Helix for Neanderthals – Butch Walker’s Beastly Bag of Tricks
Mar 8, 2021 Artists, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 Artists, Line 6 General, Recording
James Rotondi and the celebrated guitarist, producer, songwriter, and performer talk tone, tech, and shoe size.
Tags: amp modelers, Avril Lavigne, Green Day, guitar, Guitar Effects, guitarist, helix rack, HX Stomp, Line 6 Helix, Multieffects, The Struts, Weezer
Jeff Schroeder: When I Dream of Amps …
Dec 31, 2020 Artists, Education, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 Artists, Line 6 Tips & Tricks, Thought Leadership
The Smashing Pumpkins and Night Dreamer guitarist shares four of his “dream” multi-channel amp and effects Helix presets.
Tags: billy corgan, Boss Effects, guitar, Guitar Amplifier, guitar pedals, guitarist, Joe Satriani, Line 6 Helix, night dreamer, Roland JC-120, smashing pumpkins, Surfing with the Alien, The Cure
Michael Ross: Gainful Deployment – Stacking Overdrives
Apr 27, 2020 Education, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 Tips & Tricks, 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
Joe Gore: The Secret Power of Helix Snapshots
Dec 4, 2019 Artists, Education, Gear Tutorials, Recording, Thought Leadership
Snapshots is one of the most powerful, yet underutilized, features in Helix. Joe Gore unveils its secrets, step-by-step, with images, sound clips, and downloadable examples.
Tags: guitar amps, guitar effects pedal, Helix, Helix presets, Helix Snapshots, joe gore, Line 6 Helix, multi-effects processors, signal chains
Barry Cleveland: A Young Person’s Guide to Speaker Cabinet IRs
Nov 21, 2019 Education, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 General
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, Line 6 General, 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
