Jeff Schroeder on Sonic Inspiration and His Multi-Modulation Helix Preset (Free Download)
Aug 16, 2021 Artists, Education, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 Artists, Recording, Thought Leadership
The Smashing Pumpkins and Night Dreamer guitarist shares musical ideas inspired by his super-vibey post-punk-style preset—with audio examples.
Tags: Cocteau Twins, Durutti Column, Guitar Effects, guitar tones, John McGeoch, Line 6 Helix, Robin Guthrie, Siousxie and the Banshees, smashing pumpkins, Vini Reilly
Michael Ross: Gainful Deployment – Stacking Overdrives
Apr 27, 2020 Education, Gear Tutorials, Uncategorized
Michael Ross dishes the dirt on combining overdrive, fuzz, and other distortion pedals to open up whole new worlds of gain.
Tags: distortion, distortion pedal, fuzz pedal, guitar, guitar effects pedal, guitar tones, guitarist, Helix Native, Line 6 Helix, Overdrive effects pedal, pedalboard
Barry Cleveland: A Young Person’s Guide to Speaker Cabinet IRs
Nov 21, 2019 Education, Gear Tutorials
Speaker cabinet impulse responses are all the rage—but what are they and how can you use them when crafting great guitar tones with your modeler?
Tags: Cab IRs, guitar cabinet, guitar speaker, guitar tones, impulse responses, IR, Line 6 Helix, Line 6 Powercab
Jude Gold: Living In Stereo
Sep 9, 2019 Artists, Education, Thought Leadership
Ace guitarist Jude Gold goes wide on non-mono guitar sounds, the virtues of performing in stereo, and his favorite stereo strategies.
Tags: guitar, guitar amp, guitar effect, guitar player, guitar sound, guitar tones, guitarist, Line 6 Helix, Line 6 HX Stomp
