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00:00 the topic
3:02 a patreon question
5:20 an “official” response from Line 6
6:15 Master volume
6:36 Presence
6:50 Mids – 5ish
7:13 Channel Volume
9:09 these are based on 1 ACTUAL amp
10:32 a closer look at the defaults
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Originally posted by UCkL4v-tohdDZX7kzmL9b2UA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAC36DgXr8M
I've been watching your vids for a while. I have learn't a lot about how to play a strat with decent tones just by watching your playing. I'm a Helix and Catalyst guy, so I've liked and subbed. I like your honesty. Thanks.
The Princeton had the mid fixed internally. This model allows that to be tweeked which is great. And obviously it didn't have presence or drive.which is also nice.
would be nice to have this preset to be able to do a direct comparison with my Sire S7FM to see where it comes thru my JBL 305 monitors
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Hi John, in the example at the end you apply a Hi Cut of 8kHz on the cab. I’ve seen on other tutorials a recommendation to do this on the global EQ. Would you also have the global EQ cut or do you cut on each individual cab as required?
Your nose bleed was a signal for you to remember to turn your mic on LOL
IME it's better to not get too hung up on the real-world amp settings for the Helix.
For example, general advice for the Soldano SLO amp is that you have to get the master volume up to about 6 for it to 'open up'. (Pete Thorn made mention of this in a Rhett Shull video on how pros dial in amps and I've heard it in numerous forums as well.) However, this setting in the Helix is flubby and rolls off the top end air/presence. I've found that it pays to experiment with running the Master volume control lower, especially on gainy amps – it can sometimes add more air and presence back into the tone that might otherwise get rolled off if the Master is set too high.
To add to this, sometimes I actually end up finding sonically-adjacent amp models more satisfying for particular tones than what I would have expected. For classic plexi crunch tones, I found that the Brit P75 Brt (Park 75) to be the best for me; the Brit Plexi models sounded relatively honky in the midrange to me. It might not technically be a Marshall 1959 SLP, but it does that job for me better than the actual model.
Long story short, use your ears and don't get too hung up on the knobs and names.
The Sag setting was the missing ingredient in getting the tones I wanted. It affects the dynamics of the amp model in regard to lighter vs heavier picking. I felt much more connected to the amp if that makes sense when I set it the way I wanted. Every other setting outside of the Tone stack and Sag I leave pretty much default. Sag definitely is more for the player than the audience but it makes such a huge difference in matching your pick attack.
Hi, are your guitar solos, self made ? They are played very well. Is it possible to use them in videos?
Make yourself a sigh above your camera that says, "Is my microphone on?" ????
I tried to find the JCPrincess patch in the folders but was unable to, am I looking in the right spot? Thanks
I was kind of shocked by your recent video about how you hear yourself when you record. All this obsession with tone and you play without responding to the tone? Why do you do that?
Beautiful piece of playing JNC! Great tips!
Love the new style of your videos! Premise at the beginning and then jump into the jam. Very nice
Hi Jon. No shade, but I'm just curious as to why you're using a separate 4×12 cab instead of the stock cab that comes with the amp/cab combination for this demonstration? Surely that would no longer be "authentic"…
I've been a Helix LT user from day one, and yours and Jason Sadites' channels have given me the bestest information. Keep up the good work ????
I think on Fender amps (vintage style) with no mid knob the mids are pre-set at a fixed place internally. I would assume that the value of 6.8 matches where it is set with an internal resistor instead of an adjustable pot.
Channel volume definitely changes your tone on higher gain amps (than Fender amps), but sure…for non master volume Fender amps, that is mostly true.
Was this video supposed to cut off at the end like that? Just letting you know, in case that was a mistake.
Someone at Line6 told me on reddit that the default settings were dialed in to what they felt sounded good, regardless of what parameters are real or not.
If there is no Mid on the real amp, then the real amp's tone stack is achieved with Mids at 5. Even if their default is not at 5.
Presence at 0.
Master volume at 10.
Or in the case of a Fender Champ "Small Tweed" model, which only has a volume and was the specific amp I was asking about – Bass and Treble at 5 as well.
Do you have any plans to revisit the Fender Tone Master Pro…I'm sure you must have noticed how much some of the nay-sayers have revised their opinions about it since the last few Firmware updates Fender has provided…Just wondering, since you are one of the most thorough modeller channels on YouTube. (full disclosure: I really love your style and approach, and am a TMP owner and would love to see what you could do with it…)
This is a really cool tone John! Really appreciate this video, I don't think I would have ever tried this amp model without your beautiful demo this morning. Now its at the top of my list…
Please do this on the Hotome stomp!
Is this like 4 videos in 24 hours?
Really helpful and I don’t think I’d have figured that out on my own (though when you said look at the default settings that seemed obvious in retrospect). Thanks for the guidance; much appreciated.