Dave Hunter: What’s Behind the Sag, Bias, and Bias X Controls in Helix Amps?
Apr 19, 2022 Education, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 Tips & Tricks, Uncategorized
Sharpen your Helix and HX tone-crafting skills by better understanding these critical tube amp parameters.
Tags: Fender amplifiers, fender champ, fender deluxe, fender princeton, fender twin, guitar amplifiers, guitar tone, Line 6 Helix, tube amp bias, tube guitar amps, vox ac30
Carol Hatzinger – From Recording Revolutionary to Senior Director
Mar 22, 2022 Education, Gear History, Line 6 General, Line 6 Spotlight, Thought Leadership
For Women’s History Month we spotlight our Senior Director of Project Management, who helped engineer the ADAT recorder—changing everything!
Tags: Alesis ADAT, Alesis BRC, audio engineering, digital recording, Fostex, home recording, line 6, Line 6 AxSys 212, Line 6 HX Stomp, Line 6 POD, Oberheim, women's history month
Jas Obrecht: Lonnie Johnson – The Most Influential Blues Guitarist Ever
Feb 22, 2022 Artists, Education, Thought Leadership
Veteran author and journalist Jas Obrecht spotlights the seminal yet often overlooked jazz and blues virtuoso in our celebration of Black History Month.
Tags: b.b. king, black history month, blues guitar, buddy guy, charlie christian, chuck berry, duke ellington, jazz guitar, louis armstrong, robert johnson, t-bone walker
Julien Baker – Indie Rock’s Reverb Queen Shimmers with HX Effects
Jan 31, 2022 Artists, Education, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 Artists, Line 6 General
The singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and guitarist employs pedals and live looping to sculpt sounds as adeptly as she sings and turns phrases.
Tags: boss rc-3 loop station, electro-harmonix, fender telecaster, fractal axe-fx, Guitar Effects, HX Effects, kemper profiler, Line 6 DL4, Line 6 Helix, live looping, shimmer reverb, strymon bluesky
Reeves Gabrels – Is Art-Rock’s Jedi Master Really a … Blues Rocker?
Jan 7, 2022 Artists, Education, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 Artists, Line 6 General, Line 6 Spotlight
James Volpe Rotondi talks tone, effects, whammy bar technique, Helix, core influences and more with the former David Bowie and current Cure guitarist.
Tags: David Bowie, Grey Jedi, Leslie West, Line 6 Helix, Line 6 HX Stomp, Michael Schenker, Mott the Hoople, Neil Young, Ollie Halsall, Peter Frampton, Steven Stills, The Cure, Tin Machine
Dave Hunter: Unsung British Guitar Amps from the Golden Age of Rock
Dec 14, 2021 Education, Gear History, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized
There were more than a few British companies making great guitar amplifiers during the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s. We spotlight four of the most important ones.
Tags: British guitar amplifiers, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Hiwatt amplifiers, Jeff Beck, jimi hendrix, Laney amplifiers, Selmer, Sound City, The Beatles, the who, vintage guitar amps, Watkins amplifiers, WEM amplifiers
