the guy decided that since the guitar shape was the kind of shape you would expect a guitar used for metal was, he would tune it to Drop D and replaced the old strings to skinny top and heavy bottom. My parents also bought me a Peavey Rage 158 on the side and it doesn't have much options. Pre-gain, Post-gain, equalizer with Low Medium and High knobs and two flip things (one being Clean/Lead and the other being Modern Vintage) any pointers? Am I cursed to live with a bad setup for beginning guitar?

 

[MaxRowan]

Depends on what you like to play. B.C. rich is good for metal music and so are peavey amps. If you want you can buy a metal zone guitar pedal which makes your amp produce a lot more of a metalcore sound. or you can get a different amp like a line 6 that has more settings for a decent price. But when learning guitar you should probably start in regular E tuning and use a cleaner tone for the time until you have some experience.