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ive settled on the Friedman BE, never played the actual amp but ive played through a dirty Shirley and a small box before. It’s bloody good, probably more versatile than the actual amp itself with all the helix switching options. I’m running two IR’s, the creamback with a 421 and the creamback with a 121, genuinely a jaw dropping tone, even through the rehearsal rooms shit PA!
When I first got my Helix LT I naturally gravitated towards the Friedman BE for my dirty sounds (I had been using the same amp model on the Atomic Amplifire) I'm using it with the Celestion 4x12 Greenback IR (High Gain, All Mics inc stereo room mics). I really don't feel any need to change at this point as I'm really enjoying the tones I'm getting. I'm finding the Helix sounds much more natural than the Atomic. I felt like I was constantly fighting the high end on the Atomic.
For clean tones I'm using the Lonestar model with the Creamback 65 2x12 IR (Low Gain, All Mics inc stereo room mics).
I run direct to the mixer in stereo and monitor via IEM's.
Oh, forgot to mention, it goes to a Fryette Power Station then an open backed V30 1x12
The signal also goes FOH via a Celestion V30 IR
All of this is with the Ownhammer Mesa IRs, usually the OH2F mix 3" out.
just like the real amps tbh
i was using the 2204 mod for a while as well
Clean amp is almost always the Matchless. Probably just because I know the amp. The model seems to have much less clean headroom than the actual amp but if you crank the masters it is a really lovely clean sound
I love how there really is something for everyone in the Helix though, Its a gassers dream!
That's going through an Ownhammer IR, a 2x12 oversized Bognor cab with V30s - it's one of the SM57 impulses. Big mids, punch and clarity on top. Love it. The thing that's been really impressing me is that a lot of my preferences from real amps, pedals, miking etc hold out in Helix world - I'm not having to jump through hoops in search of a sound I understand. I've also been using the "Essex30" a lot into Ownhammer's "Class A Duo" 2x12 with '60s Alnico Blues miked with a um70. Absolutely stunned by that combo for U2-ish chime and something a bit more grindy and raw with gain.
Finally, I've also plugged into the FX return of my 1x12 Genz Benz Black pearl - a 30 watt 4xel84 amp with Celestion Cream. Turned off the IR and use the mesa 5-band to pull some low mids the cab's adding. That's been great fun to play through, and will probably serve as a decent monitoring setup for the time being.
As you can see from the kind of amps and speakers I'm referring, I'm firmly in the clean-mid gain, rawer side of guitar tone most of the time. And the fact that a modelling rig can deliver that for me is really cool, because in the past I've always felt like that's where modelling struggles to sound and feel convincing.
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I also use an AC30 sometimes and a Fender Deluxe?
Really like the SLO 3rd channel model. But with the gain really low - like, 2 at most. Then it felt like an amp that was already boosted with a TS or something.
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Im hoping for JCM900s and a Diezel model on the next update!
I haven't got a clue what you are on about mate
I've just been experimenting with dual IR's in parallel on my gigging patch/snapshots. Why the hell did I not try this before? It sounds immense.
Do you pan them hard left/right of have them blended down the middle.