Helix 2204 Mod

[Sascha Franck]

Honestly, what you're playing through matters little when you can play. That's some tasty tone and playing.

Thank you!

 

[DieSchmalle]

Fwiw, back in my HX Floor days, the 2204 Mod used to be my #1 platform for all dirt sounds, but I used it at extremely low gain settings (around 0.8) so I had more variety by using pedals (internal HX ones) in front.
Just fired up HX Native in the Belgian hotel (middle of nowhere) I'm sitting in and still like it, so I just jammed for some minutes. Not necessarily made for that kinda music, though, but if I had nothing else I'd be perfectly happy as well (rhythm is just the amp, lead has the Prize Drive and a bit of Vetta Comp in front).

Very nice!
I usually get those type of sounds from the Shiva / German Mahadeva (mids cranked), but I'll definitely give the 2204 Mod a spin.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Nice to have a solid reference on what to expect. I just don’t really vibe with these LJ circuits though, kind of fuzzy/soft/bloated to me. I can imagine in the 80’s, just getting more gain out of an 800 would have been mind blowing but these days I think most of the other famous mods have aged way better.